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YARMOUTH — Maine Preservation, along with its partners the N.H. Preservation Alliance, the Preservation Trust of Vermont, and the Preservation League of New York State, is pleased to announce receipt of a $1,000,000 grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission to help communities undertake locally driven historic preservation projects with strong community and economic revitalization potential.
The four statewide organizations have formed the Northeast Heritage Economic Program through which they will provide grants to “shovel-ready” non-profit- and municipal-owned historic rehabilitation projects that have matching funds in hand. The Northern Heritage Economy Program materials and deadlines will be available later this fall for projects in the eligible Maine counties of Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo and Washington. To request application information, interested parties can email Maine Preservation, info@mainepreservation.org, using the subject line “NBRC Inquiry.”
Studies show that historic preservation investment supports small business and good-paying labor jobs, improves property values, keeps money circulating in local economies, catalyzes additional investment, and increases community pride.
The award was made by the Regional Forest Economy Partnership, a new NBRC-led initiative, which was driven by a desire to focus on innovative initiatives to engage a regional approach in addressing the decline in forest-based economies. The funds for this program, and all NBRC programs, are available thanks to the support of the Congressional Delegations of all four NBRC states: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
PHOTO: Readfield Union Meeting House, which is undergoing a historic preservation project. (Readfield Hisorocical Society photo)
