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<p class="x_MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am writing to announce the beginning of the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) Fiscal Year 2022
</span><u><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Survey and Planning Grant</span></u><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> cycle. For the FY 2022 round, eligible applicants are anticipated to include all local historical
commissions, local historic district commissions, municipal planning offices, and other public and non-profit historic preservation organizations. At the time of this writing total available funding for the FY 2022 matching grant round is still contingent
on MHC’s FY 2022 federal budget allocation, which has not yet been determined. For FY 2022 the MHC/Grantee match shares will be 50/50.
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<p class="x_MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">As the State Historic Preservation Office, the Massachusetts Historical Commission is responsible for administering the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The
Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service and State Historic Preservation Offices, to grant funds to communities and private non-profit organizations for a wide range of preservation‑related activities. These include completion
of cultural resource inventories, nomination of significant properties to the National Register of Historic Places, completion of community-wide preservation plans, and other types of studies, reports, publications and projects that relate to the identification
and protection of significant historic properties and sites. The goal of the Survey and Planning Grant program is to support efforts to identify and plan for the protection of the significant historic buildings, structures, archaeological sites and landscapes
of the Commonwealth. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">With this announcement, the MHC is initiating the Fiscal Year 2022 grant round of funding for Certified Local Governments (CLGs), municipal historic preservation commissions, non-profit
organizations and other eligible applicants. (MHC is required under federal law to pass through 10% of its annual federal budget allocation to CLGs. CLGs in Massachusetts are the municipalities of Boston, Bedford, Brookline, Danvers, Dedham, Eastham, Easton,
Falmouth, Framingham, Gloucester, Grafton, Hingham, Holyoke, Lexington, Lowell, Marblehead, Medfield, Medford, Methuen, Nantucket, New Bedford, Newton, Plymouth, Quincy, Salem, Somerville, and Worcester.) In Fiscal Year 2022 the grant program is anticipated
to be available to both CLG and non-CLG municipalities, as well as other qualified applicants.
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<p class="x_MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">A Survey and Planning grant can provide critical support for projects that help to preserve the character of your
community. </span><u><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please consider applying for a grant by completing a pre‑application and returning it to the Massachusetts Historical Commission by Monday, November 15, 2021, 5 p.m.</span></u><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">
(</span><u><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">no faxed or emailed applications accepted</span></u><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">). Additional information, guidelines and the pre-application form are available on
MHC’s web site at: </span><a href="http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhchpp/Surveyandplanning.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk93883" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhchpp/Surveyandplanning.htm</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Thank you,</p>
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