VERMONT
New PTV Field Representative: Doug
Porter
The Preservation Trust of Vermont and the
National Trust for Historic Preservation recently hired Doug
Porter of Jeffersonville to be a Field Service
Representative. The Vermont Preservation Field
Services program is a partnership between the Preservation
Trust of Vermont and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. The Field Service Representatives represent the
programs and services of both organizations as they provide
guidance to individuals and organization involved in historic
preservation projects.
Doug brings ten years of historic
preservation experience to the job, including work for the
National Park Service, as a consultant, woodworker, educator and
more. He will officially start April 1. Doug will be
taking over for Steve Libby who took on more extensive teaching
assignments at the University of Vermont. To contact him: doug@ptvermont.org.
Grants Awarded
The Preservation Trust in partnership with the
Freeman Foundation has awarded the following grants:
Bayley Hazen Store, South Peacham: $40,000.
Now sitting vacant, Peacham residents and the Gilman Housing
Trust are attempting to rescue the once highly successful
village store. The store was the center of community
activity for many years until its recent closing left a major
hole in Peacham’s community life. A very active group
of area residents is working with Gilman Housing to acquire
the property, re-open the store, and develop one unit of
affordable housing. The grant will support a portion of
the acquisition and rehabilitation expense.
Ascutney Union Church, Ascutney:
$20,000. Built in 1848, the Ascutney Union Church is
a statement of simplicity, possessing only the barest hints of
the Gothic style in its multi-paned arched windows and
octagonal spire. The church has a limited, but growing,
membership, and is extremely important in terms of its
community function, housing the local food shelf and a
community meeting space. Over the past three years, with
local fundraising efforts totaling over $35,000, members have
systematically addressed needed repairs: re-roofing and
repairing chimneys, adding a side porch, and repointing the
foundation, painting and repairing the siding. The grant
will allow them to conserve their multi-paned windows,
weatherstrip and install storm windows.
Barton Memorial Building, Barton:
$35,000. The Barton Memorial Building, located on
the Green in Barton, was built in 1932 as a memorial the
Veterans. The Colonial Revival style brick building
houses town offices, a VFW post, and an under-utilized
theater. The building has been well maintained by the
Village. In the last few years the town has appropriated
$50,000 and raised another $25,000 for repairs, including a
new roof and furnace, and helped install an elevator to make
the theater accessible. Two volunteer community
organizations are raising funds for code upgrades for the
whole building, adding a sprinkler system in the theater,
upgrading washrooms, replacing wall and ceiling paneling with
a fire rated material, and conserving windows. The grant will
allow them to conserve four prominent arched windows, now
covered with plywood, and to address critical code issues that
threaten the use of the theater.
Christie Building, St. Albans: $30,000.
Built in the late 19th century, the housing and commercial
block was condemned for code violations in November last
year. Because of it’s prominent location on Lake
Street in the Historic District, the City, Lake Champlain
Housing, and Housing Vermont have purchased the building and
are rehabilitating it to provide seven units of affordable
housing and one ground floor commercial space. The total
project will cost $1.2 million. The grant will help
restore the facade of the building. Proposed work
includes repointing the brick facade, restoration of the wood
cornice, and restoration of the storefront.
Stannard Town Hall, $20,000.
The Town of Stannard in association with the Stannard
Historical Society is working to restore and build an addition
onto the old Stannard Schoolhouse so it may serve as a
community center. The total cost of the project is estimated
at $212,700 and will include making the building fully
accessible, creating a bathroom, moving the current town
clerk's office to a newly constructed ell, and restoring the
downstairs classroom to its original configuration. The
Town bonded $160,000, impressive considering the population is
approximately 150, and the Historical Society raised an
additional $32,500 through grants and local fund-raising. The
grant will allow them to finish this project.
Richmond Free Library, Richmond: $40,000.
The building that now houses the Richmond Free Library was
built as a Universalist Unitarian Church in 1879. The
church served its congregation until the fall of 1956 when the
members voted to disband. It was sold to Walter A.
Griffith of Richmond who, in turn, gifted it to the Richmond
School District. The building then served as the school
gymnasium until 1988. In 1990, voters approved a
$395,600 bond to renovate the building's first floor for use
as a library. Two years ago, the Library Trustees began
raising $398,00 to finish the second floor into the children's
section and community meeting space. To date,
they've raised roughly $250,000 including $82,000 from the
Freeman Foundation's library initiative. The grant will allow
them to begin Phase I construction and complete the library
space upstairs.
East Burke Congregational Church, East
Burke: $15,000. This Federal style 1845 church
features an 1880s entry canopy and wonderful decorative
ceiling and wall ornamentation, a gift of the Darling
family. Elmer Darling was an area resident who trained
in architecture at M.I.T and later owned the elegant Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York City. The church is in
generally good repair and the congregation has been raising
money to install a lift, repair the roof, repoint the
foundation, address site drainage problems, and complete
interior ceiling repairs/repainting. The grant will
allow them to complete the rehabilitation work.
Ben Thresher's Mill, Barnet: $50,000.
Ben's Mill is on the Stevens River in Barnet, and is one of
Vermont’s very special treasures. Within it are a
woodworking shop, blacksmith's forge, cider mill, wheelwright
and cooper tools. The 1880 mill is remarkable in that
everything--belts, shaft, equipment, tools--has survived and
continued to be in used until about ten years ago. It
was then that its most recent operating owner, Ben Thresher,
walked across the street to get his mail and was killed by a
car. The doors were simply shut with the contents left
just as Ben left them. Two years ago Hiram Allen bought
the mill for $100,000, and is now donating the entire property
to a recently formed nonprofit, the Ben's Mill Trust, Ltd. The
Trust has raised funds and coordinated volunteers to catalog
contents, do an archeology dig, repair roof supports, replace
the standing seam roof, and repair a portion of the
foundation. Once the building is restored, it will be
used for crafting small items and planing custom lumber, and
as an educational site operated by the Fairbanks Museum.
The grant will enable Ben's Mill Trust to rebuild the stone
foundation, repair and paint the exterior, and repair the
belts and line shafts so that all of the equipment will be
operating by Fall 2002 using a tractor engine for power.
Waterbury Center Church, Waterbury:
$20,000. Built in 1833, the Federal style Waterbury
Center Church originally was one undivided space with box pews
and a gallery running around three walls. In 1858, a
second floor was built at the level of the galleries, creating
the second story sanctuary. New bench pews were
installed, but the original pews were not discarded, and, in
the 1930s, panels from those pews were used to create
removable partitions on the first floor, still in use.
The building has been well maintained; last year Trustees
spent $10,500 to repair the steeple and louvered gable
fans. The grant along with more local fundraising will
allow them to complete all high priority repairs: replacing
six window sills, repairing a small section of wood sill
failed at the boiler room and front door, and installing a
poly vapor barrier to the crawl space.
Downtown Reinvestment Funds Awarded to
Four Projects
On January 7th, the Vermont Downtown Development
Board awarded grants totaling over $330,000 to fund building
redevelopment projects in four designated downtowns. The
funding will help create new housing and commercial space,
protect people and buildings from fire, and restore downtown
building facades. The four grants are:
- $75,000 to Barre, for the
restoration of the exterior of 210 North Main Street;
- $82,375 to Rockingham for the
rehabilitation of the Howard Block on the Square in
Bellows Falls, vacant since a fire in 1996, into 13
housing units on the 2nd and 3rd floors, and 4 retail
spaces on the first floor;
- $75,000 to Bennington for code and
accessibility work as part of the redevelopment of the
vacant former C. B. Sports manufacturing complex at 210
South Street;
- $100,000 to Brattleboro to protect 4
historic downtown buildings, including the Latchis
Memorial Building, from fire by installing complete
sprinkler systems.
National Register News
The National Park Service has recently listed
the following Vermont properties on the National Register of
Historic Places:
The Ezekiel Emerson Farm in
Rochester. This thirty eight acre farm includes a circa
1840 farmhouse and horse shed, 1875 bank barn, 1920 milkhouse,
and the remains of a 1910 potato shed. It was nominated
under the Agricultural Resources of Vermont Multiple
Property Documentation Form. The farm is representative
of the development of small-scale diversified agriculture in
Vermont in the 19th century and embodies the distinctive
characteristics of a mid-19th century Vermont hill farm.
Maidstone State Park in Maidstone
and Mount Philo State Park in Charlotte. Part of a group of 21
state parks constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
in Vermont in the 1930s as part of President Roosevelt's New
Deal Program. The parks’ landscaping and rustic
architecture are typical of parks constructed by the CCC
nationwide and reflect a period of social and conservation
reform as well as new tourism and recreation trends. The parks
were nominated to the National Register under the nationwide Historic
Park Landscapes in National and State Parks Multiple
Documentation Form.
Lampson School, New Haven
This circa 1868, two story, wood framed,
Italianate style school was built with funds donated by a
former resident, Curtis Miranda Lampson, who was instrumental
in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. For
this, he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1866. The school
was nominated under the Educational Resources of Vermont
Multiple Property Documentation Form. It is significant
both architecturally and because it represents patterns of
educational development in 19th century Vermont. The building
was rehabilitated for use as housing using the Rehabilitation
Investment Tax Credit.
North Street Historic District,
Burlington
This ten block long, mixed use residential and
commercial district in the Old North End of Burlington
contains 70 contributing buildings, 1 site, and 18
noncontributing buildings. Most of the buildings were
built between 1870 and 1890, largely in the Italianate and
Queen Anne styles. This neighborhood, along lower North
Street, was the commercial and residential center for many
immigrant groups working in the lumber and textile industries
in Burlington. This was a collaborative project between the
Division, the CLG, a neighborhood revitalization organization,
and the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program
whose students prepared the draft nomination. It will be
an important tool in raising neighborhood pride and
stimulating economic revitalization.
NATIONAL
Economic Impact Studies to be Routine
for Box Stores
By RON TSCHIDA, Bozeman Chronicle Staff
Writer
Any "big box" retailer that wants
to locate in Bozeman is going to have to tell the city not only
how it will affect local wages and housing costs, but what it
plans to do with its building after it closes -- possibly
decades from now.
The requirements were added at City Manager
Clark Johnson's direction to a planning staff report on Lowe's
Home Improvement Warehouse, which is planning a 121,000
square-foot building on North 19th Avenue.
And they'll be added to any future big box
application, city officials say.
Johnson said he merely put in writing what
he's heard from city commissioners during discussion with
Wal-Mart, The Home Depot and Lowe's, three retail giants
planning to either expand or build new stores here.
"I felt that there was general
commission direction on (those requirements)," Johnson
said. "I'm pretty comfortable with that."
Any application for a retail store of more
than 50,000 square feet needs to be accompanied by an economic
impact analysis, including mitigation strategies for any
negative effects.
In particular, the plan must address effects
on the local housing market.
Corporations also must define plans for
making its building available for reuse after closure.
"The main issue here is that the city
will not accept a plan that could result in a vacant, boarded-up
big box with the weeds growing up around the pavement as has
occurred elsewhere," according to the staff report.
So-called "dark stores" have become
a big issue elsewhere in the country, said Andy Epple, Bozeman's
planning director. In most cases, the vacant stores happen
because retailers such as Wal-Mart want to expand their store
but don't have enough room on site. They build a new, bigger
store nearby and abandon the existing building.
Other communities are considering requiring
corporations to post a bond to guarantee their building won't
sit empty, or to give the city an opportunity to buy the
property, Epple said.
An economic impact study is a reasonable
requirement and definitely something the City Commission wants
to see every time, said Commissioner Steve Kirchhoff.
"I believe five out of five
commissioners think that's true," Kirchhoff said Tuesday.
Kirchhoff has attempted several times in the
last two years to kindle discussion on an ordinance that would
limit large retailers.
Dozens of communities across the country have
enacted size caps or other restrictions; Coconino County,
Arizona, which includes Flagstaff, passed an ordinance in August
prohibiting stores larger than 70,000 square feet, for example.
Such an ordinance hasn't made it to the table
here.
But the city has authority to demand an
economic study under subdivision rules that allow the review of
"related matters" in the consideration of major site
plans, Kirchhoff said.
Wal-Mart, which hopes to expand its North
Seventh Avenue store by 80,000 square feet, paid for an economic
study. But the company and city officials still haven't agreed
on precisely what the study means.
In a Dec. 4 fax, the company offered to
participate in a community-wide retail promotion and put a
shuttle stop on their property.
"I think it comes up a little short of
what the commission intended in terms of dealing with housing
and wages," Epple said.
Ron Tschida is at rtschida@gomontana.com
Copyright Bozeman Daily Chronicle 12/19/01
COMMENTARY
Subsequent to the following commentary,
the Brattleboro Co-op made the decision to stay in its current
downtown location with the option to buy their building in
a few years. We thought people might be interested in
Marty's commentary.
Keep the Co-op Downtown
By Marty Jezer
The member-owners of the Brattleboro Food
Co-op are discussing the possibility of moving the co-op
from its downtown location to the old Grand Union store in the
Fairfield Plaza on Putney Road.
The Brattleboro Food Co-op is one of the
town's great success stories. What started out as a small
buyer's club whose members took turns driving to Boston to buy
100 pound sacks of brown rice has grown into a supermarket-sized
natural foods emporium with more than 2,400 active shareholders,
130 employees, 14,000 stocked items, and more than $10 million
in annual sales.
Its present quarters are cramped. As a
working member who has washed dishes for the deli, stacked the
grocery shelves and packaged bulk foods I can attest to that.
There is also not enough parking, and negotiating
"malfunction junction" is always a challenge. At its
rate of current growth, the co-op needs more floor space, office
space and outside parking.
If the co-op was a typical corporation,
committed to turning a profit for its out-of-town stockholders,
the Fairfield Plaza would seem inviting. Enough asphalt for
parking, room to grow, no downtown traffic. The management of
Grand Union no doubt had similar reasons for relocating their
store from downtown Brattleboro to Putney Road many years ago.
They then went out of business.
But the Brattleboro Food Co-op is a locally
owned cooperative, not an out-of-state corporation. In a
corporation, investing and disinvesting in local communities is
all in a day's work. What happens to the social life, culture
and to other merchants in the community is not their concern. So
what if an existing downtown is destroyed as a result. Market
forces will always trump community interests in the way
corporations view the world.
There are other ways of running a business,
however; and our cooperative is a successful alternative. It's
member-owned and community-orientated. It's not only a product
of local enterprise, it's a reflection of local values. And
that's why co-op members have a say in whether the co-op stays
downtown or becomes part of a strip development. In early
December members received a mailing describing the pros and cons
of each option. The mailing also included a survey form (not a
ballot) which the members are to return to the co-op by Jan 5.
As of Dec. 26, there was more support for making the move than
there was for staying downtown. But there was also an expressed
desire for more information.
Alas, the initial mailing, on which the
survey was based, lacked important information. It described the
problems of staying downtown and the board's interest in finding
solutions to those problems, but it did not include concrete
proposals to provide the solutions. A volunteer committee,
including a local architect, engineer, and a landscape designer,
working in cooperation with "Building a Better
Brattleboro" has now drafted two proposals that resolve the
downtown problems of space (expansion), access and parking.
The proposals will be sent to co-op members
(and be available in the co-op) before the next shareholder
informational meeting on Saturday Jan. 5, at 10 a.m. at the
Brooks Memorial Library. That there are solutions to existing
problems that were not factored into the initial membership
survey, should render that survey irrelevant as a guide to
member sentiment.
There is another issue that was not fully
discussed in the co-ops initial mailing, and that's the
importance of downtown to the Brattleboro area. Brattleboro's
downtown is a gem; one of the most vibrant for its size, in New
England or anywhere. It's been challenged by malls, strip
development, catalogue and Internet sales, yet it thrives.
The Whetstone Pathway, the Latchis arts
initiative, the Transportation Center, the Waypoint Interpretive
Center and the Union Station and Museum renovations all bode
well for the future. A new bridge over the Connecticut will
hopefully lessen the traffic jam at malfunction junction.
(Planned traffic light improvements will also help that
situation and ought to be given priority in the state's road
improvement schedule).
To lose the co-op would be a setback for the
entire community. A downtown is more than just stores; the
public has a stake in its well-being. Brattleboro's downtown
includes residences and offices. It's the heart of the
community, an active, public space where people come together to
exchange ideas, hatch plans, and get to feel a part of the
community.
"When a city heart stagnates or
disintegrates," observed Jane Jacobs in her famous study
"The Death and Life of Great American Cities," a city
as a social neighborhood of the whole begins to suffer: People
who ought to get together, by means of central activities that
are failing, fail to get together. Ideas and money that ought to
meet, and do so often only by happenstance in a place of central
vitality, fail to meet. The networks of city public life develop
gaps they cannot afford. Without a strong and inclusive
central heart, a city tends to become a collection of interests
isolated from one another. It falters at producing something
greater, socially, culturally and economical, then the sum of is
separated parts."
Were the co-op to move to Putney Road, the
community would lose some of this interaction. People would be
getting in and out of their cars just to shop. People would not
be able to park just once, as they can do downtown, in order to
walk around, browse in other stores, take time for tea or
coffee, go to the post office, town hall or library, see
friends, and run errands. Instead of an important part of
community life, the co-op would become a commuter stop, a
suburban shopping experience.
Bottom-line efficiency should be a factor in
the co-op's moving or staying. But the new proposals, as members
will see, neutralize the pragmatic reasons for moving. But the
importance of the co-op to downtown Brattleboro, is also
crucial. I'd say essential. A co-op that doesn't see itself as
part of the community would be a different institution than the
co-op we're so proud to support.
Marty Jezer writes a column for the
Brattleboro Reformer every Friday. His books include Abbie
Hoffman: American Rebel and The Dark Ages: Life in the
United States, 1945-1960. He lives in Brattleboro and
welcomes comments at mjez@sover.net.
PUBLICATIONS
& RESOURCES
Historic Homeowner Resource
Caring for Your Historic House
Caring for Your Historic House, a companion book
to Caring for Your Collections, focuses on the important role of
maintenance in preserving historic homes. The book contains a
collection of essays written by leading preservation
practitioners, and includes twenty chapters on topics ranging
from establishing a maintenance program to roofs and drainage,
structural systems, wallpapers, flooring and floor finishes, and
kitchens and bathrooms. "Caring for Your Historic
House brings together some of the country's most skilled
preservation practitioners in one indispensable volume. I highly
recommend it." --Richard Moe, president of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Hardcover - $39.95. Paperback -
$24.50
Call 888-388-6789 to order or http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PUBS/house.htm
Historic HomeWorks Web Site: http://www.historichomeworks.com/
At the Historic HomeWorks website the nationally
recognized historic building specialist John Leeke helps
homeowners, tradespeople, contractors and professionals
understand and maintain their older and historic buildings. A
principal feature is the online library, which includes the
well-known Preservation Briefs from the National Park Service
and is the only place on the internet where the Briefs can be
searched by key word. This is one of the most authoritative and
extensive collections of historic preservation information
available on the Internet today. "I first began developing
the website in 1994, but it really took off when I entered a
formal partnership the Historic Preservation Services division
of the National Park Service. I translated the print version of
all 40 of the Preservation Briefs into web pages and had them
posted at my own website a full year before the HPS posted them
at their own website. The website has proven to be an effective
way for me to help people save historic buildings across the
whole country and beyond," says Leeke. Leeke is now writing
a new Preservation Brief on porch preservation that will be
added to the series later this year.
Preservation Burlington's New Website
http://www.homestead.com/preservationburlington/main.html
Preservation Burlington provides a forum for
community concerns and a means for addressing them. The
nonprofit organization seeks to improve the livability of
neighborhoods and to preserve the architectural, historic,
aesthetic, and economic vitality of the city. It is involved
with both education and advocacy. Examples of Preservation
Burlington activities include an Old Homes Tour, an awards
program, and efforts to improve the livability of neighborhoods
EVENTS
January 19-April 6
Faces of Vermont: Portraits from the
Collection of the Vermont Historical Society, Stowe. Opening
Reception Friday January 18, 5:30-7:30 pm. Helen Day Art
Center, Stowe, VT 05672. (802) 253-8358.
January 22
Balancing Public Safety and the Protection of
Historic Buildings, Washington, DC. Life safety and
making public places are now paramount issues facing the
government and private sectors at all levels. The National
Park Service, in cooperation with private and governmental
partners, will present a conference focusing on how this
environment will affect the historic character of America's
cities and towns. Application available at http://www.appl.org/protect
March 8-10
Preservation Expo 2002, Saratoga Springs,
N.Y. Sponsored by Saratoga Springs Preservation
Foundation. Contact (518) 587-5030, www.saratogapreservation.org.
March 13-16
3rd National Conference on Historic
Preservation Practice: A Critical Look at Design in Historic
Preservation, Baltimore. Co-sponsored by American
institute of Architects, National Park Service, five
universities. Contact David Ames, (302) 831-1050, davames@UDel.Edu.
March 20-23
Restoration and Renovation Conference,
Boston. Sponsored by Restore Media, LLC. Contact
1-800-982-6247, www.restorationandrenovation.com.
May 10
Vermont's 8th annual Historic Preservation
Conference in Rutland. For more information, please contact conference@ptvermont.org.
OPPORTUNITIES
Executive Director Opening, Worcester,
MA
PRESERVATION WORCESTER, 30-yr-old
non-profit/historic preservation organization, seeks an
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Preservation, administration,
fundraising experience required. 10 Cedar St, Worcester,
MA 01609 fax 508-798-0693, contact: emily@preservationworcester.org.
http://www.preservationworcester.org/
Preservation Leadership Training
Institute: Marshall, California, June 22-29, 2002
Preservation Leadership Training is an intensive
one-week experience tailored to the needs of state and local
preservation organizations. PLT provides participatory
learning experiences in leadership and organizational
development techniques; stimulating educational session; and
up-to-the-minute information on current preservation practices,
issues, and action strategies.
For board members and staff of preservation
organizations and agencies and others who are in positions to
influence preservation efforts in their communities. Application
deadline is April 19, 2002.
For more information contact the National
Trust for Historic Preservation (202) 588-6067, plt@nthp.org.
Wanted: Top Preservation Projects
Nominations are now open for the 2002 National
Preservation Awards, sponsored by the National Trust for
Historic Preservation. Past recipients in Vermont include
the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Shelburne Farms and
Chester Liebs. Click here for more information: http://www.nationaltrust.org/news/docs/20011203_awards.html
Or write to: liz Weaver Williams, Preservation Awards, National
Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20036. E-mail: awards@nthp.org.
Phone: (202) 588-6236
11 Most Endangered Places 2002
Since 1988, the list of America's 11 Most
Endangered Historic Places has identified more than 120
threatened, one-of-a-kind historic treasures. Designation has
been a powerful tool for raising awareness and rallying
resources to save sites endangered by neglect, insufficient
funds, inappropriate development or insensitive public policy.
The National Trust for Historic
Preservation is now accepting nominations for America's 11
Most Endangered Places 2002. As in the past, this year's
selections will range across time and place and purpose, but all
will represent the best of America. They might be sites familiar
to everyone, such as Valley Forge National Historical Park in
Pennsylvania (on the 2000 list), or, like the town of Petosky,
Michigan (1996), be lesser-known but equally important
illustrations of the preservation challenges facing communities
across the country.
The nomination form and the directions,
including the materials that must be included, are available for
downloading. The deadline for submitting a nomination is Friday,
January 18. Click here for more information: http://www.nationaltrust.org/11Most/index.html
Or contact: National Trust for Historic
Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
20036 · tel: 202.588.6000 · fax:
202.588.6038
Grants Available through the National
Trust for Historic Preservation
The deadline for the Preservation Services Fund,
the Johanna Favrot Fund, and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund is
fast approaching: February 1, 2002.
Preservation Services Fund - These seed
grants are made available to nonprofit organizations and
public agencies for the initiation of various
preservation-related projects. Preservation Services
Fund grants are used to hire technical consultants, conduct
conferences or develop preservation education programs.
Funds are not available to support "bricks and
mortar" restoration costs. The maximum grant award
is $5,000; however, the average grant is $500 to $1,000.
Johanna Favrot Fund - The Johanna
Favrot Fund offers grants to nonprofit organizations, public
agencies, for-profit businesses and individuals for historic
preservation related projects. Grants are available for
projects that help stimulate public interest in historic
preservation and cultural resources, encourage fundraising
programs, and assist with specific local needs of a
preservation organization. Most grants range between
$2,500 or $8,000. Funds are not available to support
"bricks and mortar" restoration costs.
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund -The
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund offers grants to nonprofit
organizations, public agencies, for-profit businesses and
individuals to assist in the preservation, restoration, and
interpretation of historic interiors. Grants are
available for projects that help stimulate public interest in
historic interiors, encourage fundraising programs, and assist
with specific local needs of a preservation
organization. Most grants range between $5,000 and
$10,000. Funds are not available to support "bricks
and mortar" restoration costs.
Applications are available on-line (for NTHP
Forum members) and through the Northeast Office of the National
Trust for Historic Preservation by contacting us at
(617)523-0885 or nero@nthp.org.
NCPTT Anti-terrorism Grants to Protect
Cultural Resources
The National Center for Preservation Technology
and Training, a unit of the National Park Service, has recently
announced that it is encouraging "submission of grant
proposals that focus on the protection of cultural resources
against acts of terrorism" for its fiscal 2002 grant cycle.
The deadline for applications is FEBRUARY 1, 2002. Due to
conditions beyond the control of the Center or the National Park
Service, their websites are not available. For an application
and other information you may call the Center at 318/356-7444.
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