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Bay official will propose historical regulations
ODELE H. PEllANICH The Bay Bureau
Bay St. Louis Councilman James Thriffiley said Thursday that ordinances regulating designated historical areas within the city will be proposed as soon as preliminary groundwork is completed.
Thriffiley made the announcement after a meeting with Hancock County Historical Society representatives and Adele Kramer of the Historical Preservation Division of the Department of Archives in History at Jackson.
Kramer was participating in a picture collecting tour of the area conducted by the local society.
The collection will be used in a slide presentation of the area as a prelude for registry on the National Register of Historic Places, opening funding avenues for restoration and rehabilitation in the city.
Thriffiley said the city will use $2,500 from 1978 Revenue Sharing funds to apply for matching federal funds to get a survey project started by summer.
Kramer said in keeping with her position with the Archives Department, she surveys the state for areas which qualify for the National Register.
After having made a number of visits to the Bay St. Louis area, Kramer said she is in the process of defining certain boundaries according to the major concentration of certain architecturally identifiable buildings for nomination on the National Register of Historic Places.
The slides also will be used in a community program set up to advise of the architectural resources in the city and the various funds for rehabilitation, adaptive re-use and generalized Information of what can be done with the resources available.
In addition to the research and defining work, Kramer said her department also administers federal grants including funds for building acquisition or rehabilitation and survey and planning projects. City money, she said, can be matched on a 50-50 basis with federal money.
She said her main interests in the city are
the beach area and sections of and around Main Street.
Thriffiley said he is hoping the majority of the groundwork can be completed by the end of November, working with Kramer and the local society.
“The main thing is,” Thriffiley said, “its such a great opportunity for our local people. This would make them artisans in their field,” he said.
“A project like this will effect building material suppliers, builders, contractors, bankers not to mention the potential of the tourist trade,” Thriffiley added. “The stimulation for our area will be great,” he said.
The council is very much in favor of restoring the natural beauty to the area, Thriffiley said, “but personally, my number one objective is to keep our local men at home where they don’t have to travel the highway 60 miles a day to go to work.”
He said he that also hopes to see the day when Hancock County can sustain the people.