San Marcos Main Street, First Baptist Church Seek Preservation Grant

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street America and American Express are working together to bring $2 million in preservation funding to projects on America’s Main Streets through a public participation process…

The San Marcos Main Street program is calling on the public to begin voting today to win a $150,000 Partners in Preservation grant to help preserve the historic First Baptist Church at 219 MLK Dr.

The Landmark of Hope project is one of twenty finalists selected from across the country to participate in the campaign, and is the only project chosen in Texas. 

How to vote:

Voting is open Sept. 24 – Oct. 26 at www.voteyourmainstreet.org/sanmarcos. The website requires you to create an account and verify your email address.

Once your email has been verified, you will be able cast your vote for the repair and restoration project of your choice.

Each user is allocated five votes per day, every day through Oct. 26.

Main Street requests that everyone vote for San Marcos all five times. At the end of the voting period, the 10 projects with the greatest number of votes will receive $150,000 in grant funding.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street America and American Express are working together to bring $2 million in preservation funding to projects on America’s Main Streets through a public participation process that will raise awareness of the work being done across the country to revitalize Main Streets and neighborhood districts in small towns, mid-sized cities, and urban centers across America.

The public will be engaged in an online voting campaign to help determine the winning projects.

Selected grants will be announced Oct. 29.