Grant Opportunity

On May 4, 2010, Governor O'Malley signed into law Senate Bill 319/House Bill 915 creating the African American Heritage Preservation Program. This exciting new grant program will provide support for the acquisition, construction, and capital improvement of buildings, sites, or communities of historical and cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland. The program will be administered as a joint partnership of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) and the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT).

General information about the program is now available at http://mht.maryland.gov/grants_africanamerican.html.

Please note that the application deadline (postmarked) is July 15th, 2010.

Please share this information with your networks. For those needing assistance, there will be a grants workshop on Saturday, June 5th from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Bates Legacy Center, located at 1101 Smithville Street in Annapolis. The workshop is free, but registration is requested by June 1, 2010. Lack of registered attendees will cancel the workshop. Please RSVP with Dr. Joni Jones, Executive Director of the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture, at 410-216-6190 orjjones@goci.state.md.us to register for the workshop.

There are tentative plans to repeat this workshop on Saturday, June 12th from 10 AM to 1 PM in the penthouse of the Largo Government Center, ( 9201 Basil Court Largo, Maryland 20774) if there are at least ten registrants by June 7, 2010.