Press Release - $163,000 in Cultural Heritage Grants Awarded by SHSND; Another $60,000 Given for Flood Recovery Efforts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Amy Munson
November 10, 2011
(701) 328-3573

BISMARCK – North Dakota’s history agency has awarded $223,000 in Cultural Heritage Grants and Special Funding Grants to distribute for the coming year to 27 eligible organizations and homeowners throughout the state. Included in this amount is $60,000 in flood relief grants, which have been designated as Special Funding Grants. Under the guidelines for the Cultural Heritage Grants and Special Funding Grants, a maximum of $15,000 is available per grant, with a dollar-for-dollar match requirement. That match may be either in cash or in-kind services. Funding for this round of grants was approved by the 2011 Legislative Assembly.

A total of 50 organizations and homeowners from all areas of North Dakota applied for the grants from the State Historical Society of North Dakota, requesting a total of $517,000.

“We are delighted with the tremendous response to this program and were glad to also be able to include some grant funding for flood relief,” said Merl Paaverud, Director of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. “It was a challenging task to review and make the choices from so many outstanding proposals, and shows the real need locally for this kind of support. We hope to continue the State Historical Society’s grant program in the future, and appreciate the efforts of the North Dakota Legislature in making this program a reality.” The 2011 Legislative Assembly approved $505,000 for the grant program.

The following are those organizations awarded grants, the amounts they received, and a brief description of their project:

• Bagg Bonanza Farm Historic Preservation Society, Wahpeton – Stabilization of the Main House - $14,000
• Dakota Buttes Historical Society, Hettinger – Phase II: Installation of dehumidifier, sump pump, and other interior weatherization - $10,000
• Fargo Park District, Fargo – 2012 Celtic Festival - $2,000
• Goose River Heritage Center, Mayville – Lighting upgrades to Museum - $4,890
• Gorges Arts Council, Walhalla – Phase II: Reroofing of the Walhalla Theater - $10,700
• Grand Forks County Historical Society, Grand Forks – Myra Museum exhibit planning - $6,000
• Grant County Historical Society, Carson – Rehabilitation of Barbershop Building - $1,120
• Griggs County Historical Society, Cooperstown – Restoration of the 1915 CASE steam engine - $2,200
• Historic Alderman School Association, Valley City – Shingling school building - $2,135
• LaMoure County Summer Musical Theatre, LaMoure – Phase II: Repairs to the LaMoure County Summer Musical Theatre - $20,000
• New Salem Historical Society, New Salem – Documenting Daily Life in North Dakota - $5,000
• Oliver County Historical Society, Center – Rehabilitation of buildings for exhibits - $10,000
• Preservation North Dakota, Fargo – Prairie Places Festival - $3,000
• Save Coghlan Castle, Rolla – Stone Restoration and tuck pointing - $10,000
• Steele County Historical Society – Baldwin Arcade Exterior Painting - $4,635
• Three Tribes Museum – Mandan Language and Oral History Preservation - $8,700
• Touchstones, Inc., Bottineau – Restoration of the Stone Bank - $15,000
• Tri County Tourism Alliance, Emmons, Logan and McIntosh Counties – Developing a Germans from Russia Cookbook - $5,000
• Wells County Fairgrounds – Phase III: Large Grandstand Rehabilitation Painting - $12,000

With the record breaking flooding throughout the state this spring and summer, the State Historical Society of North Dakota also set aside $120,000 in special grants from the Cultural Heritage Grant program that are specifically designated to assist with recovery efforts of historic properties affected by the flooding throughout the state. The first round to award up to $60,000 was held in August 2011, and the following grants were awarded:

• Owners of 102 9th Street SE, Minot – Electrical, sheetrock, painting of exterior - $9,300
• Owners of 122 9th Street SE, Minot – Replace hardwood floor and trim - $9,300
• Owners of 213 7th Street SE, Minot – Boiler installation - $4,095
• Owners of 426 4th Avenue NW, Minot – Rewire basement, insulation, drywall, paint exterior and replace woodwork - $9,300
• Owners of 911 1st Avenue SE, Minot – Home rehabilitation - $9,300
• Berean Baptist Church, Minot – Heating, basement windows, ceiling, lights water heater, sheetrock - $9,300
• St. Peter and St. Mary Church, Minot – Rehabilitation of St. Peter and St. Mary Church - $9,300

A second round of the Cultural Heritage Grants and Special Funding Grants to assist flood damaged historic properties will be held in February 2012.

For more information, contact the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s Grants and Contracts Officer, Amy Munson, at (701) 328-3573 or email at amunson@nd.gov.

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