Deadline DATE:  Sunday, February 28, 2010 – 11:59 PM
                   

The Essex National Heritage Commission is currently accepting on-line proposals from municipalities and qualified nonprofit organizations for the 2010 Essex Heritage Partnership Grant Program.  Essex Heritage’s Partnership Grant Program is a matching grant program created to foster and support the stewardship activities of organizations that share the Commission’s mission to preserve and promote the historic, cultural and natural resources of the Essex National Heritage Area.  Essex Heritage will award $2,500 grants to ten (10) qualified applicants who apply for funding in one of three categories: Education, Interpretation, and Preservation.  Essex Heritage will accept applications for eligible projects online only until 11:59 PM on Sunday, February 28, 2010.
 
For more information including guidelines, criteria, deadlines, FAQs and application materials, please visit www.EssexHeritage.org/partnershipgrants or call Essex Heritage at 978-740-0444.

About the Essex National Heritage Area and Essex Heritage

Designated by the US Congress in recognition of the important role that this region played in American history and its significant heritage sites still remaining, the Essex National Heritage Area is comprised of the 34 communities of Essex County, MA. Essex Heritage is a non profit agency that manages the Heritage Area, and works in collaboration with the National Park Service to promote public/private partnerships, and develop programs that enhance, preserve and encourage regional awareness of the Area’s unique historic, cultural and natural resources.