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Useful Resources for CLG Communities

Certified Local Government Program

Useful Resources for CLG Communities

Below are resources that have been collected to assist communities participating in the Certified Local Government (CLG) program with their local preservation programs and efforts to plan for, protect, and celebrate historic resources. Additional resources are routinely shared with CLGs as they become available.

If you are looking for information on a particular topic not addressed, please contact SHPO's CLG Coordinator. 

Michigan CLG Program Documents

Michigan's Certified Local Government (CLG) Program Handbook

Survey Documents
  • Michigan Above Ground Survey Manual
  • Michigan Historic Property Survey Forms
  • National Register Bulletin 24 "Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning
Local Historic Districts and Historic District Commissions
  • NPS: "Working on the Past in Local Historic Districts"
  • NAPC: Law and the Historic Preservation Commission: What Every Member Needs to Know
  • NAPC: Short Guide to Parliamentary Procedure
  • SHPO's Guidance on Establishing and Administering Local Historic Districts
  • Economic Hardship, Feasibility and Related Standards in Historic Preservation Law
  • Michigan's Open Meetings Law
  • SHPO's Model Historic District Ordinance
Design Guidelines

National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC) Design Guidelines Database

National Register of Historic Places
  • Michigan SHPO National Register of Historic Places Program Guidance
  • Listing a Property in Michigan: An Overview of the Process
  • Michigan SHPO National Register Preliminary Questionnaire
  • NPS National Register Nomination Forms and Guidance
Resources for Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Restoration
  • Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
  • Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation
  • Secretary of the Interior's Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainbility for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings 
  • National Park Service Preservation Briefs
  • National Park Service Tech Notes
  • APT: Building Technology Heritage Library
  • Michigan Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide
Finding Professional Preservation Consultants

SHPO does not permit, license, or endorse consultants. SHPO does, however, maintain lists of individuals that have provided documentation to SHPO demonstrating that they meet minimum professional qualifications for Archaeologist, Architectural Historian, Historian, or Historic Architect. Inclusion in this lists does not constitute endorsement by SHPO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation or the Michigan Strategic Fund, nor does it guarantee that any work product carried out by persons on the list will necessarily meet federal and state requirements.

Helpful Organizations
  • National Park Service Certified Local Government Program
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
  • Michigan Historic Preservation Network
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