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“The EMHR is incredibly proud and excited to continue offering our Partnership Grants program, particularly in these challenging times when any entity could use a helping hand,” said executive director Cain Chamberlin. Twenty applications from organizations in Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties totaled more than twice what was available. “It was an incredibly competitive grant process with so many great applications. We wish we could fund them all.”
In Bradford County, the big winner was the Troy Sale Barn, where $10,000 will go toward the construction of an outdoor veranda for guests at functions there to congregate. The Bradford County Regional Arts Council was awarded $1,250 for the continuance of its Young Explorers program. French Azilum, Inc. will put $992 in funding toward improvements at the boat launch on the Susquehanna River for the benefit of paddlers and future riverside activities. And the Sayre Historical Society successfully petitioned for $500 to electrify the iconic caboose that is part of the museum and former rail yard there.
In Wyoming County, the Nicholson Heritage Museum’s application for $8,500 was approved for ongoing renovations of former railroad station there for publicly-accessible exhibits. The Wyoming County Cultural Center will receive $6,500 to fund phase 3 of the mural project on the exterior of the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock. And Keystone College secured a $5,000 mini-grant for additional wayfinding and interpretive signage along the network of trails there.
“We look forward to working with these organizations and seeing their projects come to fruition,” Chamberlin stated. “Collectively, they will help improve and connect people to our region’s abundant land and water trails, scenic overlooks, and historic and cultural sites. Chamberlin noted that there were no applications from Sullivan County this year but is hopeful to include projects there in the 2021 program.
The EMHR’s Partnership/Mini-Grants program is made possible through funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. To learn more about the Endless Mountains Heritage Region, interested readers may log on to www.emheritage.org, follow the organization on Facebook, or call 570-265-1528.
Bradford County
The construction of a new veranda is planned at the Troy Sale Barn.
The Susquehanna River as it appears from the French Azilum Historic Site.
Children made seed mosaics last year as part of the Bradford County Regional Arts Center’s Young Explorers program.
Visitors to the Sayre Historical Society climb aboard the caboose in the rail yard.
Susquehanna County
Looking up the Susquehanna River with Lanesboro on the right, a special-purpose study is underway to connect the D&H Rail Trail to the borough of Susquehanna and its new Ira Reynolds Park.
Rail Trail Council of NEPA volunteers looking at potential drainage and surface improvements along the Endless Mountains Trail.
The Brooklyn Historical Society hopes to add interpretive signage and a scenic overlook atop Zick Hill for the Martins Creek Viaduct (Kingsley Bridge).
Archaeologist Dr. John Roby shows guests at the Historic Dennis Farm the remains of the foundation of Prince Perkins house and an adjacent spring house in 2013. A restorations project is planned to the Prince Perkins Archaeological Site, including the addition of split rail fences around the house foundation, new signage and enhancements to the springhouse.