Wednesday, 29 August 2007 00:44
Historical Projects Win Big in State Grant Process
One more step forward for three Historical
projects, located within Amador County, on their quest for state historical
funding grants. The Fiddletown Preservation Society, the Kennedy Mine
Foundation, and the Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek have made it
through round four of the California Cultural and Historical Endowment and now
have some dollars reserved by the state for their projects.
Now
an important time clock begins giving the three organizations one year to
complete the state’s approval process. This entails positive documentation of
the matching funds required and compliance with the environmental protection
law, the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA( say see-kwa).
The three projects have already submitted their matching and in kind fund
proposals as part of their application processes so now they must confirm the
availability and move forward. The Fiddletown project to restore 3 Chinese settler buildings has
been awarded 207,964.00 dollars, nearly all of the 225-thousand dollars
originally requested. The
Kennedy Mine Archives project requested 150-thousand dollars and was reserved
the amount of 145-thousadn, also a big win for the county. Next is the Sutter
Creek Knight Foundry with a request of 1-million,74-thousand –plus dollars.
This project received the lowest amount of their request, however it is still a
big boost to the project with a reserved dollar amount of $870,000.