FLORENCEโThe Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area is accepting applications for grants through Wednesday, April 15.
Grant awards from $1,000 up to $7,500 are available for heritage-focused projects in MSNHAโs six counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan. To be eligible, proposed projects must focus on assessment, preservation activities, interpretation, archiving or workshops and training sessions and be connected to one of the MSNHAโs themes: music, Native American culture or the Tennessee River.
Grant awards are reimbursableโgrantees pay their approved expenses and then are reimbursed pending approval of their documentation. Grantees also must match their grant awards 1:1 with approved volunteer hours and/or approved additional expenses not covered by federal funds.
Guidelines, applications and instructions are at http://msnha.una.edu/. Applicants may send an application draft for review by Sunday, March 29.
โMSNHA is a partnership program of the National Park Service, and our grants initiative is one of the main ways we work with community groups to help preserve, protect and promote northwest Alabamaโs cultural heritage,โ said MSNHA director Carrie Crawford. โOur mission is to work with communities to tell stories about our areaโs history and to offer opportunities for learning about and appreciating our areaโs cultural and natural resources.โ
Visit the MSNHA website, http://msnha.una.edu/, or email msnha@una.edu for details.
Media Release/Cathy Wood
MSNHA media coordinator
