June 17, 2009. House Bill 1386 Grant Program
Councilman Brian Sullivan, Donna Ambrose, Sharie Freemantle and Wendy Becker made a presentation to the Historic Preservation Commission Wednesday evening June 16th creating the House Bill 1386 Heritage Grant Program. Councilman Sullivan made it clear that this program would not have been possible in these tough economic times without the help of all the council members and the executive’s office who came together to support this plan.
If the link to the application and guidelines at the bottom of this message doesn’t work, try www.snoco.org front page under “Community Heritage Program.”
There is $45,000 in this fund for this calendar year and we would really like to see this all distributed to support heritage in Snohomish County. There is a ¼ cash match required and a ¼ in-kind match. For this year, the timing is tight. Applications are due by August 10, 2009 for expenditure by December 31, 2009. Next year the cycle will operate on the calendar year.
There is a provision for smaller grants that can be applied for via a letter application.
The application guidelines are not yet up on the web site, so we’ll provide more information later. Any questions can be addressed to Shari Freemantle at 425-388-3559 or sharie.freemantle@snoco.org or Wendy Becker at 425-388-3186 or wendy.becker@snoco.org.
Information submitted by Tracy Tallman, Member of the Historic Preservation Commission lacquer@comcast.net
http://www.co.snohomish.wa.us/documents/Departments/Council/News/CommunityHeritageProgram_5.pdf
It’s not too late to get a passport (or download a pdf version) and visit as many of Washington State’s Historic Carnegie Libraries as possible! Edmonds and Snohomish (City) are participants so you can visit them to see their activities. Lisa Christopher and two other volunteers from the Clark County Historical Society spent over 600 hours putting this program together to promote these special buildings and their preservation activities.