The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park is offering a Keweenaw Heritage Grants opportunity to owners of historic property within the Quincy and Calumet Units of the park.
The purpose of the 2009 grants will be to provide enhancement funds for a broad range of projects and programs including, but not limited to, historic façade rehabilitation, cyclic historic maintenance, historic landscape preservation, preservation planning and design, museum collections preservation and care, development of interpretive exhibits and programs, interpretive publications, sustainable interpretation and preservation pilot programs, and other preservation and heritage-related projects. Greater consideration will be given to proposals that address accessibility, safety, and sustainability.
Projects are to be started and completed in 2009 and 2010. Grants will range between $1,000 and $50,000 (a total of $30,000 to $50,000 is expected to be available in 2009). Grant funds are typically available to successful grantees by October 1, 2009. The park’s recently amended legislation requires that a $1 cash match for every $1 of National Park Service funds.Projects will be selected for funding based on the answers submitted in the application, available funds, and a balance of projects by type and location.
Beginning Monday, June 8, applications will be available at park headquarters, located at 25970 Red Jacket Road in Calumet, by calling park headquarters at 906-337-3168, or by download from this page. The short-response applications are to be delivered to park headquarters by the close of business on Monday, June 29, 2009. Projects will be selected for funding based on answers submitted in the application, available funds, and a balance of project types and location
Electronic files are provided in a fillable MS Word document or as a PDF file that may be downloaded, printed, and completed by hand. All applications must bear original signatures in ink.
For additional information, please call park headquarters at (906) 337-3168 or feel free to send us an email.
