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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000 size=1>Please Note: This notice is being distributed over the Oregon Main Street listserve</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>___________________________________________________________________<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Immediate Release</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">: October 11, 2012</SPAN><BR><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Contact</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <B>for media queries</B>: Victoria Hutter, <A href="mailto:hutterv@arts.gov">hutterv@arts.gov</A>, 202-682-5692</SPAN><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Contact for application inquiries</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">: Design Staff, <A href="mailto:OT@arts.gov">OT@arts.gov</A> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">National Endowment for the Arts releases funding guidelines for Our Town</SPAN></B><BR><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Grants ranging from $25,000 to $200,000 available to support creative placemaking projects</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">On October 11, 2012, the NEA will post guidelines and application materials for </SPAN><A href="http://arts.gov/national/ourtown/index.php"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Our Town</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">, the agency's primary creative placemaking grants program. Pending availability of funding, grants will range from $25,000 to $200,000. </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Our Town<I> </I>will invest in creative and innovative projects in which communities, together with their arts and design organizations and artists, seek to:</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">• Improve their quality of life;</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">• Encourage greater creative activity;</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">• Foster stronger community identity and a sense of place; and </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">• Revitalize economic development.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Other key information:</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">· </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Complete Our Town application guidelines are available at<B> <U><A href="http://arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/index.html">arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/index.html</A></U></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">· </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Application deadline is <B>January 14, 2013 at 11:59 pm.</B> <B><U>This deadline is earlier than last year.</U></B></SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
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<LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">For Our Town FAQs, go to </SPAN><A href="http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/FAQ.html" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/FAQ.html</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p>
<LI style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Webinars to learn more about this funding opportunity will be held on <B>November 6 and 13, 2012</B> at 3:00 pm EST at <A href="http://arts.gov">arts.gov</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">· </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Program Inquiries: Email <B><U><A href="mailto:OT@arts.gov">OT@arts.gov</A></U></B> to schedule a call with an NEA design program specialist</SPAN><o:p></o:p></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Projects may include arts engagement, cultural planning, and design activities. Definitions of these activities can be found in the </SPAN><A href="http://arts.gov/news/news12/Our-Town-announcement.html"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">FY 2012 Our Town grant announcement</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">. Project examples are below.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Now in its third year, Our Town has provided $11.57 million to fund 131 projects in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Those projects are diverse in geographic distribution, number and types of partnerships, artistic discipline, and type of project. As regards population size, in FY 2012 alone, 41 of the 80 grants supported projects in communities with populations under 50,000.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">To view a map of these projects along with descriptions and images, visit the </SPAN><A href="http://arts.gov/national/ourtown/index.php"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Our Town section</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> of the NEA website. </SPAN><BR><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Art Engagement Project Examples</SPAN></B><BR><BR><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Union County Arts Center in Rahway, NJ Grant: $75,000</SPAN></U><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Union County Arts Center, the City of Rahway's Redevelopment Agency, Arts Guild New Jersey, LuceGroup, Rahway Arts District, and artistic and community partners will collaborate on RAHWAY ARTsPART, a series of creative performances and community engagement activities. </SPAN><BR><BR><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">RedLine in Denver, CO Grant: $25,000</SPAN></U><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">The arts collective RedLine, City of Denver, and seven additional organizations will collaborate on A Village Environment, a project within the city's Sustainability Park that involves the creation of public sculptures that will produce renewable energy. The public sculptures will be commissioned via a competitive selection process, with the requirement of artistic excellence and the ability to generate power. </SPAN><BR><BR><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Cultural Planning Project Examples</SPAN></B><BR><BR><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">City of Omaha in Omaha, NE Grant: $100,000</SPAN></U><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">The City of Omaha is partnering with Love’s Jazz and Art Center and local organizations on the Street of Dreams project, part of the revitalization plans for North Omaha’s 24th and Lake Street District. The grant will support a feasibility and community design study to re-imagine Festival Square and will allow the partners to engage visual artist and urban planner Theaster Gates to transform a nearby vacant building into a central space for artists and residents. </SPAN><BR><BR><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Santo Domingo Tribe in Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM Grant: $100,000</SPAN></U><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">The Santo Domingo Planning Department and Housing Authority, Enterprise Community Partners, together with five local partners, will work together on a cultural district plan for Santo Domingo Pueblo. The plan will document the cultural heritage of the Santo Domingo Tribe, establishing livable and culturally appropriate guidelines for historic adobe structures and new development. </SPAN><BR><BR><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Design Activities Project Examples</SPAN></B><BR><BR><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Native Village of Mary’s Igloo in Teller, AK Grant: $50,000</SPAN></U><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">The Native Village of Mary’s Igloo, a federally recognized tribe, is partnering with the not-for-profit Kawerak, Inc. and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center on community engagement and design activities for the Mary’s Igloo Community Development Center. The center will be designed through three design charrette meetings with the community and with local artists. The proposed facility will include a museum, cultural heritage room, library, commercial teaching kitchen, artisan workshop, small business operation spaces, lodging for tourists, gift shop, and storage.</SPAN><BR><BR><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #003366">Austin Film Society in Austin, TX Grant: $75,000</SPAN></U><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">In 2000, the City of Austin collaborated with Austin Film Society to form Austin Studios on 20 acres at the newly decommissioned municipal airport. With the Our Town grant, the partners plan to incorporate a decommissioned National Guard Building into the Austin Studios campus. The remodeled building will include affordable space for film production and education, a new exhibition and visitors center, two screening rooms, and a plaza and lobby for public events.</SPAN> </P><o:p>
<DIV>Sheri Stuart, Coordinator</DIV>
<DIV>Oregon Main Street</DIV>
<DIV>725 Summer St., Suite C</DIV>
<DIV>Salem, OR 97301</DIV>
<DIV>503.986.0679</DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Oregon Main Street is administered by the State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.</EM></DIV>
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