Sangerville looks at historic building grant for town hall

SANGERVILLE — Earlier this year Sangerville had its application for a $250,000 Maine Historic Community Building Grant for the town hall turned down. The town can reapply and the community could receive even more funding in the next round.

Select Chair Jeff Peters has been speaking with Maine Preservation Director of Programs & Services Brad Miller.

“The next round of grants is considerably more money, the last one was $250,000,” Peters said during an April 1 select meeting at the fire station.

Peters asked Miller if he would meet with the town to discuss the grant application and Miller was agreeable to this.

The next round of funding will be announced in late summer with considerably more money available, Peters said.

“I think we stand a good chance moving forward,” he said.

Last month Maine Historical Building Preservation Commission Historic Community Building Grants Administrator Erika Webb sent the town a letter about its application. The letter said what the community can do to improve its application for the next round of funding, including commissioning a historic preservation specialist and not having the $255,443 requested grant amount exceed the $250,000 threshold.

Sangerville is seeking another $50,000 for the town hall from T-Mobile, with this grant application submitted at the end of March.

In other business, a luncheon following the annual town meeting the previous Saturday raised $214 in donations. 

This money will be split between meal organizers the Sangerville Historical Society and Recovery Wellness Center 

The park committee collected $126 in donations to go toward playground equipment.

Jamie Kane was elected to the select board at the town meeting to fill a vacancy on the 3-member group.