Light Hearted 231 National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act and the GSA; National Lighthouse Day Dance Contest

Published: June 25, 2023, 4:18 a.m.

b'The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, or NHLPA, was created to aid the preservation of federally owned historic light stations. The NHLPA program is a partnership that includes the Coast Guard, the National Park Service, and the General Services Administration, or GSA. The NHLPA allows lighthouse properties to be transferred at no cost to federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit corporations, or educational and community development organizations.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nSonia Allon-Singh\\n\\n\\n\\nAnthony Barbati\\n\\n\\n\\nKevin Legare\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nKevin Legare, Sonia Allon-Singh and Anthony Barbati are realty specialists for the GSA, working out of the GSA\\u2019s New England Region offices in Boston. All three of them are involved with the lighthouse properties that are currently up for transfer.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJoe Rivers\\n\\n\\n\\nThe U.S. Lighthouse Society is holding a National Lighthouse Day Dance Contest this summer, and Joe Rivers has written and performed an original song for the occasion. Click here for more details. Joe is interviewed in this episode about his ideas behind the song.'