The duties of the department of economic development in implementing the program shall include, but not be limited to the following:

(1) Contract with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assist in accomplishing the program’s objectives, to provide technical assistance to the department, and to assist in developing criteria for the selection of participating cities;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 251.483

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) Develop criteria for selecting participating cities which shall include evidence of interest and commitment to downtown economic development and historic preservation by both the private and public sectors, evidence of potential private investment in the downtown area, and evidence of organizational and financial commitment to implement a long-term economic revitalization program which includes a commitment to employ a professional project manager with an operating budget.