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in the form of grants to property owners
Lead Abatement Funding and businesses to complete exterior
To learn more about Polk County’s improvements such as facade renovations,
program to eliminate lead paint hazards site improvements, roof repair, etc. Grants
in homes across the county, visit: https:// are paid as a reimbursement and must be
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www.polkcountyiowa.gov/health- matched.
department/lead-poisoning-prevention/ While not designed specifically for historic
lead-information-for-families/ districts or historic landmarks, the NCR
Program offers an opportunity to improve
Certified Local Government (CLG) the appearance of historically- and
Grant Program culturally-significant commercial buildings
throughout the city.
To learn more about the CLG Grant
Program, visit: https://culture.iowaeda.
com/grants/certified-local-government- Polk County Tools and Incentives
grant-program/, and the CLG Program While Polk County does not currently
in general, visit: https://iowaculture. offer historic preservation-specific funding
gov/history/preservation/certified-local- sources, programs may be used for historic
governments structures.
Property Tax Exemptions Lead Abatement Funding
To learn more about the Property Tax Polk County offers funding to eliminate
Exemptions, visit https://history.iowa. lead-paint hazards based on certain
gov/history/preservation/tax-incentives/ qualifications including ownership, children,
property-tax-exemption household income, and the ability to
relocate during abatement.
State Historic Preservation Tax
Credit Program
Statewide Tools and Incentives
To learn more about the 25% State Historic preservation grants and loans
Income Tax Credit, visit https://www. offered at the state level provide additional
iowaeda.com/historic-preservation-tax- funding for the City’s historic preservation
credit/. program and for individual property owners
and developers.
1 Program Guidelines for Implementation - City of
Des Moines Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization
(“NCR”) Program. (2021, December 28.). https://
cms2.revize.com/revize/desmoines/document_center/
Development%20Services/Economic%20Development/
Economic%20Development/Neighborhood%20
Commercial%20Revitalization%20Program/NCR%20
Guidelines_2022_Round%202.pdf?pdf=Neighborhood%20
Commercial%20Revitalization%20Program%20
Overview&t=1668635219768&pdf=Neighborhood%20
Commercial%20Revitalization%20Program%-
20Overview&t=1668635219768
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