[HistoricCemeteries] 2011 Historic Cemetery grants awarded

[Kuri Gill]

State Historic Cemeteries Program grants for 2011 awarded
 
Financial aid ranging from $750 for a CoosCounty marker repair project
to $4,000 for a burial research and ground penetrating radar repair
project in Malheur County are among the latest grants released by the
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) to help preserve and
interpret historic cemeteries. 
 
The department’s 2011 Historic Cemeteries Program grants will spread
$67,000 among 28 projects throughout the state. This is the first of two
grant cycles for the state biennium. The grants were awarded to cemetery
projects in 15 counties for marker repair, fencing, signage, survey,
training and other projects. 
 
 “We appreciate the efforts of these groups and individuals to care for
Oregon’s historic cemeteries,” said Kuri Gill, OPRD’s Historic
Cemeteries Program coordinator. “We are happy to be able to support
them.”
 
OPRD has awarded $347,000 in historic cemetery grants since 2004,
helping fund 190 projects. Proposed projects are approved by the Oregon
Commission on Historic Cemeteries.
 
For more information on the Historic Cemeteries Program and the grants
contact Kuri Gill at Kuri.Gill at state.or.usor (503) 986-0685. To view a
list of the cemetery grants visit www.oregonheritage.org (
http://www.oregonheritage.org/ ). ###
 
Kuri Gill
Heritage Grants and Outreach Coordinator
725 Summer St. NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301-1266
(503) 986-0685
(503) 986-0793 (fax)
kuri.gill at state.or.us
www.oregonheritage.org ( http://www.oregonheritage.org/ )
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