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PARTNERS: Press NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 22, 2011 Contact: Deborah Divins Davis, 410-778-1460 or info@storiesofthechesapeake.org.
Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc. P. O. Box 727 Chestertown, Maryland 21620-0727 410-778-1460 info@storiesofthechesapeake.org www.storiesofthechesapeake.org
Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage
Area The Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area is now seeking matching grant applications for projects that enhance heritage tourism, museum programming, stewardship, and community heritage activities in Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties. Nonprofit groups and governmental agencies may compete for up to $100,000 in statewide grants administered by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA). Applicants for the grants must be located in the state-certified portion of the Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area, which currently includes most unincorporated areas of Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot Counties. It also includes the following towns: Betterton, Centreville, Chestertown, Denton, Easton, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Hillsboro, Millington, Oxford, Preston, Queen Anne, Queenstown, Ridgely, Rock Hall, St. Michaels (anticipated), Sudlersville, and Tilghman Island. Project applications are first reviewed by Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc. (ESHI). Funds would be available to successful applicants in late 2012 to early 2013; matching funds may be spent after grants are awarded in July 2012. Project requirements include grantees providing a match of at least 100 percent. A minimum of 75 percent of the match must be in cash; the remainder may be in donated services and products or volunteer labor. Non-capital grants of up to $50,000 are available for planning, design, interpretation, and programming. Capital grants of up to $100,000 are available for projects or activities within designated Heritage Area Target Investment Zones for acquisition of real property, development, rehabilitation, restoration, and pre-development project costs such as the preparation of specifications, architectural designs, or engineering. Target Investment Zones must already exist or be capable of applying for designation no later than February 22, 2012, to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. The towns of Betterton, Centreville, Chestertown, Denton, Easton, Federalsburg, Oxford, and Stevensville are designated Target Investment Zones. All applicants are strongly advised to discuss grant ideas with Deborah Divins Davis, the Heritage Area’s Executive Director. She may be contacted for a consultation appointment at 410-778-1460 or at info@storiesofthechesapeake.org. An Intent to Apply form must be postmarked or emailed by Friday, January 27, 2012 to qualify for technical grant assistance. Completed applications must be submitted by February 22, 2012. Intent to Apply forms may be found on www.storiesofthechesapeake.org and Grant Instructions and Applications may be located at http://mht.maryland.gov/grants_heritagearea_partners.html. The Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area represents the collaborative efforts of nearly 60 nonprofit and governmental institutions and more than 600 local businesses involved in heritage tourism in four counties and 21 towns. Since the heritage area was certified by the State of Maryland in 2005, over 40 nonprofit and governmental bodies within the heritage area have received a total of nearly $1,400,000 in funding from either Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc., or the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.
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