[MassHistPres] Announcing MPPF Round 20

[Holtz, Paul (SEC)]

Secretary William F. Galvin, Chair of the Massachusetts Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Round 20 of the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund (MPPF) grant program has been scheduled. It is anticipated that funding will be in the range of the previous grant round, Round 19, which was $780,000.


Administered by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC), the MPPF is a state-funded 50% reimbursable matching grant program established in 1984 to support the preservation of properties, landscapes, and sites listed in the State Register of Historic Places. Applicants must be a municipality or nonprofit organization. The program is administered in accordance with 950 CMR 73.00. Please note that grant disbursement is subject to reauthorization of the capital accounts and the availability of sufficient allocated funds.

Two afternoon MPPF workshops have been scheduled in January of 2014. The first workshop will be held on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm at the Millbury Public Library in Millbury, MA. The second workshop will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the MHC offices in the Massachusetts Archives Building in Dorchester, MA.

Join a member of the MHC's Grants Division as they explain the program requirements, go over program materials, and give you the opportunity to ask questions. Workshops are free of charge and no registration is required.

Applications for the next round of MPPF grants, Round 20, are due March 14, 2014. MPPF program information, downloadable Application/Instructions, and directions for the upcoming grant workshops will be available starting the week of January 6, 2014. Please visit the MPPF main page of the MHC's website:

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcmppf/mppfidx.htm

Limited quantities of the hardcopy version of the Application and Instructions will be made available shortly and at each workshop. Please call the MHC at 617-727-8470 if you have any questions or would like to receive hardcopies of the Application and Instructions.

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