RFP for City of Olympia CLG Grant Project

Reconnaissance-Level Architectural History Survey of Downtown Olympia The City of Olympia seeks the services of a qualified consultant to conduct a reconnaissance-level survey of Downtown Olympia.  This survey will be used to help support the City of Olympia’s master planning efforts under its Downtown Strategy, which integrates areas such as economic development, land use planning, social services, climate change response, and preservation planning.  In additional to traditional preservation planning approaches, the City will be considering alternative approaches such as introducing reuse zones or conservation districts.  This architectural history survey is intended to provide the City with baseline information needed to make thoughtful decisions on managing change in our historic Downtown. Partial funding for this project has been secured with a $18,000.00 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant through Washington State’s Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP).  Additional grant funds are being sought which, if received, would bring the total project budget to up to $23,000.00.  The project area will be modified to match the final amount secured.  Accordingly, the successful consultant will conduct a reconnaissance survey of all buildings located within the project area of ca. 60 blocks under current funding or ca. 75 blocks under full funding. City of Olympia RFP - Downtown Survey 2016-17