[HistoricCemeteries] State Historic Cemeteries Program grants for 2009 awarded

[Kuri Gill]

State Historic Cemeteries Program grants for 2009 awarded

Financial aid ranging from $380 for a Coos County records project to
$4,000 for marker repair projects are among the latest grants released
by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) to help preserve
and interpret historic cemeteries. 

The department’s 2009 Historic Cemeteries Program grants will spread
$41,000 in state lottery dollars among 19 projects throughout the state.
This is the first of two grant cycles for the state biennium. The grants
were award to cemetery projects in 14 counties for marker repair, tree
care, fencing, signage, websites and training. 

 “The projects demonstrate the variety of ways people are helping
preserve historic cemeteries in their communities,” said Kuri Gill,
OPRD’s Historic Cemeteries Program coordinator. “We’re especially
pleased with the quality of proposed projects.”

OPRD has awarded $216,000 in historic cemetery grants since 2004,
helping fund 135 projects. Proposed projects are approved by the Oregon
Commission on Historic Cemeteries.

For more information on the Historic Cemeteries Program and the grants
contact Kuri Gill at Kuri.Gill at state.or.us or (503) 986-0685. ###



Kuri Gill
Historic Cemeteries Program  & CLG Coordinator
725 Summer St. NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301-1266
(503) 986-0685
(503) 986-0793 (fax)
kuri.gill at state.or.us
 
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