FLORENCE – The deadline to apply for the next round of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area community grants is Monday, April 3 – and MSNHA has increased the maximum award to $10,000.
Grant awards from $1,000 up to $10,000 are available for heritage-focused projects in MSNHA’s 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 MSNHA’s themes: music, Native American culture or the Tennessee River.
“MSNHA has always wanted to offer sizeable grant awards for larger projects,” said grants administrator Cathy Wood. “Now that our grants program is established, we’re confident we can help museums, archives, associations, historic sites and other community non-profits reach some of their goals.”
Guidelines, applications and instructions are at msnha.una.edu.
MSNHA will host a free grants workshop, 2-4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Guillot University Center at the University of North Alabama. The workshop is open to anyone interested in applying for an MSNHA community grant. Reserve space by emailing msnha@una.edu.
Since opening its grants program in 2015 with maximum amounts of $2,500, MSNHA has awarded nearly $15,000 for projects throughout its six counties. Successful projects include living history reenactments, historic markers, digitization and restoration with applicants such as the Jackson House Foundation, Moulton; Oka Kapassa Festival Committee, Tuscumbia; Natchez Trace Parkway Association; Old State Bank, Decatur; and Florence-Lauderdale Public Library.
For more information on MSNHA or its grants program, email msnha@una.edu or visit msnha.una.edu.
Media Release/Cathy Wood, media coordinator & grants administrator
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
