[MassHistPres] Announcing MPPF Round 26 - Applications Due March 20, 2020

[Holtz, Paul (SEC)]

MHC Announcing MPPF Round 26 & Workshops


Secretary William F. Galvin, Chair of the Massachusetts Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Round 26 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 which was $800,000.


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.

Six workshops will be held:

  *   Thursday, January 9, 2020
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Prescott Building -Nashaway Meeting Room
701 Main Street
Lancaster, MA


  *   Wednesday, January 15, 2020
10:00 - 12:00 noon
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA


  *   Thursday, January 23, 2020
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Lee Public Library
100 Main Street
Lee, MA


  *   Tuesday, January 28, 2020
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA


  *   Tuesday, February 4, 2020
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Wistariahurst Museum
238 Cabot Street
Holyoke, MA


  *   Tuesday, February 11, 2020
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Sandwich Town Hall
130 Main Street
Sandwich, MA

MHC hopes that your schedule allows you to 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.  Applicants are encouraged to begin compiling application materials before attending a workshop, or as soon as possible, to allow sufficient time to meet the application deadline.

Applications for this next round of MPPF grants, Round 26, are due March 20, 2020. MPPF program information, downloadable Application/Instructions, and directions for the upcoming grant workshops can be found online. 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 versions of the Application and Instructions will be made available at each workshop. Please call the MHC at 617-727-8470 or e-mail Paul Holtz at Paul.Holtz at sec.state.ma.us<mailto:Paul.Holtz at sec.state.ma.us> if you have any questions or would like to receive hardcopies of the Application and Instructions.


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