Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:19 -0600 (CST)
From: Deanna <dlsw@verizon.net>
Message-id: <637045469.2060309.1257443779388.JavaMail.root@vms182.mailsrvcs.net>
Subject: Re: List Serve FW: New Museum Funds question
The WI State Hist. Society has people on staff to help any of us write
grants, etc.
If you can come to Cottage Grove tomorrow for the Dane Co. Networking
meeting (9-12), one of the State Hist. Soc. staff will be there and you can
speak with him, along with Dane Co. Hist. Soc. staff. If you need mo
re info on this, you can either let me know, or go to the Dane Co. Hist. So
c. website for full itinerary info and directions.
I envy you this opportunity. We also are allowed space by the to
wnship in the basement of their old town hall, now called Flynn Hall.
We have lots of stuff stored in the new Town Hall basement, as well as in
a couple of homes. Its a big step tho to buy a building and incur deb
t for the next generation to pay off. I don't know how your society i
s, but in ours most of the active members are over 60 yrs of age, so we kno
w if we decide to buy and remodel a local historic house it will be our gra
ndkids that finish paying it off. Guess we're all just chickens.
I also belong to the Marshall Area Historical Society, and they bought
the first fire station about 7-8 yrs ago. They had a $90,000 debt wh
ich is now reduced to somewhere in the $70,000 range I believe. But t
hey get $5000 annually from the Village automatically, only have 2-3 bakesa
les a year, and 1 garage sale. The rest is memberships and donations.
Cottage Grove hasn't been that fortunate, and right now with the eco
nomy the way it is, probably not a good time to ask....
FW from list serve member - please respond with
your experience and/or suggestions:
I am the president of the Blue Mounds Area Historical Society. We have bee
n in existence for about 5 years and yet to have our own building, however
the opportunity has come to us to be part of a new village hall here in our
community. We need to fund our part of the building ( a display room and&n
bsp; work room) and have been told by Senator Feingold's office that there
are grants out there to help us, but no specific information. This would be
new construction, which is exciting as we will be able to plan some needed
features. Does anyone have any experience with this process and/or know of
any specific grant programs for historical societies that would help with
this?
We need to have some firm plans in place for funding ideas
before our village's Economic Planning Commission meeting next month. <
BR>Thank you for any help that you can provide.