The Clarendon Economic Development Corp. gave final approval to an agreement with Texas Tech University to assist with downtown master planning Monday night.
Work on the project is expected to begin this week, and locals can expect to see Tech personnel taking pictures and performing laser scans of buildings along Kearney and Sully streets between First and Fourth Streets over the next few days.
The $17,004 agreement with the TTU College of Architecture and Dr. Elizabeth Louden will include laser scanning of selected blocks in the central business district to obtain detailed measurements.
Tech students will then prepare drawings and posters depicting what a rehabilitated and revitalized downtown would look like based partly on historic photos from before 1930. That work is expected to be completed in phases by August 2016.
During that time, the CEDC will be revamping its Façade Grant Program guidelines to provide incentives for property owners to rehabilitate their buildings in keeping with plans put forth by Texas Tech.
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