[MassHistPres] Call for Pre-Applications, MHC FY09 Survey and Planning Grants

[Steinitz, Michael @ SEC]

Dear Fellow Preservationist:

 

I am writing to announce the beginning of the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) Fiscal Year 2009 Survey and Planning Grant cycle.  For the FY 2009 round, eligible applicants include local historical commissions, local historic district commissions, planning offices, Certified Local Governments (CLGs) and other eligible public and non-profit historic preservation organizations. The MHC anticipates awarding five project grants to qualified CLG applicants* and five project grants to non-CLG applicants in the FY 2009 matching grant round.

 

As the State Historic Preservation Office,   the Massachusetts Historical Commission is responsible for administering the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service and State Historic Preservation Offices, to grant funds to communities and private non-profit organizations for a wide range of preservation‑related activities. These include completion of cultural resource inventories, nomination of significant properties to the National Register of Historic Places, completion of community-wide preservation plans, and other types of studies, reports, publications and projects that relate to the identification and protection of significant historic properties and sites. The goal of the Survey and Planning Grant program is to support efforts to identify and plan for the protection of the significant historic buildings, structures, archaeological sites and landscapes of the Commonwealth. 

 

The MHC is now initiating the Fiscal Year 2009 grant round of funding for local historical commissions and historic district commissions, municipal planning and community development offices, Certified Local Governments (CLGs),* non-profit organizations, and other eligible applicants.   A Survey and Planning grant can provide critical support for projects that help to preserve the character of your community. 

 

For additional information on eligible applicants, eligible projects, procedures, selection criteria, and application materials see the  Guidelines for Applicants and the Pre-application form available from MHC’s web site under “New at the MHC."

 

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhchpp/Surveyandplanning.htm

 

Please consider applying for a grant by completing the Pre‑application and returning it to the Massachusetts Historical Commission by Monday, December 15, 2008 (Postmark acceptable, but no faxed or emailed applications are accepted).  

 

Sincerely,

 

Michael Steinitz

Director

Preservation Planning Division

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Michael.steinitz at state.ma.us <mailto:Michael.steinitz at state.ma.us> 

617-727-8470

 

 

*MHC is required under federal law to pass through 10% of its annual federal budget allocation to Certified Local Governments (CLGs). See CLG list in Application Guidelines section A (6).

        

This program receives Federal financial assistance for identification and protection of historic properties. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or age in its federally assisted programs.  If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to:  Office for Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC  20240.