PROVIDENCE – Five historic preservation projects around the state have been awarded Preserve Rhode Island-Citizens Bank Foundation Mini-Grants of $1,000, the preservation group said.
The mini-grant program was established by Preserve Rhode Island in 1999 through the assistance of the Citizens Bank Foundation – the philanthropic arm of Providence-based Citizens Financial Group Inc. – to provide seed money for preservation projects in Rhode Island. Over the nine years since then, it has awarded nearly $72,000 to 71 preservation projects statewide.
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The latest recipients and their projects, announced yesterday afternoon, are:
• Bristol Art Museum, to help offset the cost of hiring an architect to draft preliminary plans for the transformation of Linden Place Carriage Barn into the new home of the museum and a community art center.
• The Pawtuxet Village Association in Cranston, to support the creation of petitions, cards, letters and other marketing and educational materials to be used in informing the neighborhood of the benefits of local historic zoning. The group, with community support, is seeking to establish a local historic district in the Cranston portion of Pawtuxet Village.
• The LaFarge Restoration Fund at Newport Congregational Church, to help hire a Partners for Sacred Places consultant to conduct a “New Dollars, New Partners for Your Sacred Place” training program. The program is designed to help congregations develop restoration, preservation and fundraising plans for their places of worship.
• The American Legion’s Warren Post No. 11, to help offset the cost of completing architectural plans for the restoration of the Warren Artillery Company Armory, for use by the community and the new Warren Veterans Council.
• The Westerly Land Trust, toward the cost of hiring a consultant to complete nomination papers seeking to obtain a historic district designation from the National Register of Historic Places for the Dr. John Champlin Glacier Park.
Mini-grants under the Preservation Rhode Island-Citizens Bank Foundation program range from $300 to $1,000. A cash match is required from the receiving organization. The grants may be used for fees associated with preservation and planning consultants, planning studies, project designs or the creation of preservation-education projects.
Preserve Rhode Island, based in Providence, is a statewide nonprofit focusing on historic preservation education and advocacy. Additional information is available at www.PreserveRI.org or by contacting Susanna Prull at 272-5101 or sprull@preserveri.org.
