News Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Awards $47,128 in Grants Posted 2 June 2009 Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) has awarded $47,128 in grants to help sites, communities and organizations tell the story of American agriculture in northeastern Iowa. With $91,928 in requests, SSNHA will make grants to the following recipients for the 2009 SSNHA General Grant Program: Buchanan County Conservation Board, $3,000 Restore the interior of the Richardson-Jakway House to the time period of 1850-1875. Chickasaw County Tourism Council, $6,000 Install an information kiosk at the new Nashua Welcome Center. Friends of Dubuque County Conservation Board, $3,263 Create interpretive signage located along the Heritage Trail. Friends of the Mines of Spain, $3,575 Design and install three interpretive signs at the Mines of Spain Recreation Area. Fort Des Moines Museum, $3,000 Provide marketing and program support for the museum’s new permanent exhibit, “The Victory Garden.” Hardin County Farm Museum, $2,200 Purchase a swinging panel display for a collection of cloth seed. Heartland Acres Agribition Center, $3,477 Enhance featured section “Modern Mechanics” by reconstructing an 1870’s wooden windmill. Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, Inc, $3,600 Develop a volunteer retention program for interpretive reenactors. Iowa Falls Historical Society, $5,000 Support the exhibition and programming for a National Endowment for the Humanities traveling exhibit. Jackson County Historical Society, $2,040 Complete restoration of the north entry of the Clinton Engines Museum. Mitchell County Historical Society, $2,500 Develop interpretive signage to tell the history of Mitchell County in the historical museum. Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, $1,000 Partner with Decorah schools to develop historical event lessons for third graders. Waterloo Center for the Arts, $8,500 Create eight large-scale public art banners to be installed in downtown Waterloo. "We’re really pleased with the number and quality of applications this year. Thirteen projects telling the stories of our agricultural heritage were awarded funding, including four new recipients," reported Don Short, SSNHA President.  Projects funded through the SSNHA General Grant Program must provide a 1-1 nonfederal match to the grant award. Since the program began in 2001, Silos & Smokestacks has funded over $1.3 million to non-profit organizations, local governments and communities in Northeast Iowa to preserve America’s agricultural heritage

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