NPS Gives $10 Million Grant to Virgin Islands for Historic Resources Damaged by 2017 Hurricanes
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The National Park Service awarded the territory at least $10 million dollars in supplemental funding to the Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office (VISHPO).
The NPS funds are primarily intended to replace the “historic and archaeological resources” in the U.S. Virgin Islands that were “impacted” by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, DPNR Commissioner nominee Jean-Pierre Oriol said Friday.
This funding through the Emergency Supplemental Funding from the Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) will allow the VISHPO to administer a Historic Recovery Grant Program to assist in the repair of hurricane damaged National Register-listed or eligible sites throughout the territory, according to Oriol.
Through ESHPF over $5 million will go towards the restoration of these sites. $1M will go towards the assistance of restoring Government House in Charlotte Amalie and the Battery on St. John and Up to $2M will be used for administrative costs.
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