HEAR YE!
September 2009 -- Local historic preservation groups take notice. There are small matching grants available to nonprofit groups. National Trust Preservation Funds provide two types of assistance to nonprofit organizations and public agencies: 1) matching grants from $500 to $5,000 for preservation planning and educational efforts, and 2) intervention funds for preservation emergencies. (Continued below)
Matching grant funds may be used to obtain professional expertise in areas such as architecture, archaeology, engineering, preservation planning, land-use planning, fund raising, organizational development and law as well as to provide preservation education activities to educate the public.
For more on National Trust Preservation Funds
and to find an application form click here
The message comes from NHDHR
New Hampshire's "State Historic Preservation Office" was established in 1974 as the Division of Historical Resources. The historical, archaeological, architectural and cultural resources of New Hampshire are among its most important environmental assets. Historic preservation promotes the use, understanding and conservation of such resources for the education, inspiration, pleasure and enrichment of New Hampshire's citizens. [ RSA 227-C:1-a ] For more information, visit them online or by calling 603-271-3483. The DHR trifold brochure is now online, free of charge, at the DHR's "About Us" web site. Download it for distribution -- or save paper and historic places by sharing the web link widely.
For the NHDHR web site click here
