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File #: HPC Resolution 03-2025    Name:
Type: HPC Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/2025 In control: Historical Preservation Commission
On agenda: 9/29/2025 Final action: 9/29/2025
Title: HPC Resolution 03-2025: Downtown Historic District Historic Preservation Grant Awards
Attachments: 1. 1. HPC Resolution 03-2025, 2. 2. Staff Report, 3. 3. Littleton Elks Lodge Application, 4. 4. DIRT Coffee Application, 5. 5. Jake's Beer Garden Application, 6. 6. Presentation - HPC Res. # 03-2025

Agenda Date: September 29, 2025

 

Subject:

Title

HPC Resolution 03-2025: Downtown Historic District Historic Preservation Grant Awards

Body

 

 

Prepared By:

Sara Dusenberry, Senior Planner

Presented By:

Sara Dusenberry, Senior Planner

 

PURPOSE:

To review and finalize the awards provided to downtown businesses in 2025 through the City of Littleton Downtown Historic District Historic Preservation Grant.

 

LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:

Vibrant Community with a Rich Culture

High Quality Governance

 

DISCUSSION:

To be eligible for this grant program, a property must be located within the Downtown Historic District, be used for a commercial purpose, and be over 40 years old. The grant program is intended to support business owners and operators in the Downtown Littleton Historic District maintain their buildings in good condition, initiate important rehabilitation and restoration work, and ensure historic buildings can attract and retain contemporary uses.

 

BACKGROUND:

The Historic Preservation Grant program is an annual program to support the historic preservation efforts in our Downtown Historic District. The total amount in the grant fund available for distribution in 2025 is $50,000.00.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACTS

The amount available in this grant is $50,000.00. Our intent is to award the full amount of $50,000 in the year 2025.

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval of the projects and funding levels below:

 

Historic Building

Address

Owner/Applicant

Recommended Amount

Littleton Elks Lodge #1650

5749 S. Curtice St.

Littleton Lodge No 1650 Benev & Prot Order Of Elks

$17,500

Gill Residence (DIRT Coffee)

2506 W. Alamo St.

Roots Colorado

$15,000

O. G. Hill Drug Store (Jake’s Beer Garden)

2530 W. Main St.

2530 LLC/Vanessa Menke

$17,500

 

ALTERNATIVES

HPC can adjust the recommended award amounts, including awarding some applicants the bulk of the available grant money or determining that some of the projects should not be awarded any funds.

 

PROPOSED MOTION:

Proposed Motion

I move to approve HPC Resolution 03-2025, awarding the 2025 Downtown Historic District Historic Preservation Grant applications in the following amounts: $17,500 to the Littleton Elks Lodge at 5749 S. Curtice St., $15,000 to Roots Colorado for DIRT Coffee (Gill Residence) at 2506 W. Alamo St., and $17,500 to 2530 LLC for Jake’s Beer Garden (O. G. Hill Drug Store) at 2530 W. Main St.

 

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