08/18/17 CRETE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT - CLG PRESENTATION DATE

The Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office is scheduled to present information to the Crete City Council regarding the Certified Local Government (CLG) Program. The CLG Program is relevant to Crete’s Historic Downtown Business District.

Downtown Business Owners and all other interested parties are invited to attend this presentation.

When: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 6:00p.m.

Where: Crete City Council Chambers, City Hall

  Some of the Benefits of Becoming a Certified Local Government (CLG):

• Certified Local Governments have an additional tool when considering planning, zoning and land use issues through their landmarking and survey programs.
• Certified Local Governments have the ability to monitor and preserve structures that reflect the community's heritage.
• Certified Local Governments have access to a nationwide information network of local, state, federal and private preservation institutions.
• A Certified Local Government is eligible to receive matching funds from the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office that are unavailable to non-Certified Local Governments.

   To qualify as a Certified Local Government (CLG), a municipality or county must:

• Establish a historic preservation ordinance that includes protection for historic properties at a level the community decides is appropriate.
• Create a preservation commission to oversee the preservation ordinance and the Certified Local Government program.
• Provide for public education and participation, including progress of nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
• Conduct and maintain a survey and inventory of historic properties.

07/06/17 LIBRARY AND CIVIC CENTER PROJECT - GRANT AWARD

Hello to book lovers and library fans –Crete Economic Development is busy fundraising for the new library/civic center.  If you haven’t heard the good news, our recent grant application to the Nebraska Department of Economic Development for Community Facilities funds was awarded.  This grant provides us $375,000 in funding for construction.   Building a new community library is a once-in-a-lifetime project, which makes it so exciting!!  The current library was finished way back in 1915 and has served us well for over 100 years.  Just think, the new library may very well still be serving our future generations in the year 2117.  Who knows what great things will be invented by then?  After all, by 1915 the telephone was just becoming widely popular, and check out the 1915 Cadillac Limousine pictured below!  What changes 100 years have seen! #communityinmotion

ONLINE BILL PAYMENT IS HERE! 

You can now pay your utility bill 24/7 through our new online bill payment option.  Just go to www.crete.ne.gov and click on the "Online Utility Payment" button.  You don't have to pay with a card, you can use your checking or savings account as well.  You will need a routing and account number for this service. 

Required information to pay your bill will be the name on the utility account, your address and the utility account number.  We need this information to determine which account the money goes too.  After you input your card/bank information, you will be asked to enter an email address in order to receive a receipt.  The receipt is just like the one you would receive if you came into the office to pay your bill with your card. 

Your bill will still be credited on the day you make the payment. 

If you have any other questions, or just want to come and see or talk to us, come on down to the office or call 402.826.4312.

#communityinmotion

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City of Crete
Departments of Public Works
Phone: 402-826-4312                                                      

                                                                    

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