----- Original Message ----- From: Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:07 PM Subject: Special Notice: Cemetery Preservation Grants > To: Circuit Rider Online Mailing List > From: Ann Johnson, KY Cemetery Preservation Program, Kentucky Historical > Society > > Special Notice: Reminder of October 15 deadline for Cemetery Preservation > Grants from the KY Department for Local Government > > As many of you have heard, the Kentucky Department for Local Government has > a special one-time allocation of $1 million for cemetery preservation > projects in the state of Kentucky. The funds will be distributed in grants > of from $2,500 to $25,000. Applicants for these grants may be county > cemetery boards, non-profit organizations, or governmental agencies. All > applications must be postmarked by October 15, 2003. > > All grant funds received must be matched with a CASH match equal to the > amount of funds received. Applications may cover one cemetery or project or > may cover preservation projects in several cemeteries within a county or > region. The funds can be used for a variety of projects including initial > maintenance projects; cleaning, repairing, and restoring tombstones; > installing or repairing fences; conducting assessments of a cemetery's > needs; conducting research on a cemetery's history; improving access roads > to cemeteries; and more. > > If you have questions, please call Lee Creech at the Department for Local > Government at 1-800-346-5606. Ann Johnson will be in the KHS offices on > Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. if you have additional questions > for her. > > View the forms at the following web addresses: > > Program description: http://www.dlg.ky.gov/download/PROGRAM%20DESC.doc > > Application checklist: http://www.dlg.ky.gov/download/checklist.doc > > Application form: http://www.dlg.ky.gov/download/App%20Form.doc > > > > Ann > > Karla Nicholson, Community Services Branch Manager > Kentucky Historical Society > 100 W. Broadway > Frankfort, KY 40601 > Phone: 502-564-1792, ext. 4478 > > Please note: As of September 30, 2003, Karla Nicholson will no longer be > working for the Kentucky Historical Society. > Beginning October 1, all messages concerning activities of the KHS Community > Services Office or the Historical Confederation of Kentucky should be sent > to Kate Hesseldenz at Kate.Hesseldenz@mail.state.ky.us; phone 502-564-1792, > ext. 4477. > After October 15, 2003, Karla Nicholson may be contacted at the offices of > the American Association for State and Local History in Nashville, > Tennessee; phone: 615-320-3203; e-mail to nicholson@aaslh.org. > >