Partners in the Field Round One Grants
Twenty-four grants, totaling $3 million, were awarded in February 2008 in the first round of the new Partners in the Field Challenge Grant program. A second round of grant awards were announced in February 2009.
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| Cleveland Restoration Society plans to sponsor more group learning activities like this workshop for historic homeowners. Courtesy of CRS. |
Round One grant awards went to:
- APVA Preservation Virginia, $105,000, to provide hands-on technical assistance in local communities throughout Virginia;
- Bosco-Milligan Foundation (Portland OR), $150,000, to launch a new initiative of field services and technical assistance to meet critical preservation challenges in Portland;
- Center for Desert Archaeology (Tucson AZ), $111,500, to expand the scope of historic preservation and conservation easement programs across the Southwest;
- Cleveland Restoration Society, $147,000, to provide preservation assistance and access to low-interest rehabilitation loans to homeowners throughout Northeast Ohio and statewide;
- Galveston Historical Foundation, $147,000, to educate the public to better prepare for natural disasters, work with lead-based paint and increase energy efficiency in historic buildings;
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, $140,000, to preserve more historic buildings, houses and structures throughout Georgia and use preservation field services as a catalyst for economic development;
- Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, $70,000, to expand field services to address unmet needs for hands-on preservation technical assistance;
- Historic Augusta (Augusta GA), $120,000, to provide expanded field services in the Greater Augusta area that incorporates preservation into community planning and development;
- Historic Boston, Inc., and Boston Preservation Alliance, $150,000, to collaborate in providing comprehensive neighborhood outreach and preservation services to 19 Boston Main Streets districts;
- Historic Denver, Inc., $122,000, to offer technical support and preservation services to historic communities and homeowners in Denver and its first ring suburbs;
- Historic Hawaii Foundation, $150,000, to deliver on-site technical preservation assistance and information services to rural and isolated communities on each of the major islands;
- Historic Savannah Foundation (Savannah GA), $90,000, to work with city government to bring preservation field services and technical expertise to underserved, threatened historic residential neighborhoods;
- Knox Heritage (Knoxville TN), $97,500, to provide preservation field services in a nine-county Greater Knoxville region and increase regional preservation activities;
- Los Angeles Conservancy, $140,000, to expand historic preservation work and foster community-based preservation leadership in Los Angeles' Latino community;
- Michigan Historic Preservation Network, $75,000, to support a new, full-time preservation field representative working throughout the state, including the Upper Peninsula;
- Missouri Preservation, $125,000; to provide direct preservation field services and technical support throughout the state of Missouri;
- Montana Preservation Alliance, $150,000, to expand Most Endangered activities into a grassroots preservation program in collaboration with other state and national partners;
- Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, $150,000, to provide expanded preservation services to African American neighborhood organizations and homeowners;
- Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, $110,000, to deliver preservation information and provide technical assistance throughout the state of Minnesota;
- Preservation Maryland, $120,000; to provide expanded preservation field services to communities on Maryland's Eastern Shore;
- Preservation Massachusetts, $127,500, to expand preservation field services to Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket;
- Preservation North Carolina, $125,000, to establish full-time urban preservation services and work on preservation issues in North Carolina’s capital city, Raleigh;
- Preservation Pennsylvania, $150,000, to provide direct technical assistance and hands-on preservation expertise to communities throughout Pennsylvania;
- Preserve Rhode Island, $127,500, to establish an on-the-ground field services program in Rhode Island.
