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**2008 Preserve America Grants**

**Round 1**

(By State)

**Downtown Anchorage Historic Walking Tour and Education Project**

*Anchorage, Alaska*

*\$20,000*

As Anchorage prepares to celebrate the 50^th^ anniversary of Alaska's
statehood in 2009, the city and its partners will launch a new website,
develop a walking tour, install historical markers, and create an
education program that provides materials to teachers. In completing
these tasks, Anchorage seeks to provide visitors with consistent, free,
and easily accessible options to explore Anchorage's history and enhance
heritage tourism.

**Hualapai Heritage Trails Projects**

*Hualapai Tribal Nation, Arizona*

*\$40,000*

The Hualapai Tribe will preserve and promote five existing cultural
heritage trails for the benefit of the local tribal community and
visiting tourists with the expectation of an expanded economic tourist
base for the Tribe. Funding will provide archeological and ethnographic
surveys of the trail sites and create interpretive signage, a brochure,
and map.

**Santa Monica Beach Cultural Mapping Project**

*Santa Monica, California*

*\$100,000*

Capitalizing on its greatest asset -- its beach, Santa Monica's goal is
to highlight people and events that shaped the history and culture of
the Southern California beach that significantly influenced popular
culture in America and abroad. Stories from the days of Jim Crow relate
how use of the beach was the subject of racial tensions as
African-Americans fought for equal access. Later the beach provided the
backdrop for the birth of beach volleyball, the international physical
fitness movement launched at Muscle Beach as well as the American
Skateboarding revolution. Funds will support an experienced historian to
survey key sites, events, and individuals to create an inventory of
resources and materials. This will provide the foundation for the future
development of cultural markers and interpretive plaques, walking tours,
and exhibits.

**Southern Otero County Rural Resources Survey**

*Otero County, Colorado*

*\$50,000*

Otero County will survey private lands in Southern Otero County in an
effort to develop heritage tourism with the involvement of local
ranchers -- the primary landowners. The survey will include an historic
context and thematic study based upon the archeological and
architectural findings of the survey teams and will result in the
listing of properties on the National Register of Historic Places.

**Redstone Coke Ovens Education and Interpretation Program**

*Pitkin County, Colorado*

*\$25,000*

Pitkin County will develop an education and interpretive program for the
Redstone Coke Ovens Historic Park. The program will educate the public,
direct foot and car traffic, and promote the site throughout the
community.

**Using Historic Theaters to Promote Southeast Colorado Historic Sites**

*Prowers County, Colorado*

*\$50,000*

Prowers County, in partnership with the Southeast Colorado Regional
Heritage Taskforce representing several other Southeast Colorado
Preserve America communities, will develop a series of film shorts on
the heritage sites in the region. Featured sites will include Camp
Amache National Historic Landmark, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic
Site, and Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. The films will be
shown prior to first-run commercial films in the historic movies
theaters in the region, and will encourage audiences to visit the
historic sites located in their backyards.

**Historic Wethersfield Wayfinding Signage and Gateway Enhancement**

*Wethersfield, Connecticut*

*\$90,000*

This project will enable the Town of Wethersfield to utilize the
recommended sign design from the Historic Wethersfield Master Plan. It
will proceed with the recommended placement of signs, the installation
of directional and informational signs, and the implementation of
recommended improvements to the main gateway from the interstate to the
historic area.

**City of Lewes Off-Season Maritime Historic Tourism Plan**

*Lewes, Delaware*

*\$35,000*

The City of Lewes's downtown historic district is listed in the National
Register of Historic Places, and was designated as one of a Dozen
Distinctive Designations in 2006 by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. With a population of 3,000, the city contains an
impressive number of historic homes, structures, and sites focused on
the City's maritime history, including the historic Overfalls Lightship,
which is one of only 17 remaining lightships in the country. Lewes will
use funds to increase heritage tourism through planning for a better
visitor experience year-round. The plan will develop an integrated
multi-media approach that includes audio tours, brochures with detailed
maps, interpretative signage, and radio broadcasts. This will provide
off-season visitors the opportunity to learn about the many significant
places and events that have taken place over the nearly four centuries
of Lewes' maritime history.

**Downtown Directional Wayfinding Signage Program**

*Kennesaw, Georgia*

*\$50,000*

The City of Kennesaw boasts a rich heritage dating to the 1830s when the
town was founded in conjunction with the construction of a rail line
through Cobb County. The keystone of the downtown historic district is
the Railroad Depot which now houses museum exhibits, artifacts, and
photographs related to the history of Kennesaw. The City of Kennesaw
will develop and design a consistent, comprehensive and uniform system
of directional and way-finding signage with enhanced pedestrian,
vehicular, parking and gateway features.

**City of Boise Local Landmarks**

*Boise, Idaho*

*\$20,000*

The City plans to research and write city landmark nominations for 30
properties (that are not well documented nor locally designated) and
publish a Boise City Local Landmarks brochure and a walking tour
brochure in order to expanding heritage tourism and bringing awareness
of historic resources.

**Tour de Lafayette**

*Lafayette, Indiana*

*\$21,750*

The City of Lafayette will develop interpretive and educational
materials using technology such as podcasts and the Internet to
digitally link the nine historic districts located within Lafayette.
This endeavor will enable the City of Lafayette to encourage
preservation of oral traditions, provide updated information on their
historic resources and equip visitors with the necessary tools to better
appreciate the City's heritage and cultural resources.

**"Hollywood in the Heartland"**

*Iowa State Historic Preservation Office*

*\$45,300*

The Iowa State Historic Preservation Office will engage the public in
Iowa's movie legacy through several heritage tourism activities designed
to stimulate interest in this aspect of the state's history. The
"Hollywood in the Heartland" initiative will celebrate Iowa's
relationship with the movie industry through an examination of the
people and places related to the development and consumption of motion
pictures.

**Junior Main Street Program**

*Oskaloosa, Iowa*

*\$90,000*

The Junior Main Street Program will bring students and teachers together
in collaboration with various community organizations to develop
heritage tourism and preservation projects within the community as a
focus for cross-curricular education. The projects, such as the
development of self-guided walking tours, are envisioned to promote
community sustainability through an understanding and awareness of the
community's heritage, build future leadership from participating
students, and be a model for other communities and states.

**Louisiana Main to Main: A Cultural Roadshow**

*Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office*

*\$150,000*

The Louisiana State Preservation Office will work in partnership with
the Louisiana Main Street program to identify, showcase, and promote
cultural assets unique to Main Street communities, and expand promotion
of the annual Cultural Road Show initiative. The project will include
involvement from Louisiana's Main Street and Preserve America
communities.

**Conference for Local Preservation Commissions of Preserve America
Communities**

*New Orleans, Louisiana*

*\$20,480*

In continuing to revive New Orleans's tourism and convention industry,
the City will develop workshop sessions and tours showcasing New
Orleans's heritage tourism efforts. The project will provide local
preservationists tools and information for protecting historic resources
and enhancing their heritage tourism. Sessions and tours will be offered
by the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions' biennial National
Commission Forum and are envisioned to grow into a full conference track
at future Forums. This will be the first time the over 500 Preserve
America communities will be invited to a national gathering and offered
training.

**Point to the Past Heritage Interpretation Project**

*Portland, Maine*

*\$62,000*

The City of Portland will expand and enhance the interpretation of
Portland's landmarks and history by using GPS devices to provide
information and interpretation of historic resources to visitors and
residents. This pilot program will focus on specific historic resources
to determine if this type of technology will enhance the visitors'
experience.

**Public History in Public Places for Saco Bay Cities**

*Saco, Maine*

*\$37,500*

The City of Saco will promote heritage tourism in the region, improve
local history instruction in the schools, and create a new awareness of
local and regional history in the community and the Saco Bay region.
Funds will pay for the creation of three history exhibits (two
stationary and one traveling) on local and regional history, and an
interpretative regional history guide and traveling truck for use by
teachers in the classroom.

**Annapolis City Hall Restoration**

*Annapolis, Maryland*

*\$75,000*

The City of Annapolis will conduct a Historic Structures Report,
including paint analysis, development of architectural drawings, and
other planning documents needed for the restoration of the Annapolis
City Hall. The City Hall is a contributing structure in a National
Register Historic District, is listed on the Maryland Inventory of
Historic Places, and is a designated local landmark.

**Conspiracy! Port Tobacco and the Plot to Assassinate President
Lincoln**

*Charles County, Maryland*

*\$60,000*

Charles County will collect information through detailed archival and
archaeological research on the setting in which conspirators planned the
abduction and assassination of President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson
and Secretary Seward in March 1865. The final report will provide vital
information for interpretation, nomination and possible acquisition of
properties in Port Tobacco related to this nationally significant event
in American history.

**Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway Gateway/Wayfinding Project**

*Frederick, Maryland*

*\$150,000*

The City of Frederick will develop a comprehensive wayfinding and
gateway signage system in Frederick that will serve as a prototype for
other communities located along the Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway in
Maryland.

**Rockville Historic Building Inventory Catalog**

*City of Rockville, Maryland*

*\$20,000*

The City of Rockville will utilize Preserve America funds to update
their Historic Building Inventory and Catalog to reflect the resources
excluded from the catalog since the last update eighteen years ago.

**Back-in-Time: Tales of the Village**

*Douglas, Michigan*

*\$23,265*

In partnership with local schools and District library, the City of
Douglass will create educational and interpretive materials in order to
provide better information on the City's historic and cultural
resources.

**Ferndale Heritage Tourism and Wayfinding Project**

*Ferndale, Michigan*

*\$120,000*

The City of Ferndale will create a marketing project that will
incorporate wayfinding signage, plaques, and self guided tours to
promote Ferndale's downtown historic resources.

**Montana Places: Expanding the Cultural and Historical Record of
Montana**

*Montana Historical Society (State Historic Preservation Office)*

*\$149,979*

The Montana Historical Society will provide subgrants to several
communities with a strong need to survey and inventory historic
resources so that they have proper documentation for preservation of
their historic resources. Funds will also be used to hold a Tribal
Heritage Resource Summit for Montana's Indian Tribes for the purpose of
identifying potential areas of survey and specific undocumented
landscapes and historic cultural resources important to Montana's Native
American history.

**Marketing Campaign for Historic Downtown Cortland's Cultural Events**

*Cortland, New York*

*\$105,000*

The City of Cortland will develop a marketing campaign that integrates
its historic downtown with its cultural events in order to find the most
effective message, target market and media delivery. The end result will
be a planning document that guides future marketing efforts of historic
downtown Cortland.

**The Tappan Zee Bridge: Transforming Rockland County**

*Rockland County, New York*

*\$150,000*

Rockland County will develop an educational and interpretive program
chronicling the rich and dramatic history of the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Elements of this project will include the fabrication of an exhibit to
be displayed at the Historical Society of Rockland County as well as the
development of a curriculum for Rockland County schools.

**The Gilded Age of Roxbury**

*Roxbury, New York*

*\$66,750*

The Town of Roxbury will promote their heritage tourism programs and
expand upon their current interpretive materials to engage visitors.
Roxbury is the birthplace of railroad magnate Jay Gould and naturalist
John Burroughs. The hamlet of Roxbury retains is seminal 19^th^ Century
architecture, which has resulted in the entire hamlet being listed in
the National Register of Historic Places.

**Village of Owego Heritage Tourism and Education Program**

*Owego, New York*

*\$20,000*

The Village of Owego will develop signage, walking tour brochures,
historic information kiosks, maps, additions and improvements to
interpretive markers, and training for tour guides. Through a
coordinated effort with its many private and public partners the Village
seeks to establish an organized heritage tourism program that will
highlight heritage assets and educate youth, citizens, and visitors to
their rich cultural and architectural history.

**Preserve the Grove: Adaptive Use Study and Site Plan**

*Putnam County, New York*

*\$23,180*

The Grove, an Italianate villa designed by the eminent architect Richard
Upjohn, is located in the Village of Cold Spring along Route 9 Scenic
Byway and is an important cultural landmark of Putnam County. The
objective of this project is two-fold: first, prepare an adaptive reuse
study, and second, develop an appropriate site plan. It is envisioned
that The Grove could become an information center for historic
attractions, local businesses, and outdoor activities; therefore, tying
in all tourism aspects of the area.

**Culturally Connecting America's Hometown: Fayetteville/Cumberland
County Wayfinding Initiative**

*Fayetteville, North Carolina*

*\$150,000*

The City of Fayetteville's primary objectives for this project are to
plan, design, and implement a complete wayfinding signage system
throughout Fayetteville/Cumberland County, with an emphasis on historic
and cultural resources.

**Recent Past Historic Context and Dayton-Area Pilot Survey Project**

*Ohio Historical Society (State Historic Preservation Office)*

*\$87,656*

The Ohio Historical Society plans to stem the tide by developing a
historic context document that outlines the important social, political,
and economic trends that shaped land use decisions, architectural
styles, and building technology during the mid-20^th^ century in Ohio.
Significant resources associated with the "Recent Past" (1940-1970) are
under-identified, under-appreciated, and beginning to disappear. With
Dayton, Ohio serving as a case study, this context will provide all of
Ohio's communities, State, and Federal agencies with important
information for heritage tourism, education, and economic development
projects involving the valuable historic resources of the "Recent Past."

**Downtown Salem Historic Marker Program**

*Salem, Oregon*

*\$70,000*

In order to promote preservation and increase citizen awareness of their
historic downtown, the City of Salem will create a unique downtown logo,
a template for historical markers, and the install 50 markers. In
addition, the City's existing downtown walking tour brochure will be
redesigned and printed and a website created, allowing both residents
and tourists to explore downtown Salem's historic treasures.

**Cheltenham Township "Richard Wall House Museum Collections Project"**

*Cheltenham, Pennsylvania*

*\$20,000*

The Township of Cheltenham will hire a consultant to document,
inventory, and catalog the costume, clothing, and textiles collection of
the Richard Wall House Museum. This endeavor will enable the Museum to
better interpret Cheltenham's three hundred years of local history.

**Preserving Pennsylvania's African American Heritage: An Initiative for
Education, Community Revitalization & Economic Development**

*Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (State Historic
Preservation Office)*

*\$142,250*

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) will develop a
comprehensive survey and context study on African American historic and
cultural resources throughout the state of Pennsylvania. This study will
provide guidance for public programs and nominations for resources to
local, state, and National inventories. The funds will also enable PHMC
to allow Pennsylvania communities to develop and implement African
American heritage tourism projects through a sub-granting program.

**Fairmount Park Sculpture Interpretive Project**

*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Fairmount Park Commission)*

*\$50,000*

With a large concentration of public art, possibly the largest
collection of outdoor sculpture in the nation, located along
Philadelphia's "museum mile," the City and Fairmount Park Commission
will use funds to promote and cultivate an understanding of the many
pieces of public art and sculpture found along the Benjamin Franklin
Parkway and Fairmount Park corridor through interpretive signs coupled
with a brochure and an online presence.

**Historical Inventory, Interpretive Signage, and Historical Interactive
Displays**

*East Providence, Rhode Island*

*\$25,000*

The City of East Providence will conduct a historical inventory,
background research, and the installation of interpretive signage for
Hunt's Mills, a site that displays Rhode Island's contribution to the
Industrial Revolution.

**Historic Sites Coalition of Rhode Island - Business Planning Project**

*Rhode Island Preservation and Heritage Commission (State Historic
Preservation Office)*

*\$35,434*

The Rhode Island Preservation and Heritage Commission will improve and
implement the non-profit business practices of Rhode Island's historic
sites by creating business plans for volunteer historic sites,
developing a methodology and model for historic site business planning,
and recommending a business strategy for the Historic Sites Coalition of
Rhode Island. The Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Office has
determined that many of the State's historic sites do not consistently
operate at a level of excellence in visitor services or preservation
practices. Organizations that do not operate effectively jeopardize the
resources they protect. Effective management will result in increased
visitation, and more comprehensive resource protection.

**Birth of a City: The History of Oak Ridge, Tennessee**

*Oak Ridge, Tennessee*

*\$150,000*

The City of Oak Ridge, a government town built under a cloak of secrecy
during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project, is approaching its
fiftieth Anniversary as an incorporated city. Historical records
pertaining to its founding and development are known to be scattered
throughout the community. Funds will assist with completing an inventory
of existing records, files, and other historical materials; conducting
oral history interviews of key city officials and community leaders;
developing an interpretive exhibit on Oak Ridge's history; and creating
educational materials for curricular and scholarly use.

**Gateway to Historic Galveston**

*Galveston, Texas*

*\$30,000*

The City of Galveston will promote its historical resources through an
improved system of marketing, gateways, wayfinding, and interpretation.
This system of interpretation is needed in order to better market
historic Galveston to tourists and visitors.

**Osceola Heritage Awareness and Marketing Program**

*Osceola, Wisconsin*

*\$36,000*

The Village of Osceola is a small community of 2,700 residents located
on the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Originally settled in 1844,
the village maintains a collection of buildings dating from the 1880s
that form the core of the downtown. The Downtown Historic District is
listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Village of
Osceola will develop a public awareness campaign and create marketing
materials in order to better promote and increase visitation to the
village. The ultimate goal of the project is to further economic growth
and cultural vitality.

**Wisconsin Historic Building Image Digitization Project**

*Wisconsin Historical Society (State Historic Preservation Office)*

*\$150,000*

This project will complete the digitization of approximately 175,000
photographs of historic buildings for Wisconsin's online Architecture
and History Inventory database located at www.wisconsinhistory.org/ahi.
The visual record of these historic buildings will greatly enhance user
experiences by bringing the raw building data to life and will make
information easier to access for efforts to promote heritage tourism and
education throughout the state.

**Cheyenne Heritage Education Project**

*Cheyenne, Wyoming*

*\$52,500*

As the capital of Wyoming, Cheyenne serves as one of the primary
gateways to the State; however, it lacks signage that interprets and
educates the public of its important heritage. Funds will be used to
research and write interpretative and educational materials, design and
install twenty-one historical markers, and print both walking and
driving tour pamphlets for free distribution to the approximate 1.5
million yearly visitors to Cheyenne.

**Evanston's Historic Roundhouse & Rail Yards Visitor Center Planning
Project**

*Evanston, Wyoming*

*\$30,000*

The City of Evanston will develop a comprehensive architectural design
plan which will enable the City to plan for the preservation and
adaptive reuse of the "Oil House" as a visitor center.