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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oregon Heritage Grant is Now Open for Applications!</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Oregon Heritage Commission is offering grants for qualified projects for the conservation, development and interpretation of Oregon's cultural heritage. Awards typically range between $5,000 and $20,000. Projects
can include anything related to Oregon heritage, and priority will be given to projects that preserve, develop or interpret threatened heritage resources or heritage resources of statewide significance.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The grant application deadline is October 1, 2019.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Projects may include theatrical performances, collections preservation and access, exhibits, oral history projects, public education events, organizational archives projects, films and more. Previously funded
projects included a variety of projects around the state.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Past projects included:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chetco Historical Memorial Committee installed an interpretive area in partnership with local Tribes.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The High Desert Museum revamped their spring education program to include more diverse stories.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Linn County Museum partnered with Oregon Black Pioneers to incorporate African American history in the permanent exhibit.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cascade AIDS Project collected oral histories and made them accessible.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oregon Nikkei Endowment digitized, translated and made available online historical newspapers and Japanese American internment related FBI documents.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Vanport Mosaic Festival collected and presented the history of the Albina neighborhood in Portland.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We hope to see projects from a variety of organizations that engage Oregonians in heritage,” states Kuri Gill, heritage grants program coordinator. “We encourage the documentation, preservation and exploration
of all aspects of Oregon’s heritage.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Applications are submitted online. There is plenty of support for preparing them.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “Our goal is to support organizations of all sizes all over the state in their valuable work. We provide assistance in the application process,” notes Gill. Oregon Heritage grants programs staff is happy to discuss
projects and review applications in advance.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about the grants, visit <a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">www.oregonheritage.org</a> or contact Kuri Gill at <a href="mailto:Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov</a> or
503-986-0685.</span></p>
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