2012 Annual Report African American Heritage Preservation Program

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Talbot Project Name: Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Project Address: 18 South Higgins Street, Easton, MD 21601 The church is the oldest African American church structure in Easton, and the second oldest African American church structure in Talbot County. The church was dedicated by Frederick Douglass in 1878. The building will become an education and research center. $14,000 $14,000 Project Sponsor: Historic Easton, Inc Project work includes: window and glass repairs / restoration. These grantees were notified of their awards in May 2012, after the approval of the FY2013 Governor’s Capital Budget. A press release describing the program and detailing the grant awards was distributed on July 9, 2012. In the summer and early fall, site visits involving MHT and MCAAHC / GOCI staff have been made to many properties, and projects are getting underway. To date ten of fifteen grant agreements have been approved by the Board of Public Works; grantees and MHT and MCAAHC/GOCI staff have made brief remarks at the BPW meetings.
Fiscal Year 2014 Grant Applications Applications, instructions, and program guidelines for FY2014 funding were made available in January 2012 via MHT’s website. A press release on February 10, 2012 announced the availability of the applications and also announced a series of five workshops for potential applicants in locations across the state: Date Partner Institution Location March 7, 2012 Sojourner-Douglass College Cambridge, MD March 10, 2012 Fairmount Heights Library Fairmount Heights, MD March 12, 2012 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Boonsboro, MD March 19, 2012 Reginald F. Lewis Museum Baltimore, MD March 21, 2012 Prince Frederick Library Prince Frederick, MD These workshops, which were specific to this grant program, reached and informed at least 75 interested individuals. Throughout the spring and summer, MHT and MCAAHC staff responded to specific inquiries from potential applicants and provided guidance about the application process. Sixteen eligible applications for FY2014 funding were received by the postmark deadline of July 15, 2012. The total funding request was approximately $1,476,400; the majority of the funding requested was for rehabilitation, with the remainder for acquisition and predevelopment costs. Applications represented 12 counties and the City of Baltimore. After a threshold review of the applications by MHT staff, MCAAHC evaluated eligible applicants in accordance with the project selection criteria during August and September of 2012. On October 1, 2012, MCAAHC will meet to rank and develop recommended funding levels for FY2014 and will transmit recommendations to the MHT Board on October 4, 2012. On or before November 1, MCAAHC and MHT will forward the list of projects and grantees recommended by MCAAHC and the MHT as a recommendation to the Department of Budget and Management for inclusion in the Governor’s Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. Ongoing Program Activity MHT and MCAAHC staff, along with staff from MHAA, DHCD, SHA, the Maryland Humanities Council, and Preservation Maryland, offer grant workshops covering a range of funding options for preservation projects. Typically there are three workshops each September in various locations across the state. The African American Heritage Preservation Program is featured in these workshops. Date Partner Institution Location September 14, 2011 Carroll County Community Westminster, MD Media Center September 20, 2011 Greenbelt Community Center Greenbelt, MD September 28, 2011 Historical Society of Talbot Easton, MD County Auditorium Applications for fiscal year 2015 funding will be available through MHT’s website early in 2013; applications must be postmarked by July 15, 2013.
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