BREDESEN ANNOUNCES HERITAGE CONSERVATION
TRUST FUND GRANT
BATTLE OF FRANKLIN BATTLEFIELD
PARK AWARDED $900,000
FOR LAND ACQUISITION
Nashville, Tenn. – Governor Phil Bredesen and the members of the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund (HCTF) Board have announced a $900,000 grant award to Franklin’s Charge and its partner organizations for the Battle of Franklin Civil War Battlefield Property Project.
The Battlefield Property Project has a total estimated project cost of $5,150,000 to create a 112-acre Civil War Battlefield Park with walking trails, viewing areas, historic markers and a visitors’ center where the historic significance of the property will be interpreted. The $900,000 grant announced today will be used for land acquisition for the project.
“Based on various criteria, including the number and variety of participating organizations, the threatened nature of the property and its local, state and national historic significance, this project scored higher than any other that has received a grant award from the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund to date,” said Trust Fund Executive Director Marie Stringer Yeagle. “We're very excited to be part of a project that brings together so many partners and such a high level of support, and because this is the first historic preservation project of its type in which the Trust Fund has participated.”
Project partners include the City of Franklin, Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County, the African-American Heritage Society, Historic Carnton Inc., Carter House Inc., Save the Franklin Battlefield Inc., the Land Trust for Tennessee, Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association, Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Harpeth River Watershed Association and Williamson County-Franklin Chamber of Commerce.
Projects approved for grants from the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund must meet certain criteria before funds are provided, including property surveys and appraisals, environmental assessments and enactment of mechanisms such as conservation easements to guarantee the permanent protection of the properties.
Eligible projects range from the preservation of tracts for the purposes of tourism and recreation to projects focused on protecting or restoring the state’s physical, cultural, archaeological, historical and environmental resources.
The application deadline for the next grant funding cycle will be September 1, 2007, with grants to be announced in December 2007. Projects demonstrating a level of urgency for threatened lands may also be considered by the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board at any time. Pre-application instructions and forms and additional information about the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund is available at: www.tn.gov/environment/search-results.html?q=trust+fund.
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