[Heritage] Oregon SHPO awarded grant to document and designate historic places related to African American history in Oregon & COURTESY NOTICE - 8829 RFP African American MPD

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Oregon SHPO awarded grant to document and designate historic places related to African American history in Oregon & COURTESY NOTICE - 8829 RFP African American MPD

The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/default.aspx> has been awarded a grant to document and designate properties in Oregon related to African American history. The $30,000 federal award is through the Underrepresented Communities Grant<https://www.nps.gov/preservation-grants/community-grants.html> program, administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

The project will document historic places throughout the state related to African American history and create a document and nomination for the National Register of Historic Places. This document will be used as a recourse for people preserving and sharing this important history and making it is easier to nominate additional properties to the National Register in the future.

SHPO applied for the grant in recognition that African American history is present throughout the state, but it is not well documented or recognized. "Encouraging the representation of Oregon's diverse history within the National Register program is a major goal of the Oregon Preservation Plan," notes Christine Curran, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. "This grant will move us forward in that effort and we are excited to see the results." A similar project by the City of Portland and many partners has garnered new information and several listings for the city. This project will expand the reach outside of Portland.

This project is a continuation of SHPO's work over the last several years in collaboration with Oregon Black Pioneers<https://oregonblackpioneers.org/> to document these places. This effort aligns with the Oregon Historic Preservation Plan<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2018preservationplan.pdf> goal to increase the thematic diversity of Oregon properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It also supports the goals to include more voices and increase access to Oregon heritage that are part of the Oregon Heritage Plan<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2020_Oregon_Heritage_Plan.pdf>.

SHPO will hire a consultant to complete the project which is also funded in part by the Oregon Cultural Trust<https://culturaltrust.org/>. People who have information to share about African American history in their communities, are encouraged to submit it though an online tool<http://makeoregonhistory.org/>.

Contact Kuri Gill<mailto:kuri.gill at oregon.gov>, 503-986-6085, for additional information about the grant and the project<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Grants.aspx#23eb8194-8a85-4c4c-8016-250cd8a38d78>.

This COURTESY NOTICE is being emailed to you at the request of the OPRD staff.  The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, on behalf of the Oregon Historic Preservation Office, is issuing a Request for Proposals for professional consulting services for to researching and writing a Multiple Property Documentation Form for African American resources in Oregon (MPDF) and completing one (1) individual National Register of Historic Places (NR) nomination for an associated property using the MPDF.   The term of the Contract is expected to be approximately 18 months to comply with the requirements of the grant funding OPRD has received.

The ORPIN<https://orpin.oregon.gov/open.dll/welcome> Opportunity Number is OPRD-3118-20.  You will need to register on ORPIN, if you have not already done so, and then download all of the attachments to be fully informed about this opportunity


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