AFNHA is proud to award $201,972 in grants to 15 area organizations through the second year of our Appalachian Forest Grants program. These projects will support preservation, interpretation, and tourism development by government and non-profits partners throughout our region. This year’s grant program placed an extra emphasis on projects related to collections management, America250 stories, and Indigenous Appalachia. These projects are expected to produce an additional $265,000 in matching and leveraged funds in local communities.
Awarded projects include:
Arthurdale Heritage - Homestead Barn Rehabilitation
Evergreen Heritage Center - Forest Evolution Trail Workshops and Tours
Experience Learning - The power of place, forest heritage and mountain stewardship
Friends of Blackwater - Early Mining Voices
Future Generations University - Anderson House Preservation Plan
Greenbrier River Trail Foundation - Greenbrier River Trail: Origin Stories Shared and Archived
Hardy County Convention & Visitors Bureau - Higgins House Museum & Hardy County Travel Information Center
High Rocks Educational Corporation - Richwood Building Repairs
Historic Beverly Preservation - Building Beverly, Building the Nation
Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area - Augmented Reality: Allegany County Virtual History Tour
Town of Bath - Rebuild and enhancement of the Town of Bath municipal website
West Virginia University Research Corporation - Scholarship for International Festival of Flutes
Wills Creek Museum - Creating Home: The Indigenous Peoples of Allegany County
Woodlands Community Lenders - Lost Towns Network
Yew Mountain Center - Indigenous Voices on the Mountain Medicine Trail
The awards range from $3,000 to $20,000 and will fund projects in Allegany, Greenbrier, Hardy, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, counties.. These grants were made possible by funding from the National Park Service’s Heritage Partnership Program.. AFNHA is a member of the National Heritage Area System.
