Cultural Heritage Tourism Business Development

MINI-GRANTS

MARCH 2009
In the latest round of Cultural Heritage Development Business Development Mini Grant Awards, the following received funding:

• Adaland-Cultural Heritage Mentorship Training $6,950
• Ashland Company Store $7,200
• Bustling Berkley $4,500
• CEO-Increasing Sales of Locally Produced Products $1,195
• City of Elkins-Cultural Heritage Signs $7,200
• Greenbrier Co. Step On Guides $3,600
• Helvetia Cheese Company $6,480
• Midland Trail Destination Enrichment Program $7,200
• MountainMade Farmer’s Market $2,710
• Preston County Arts Council Website $2,000
• Traditional Woodworking Heritage Tourism $4,500
• Traveler's Rest $2,250
• Wardensville Visitor & Conference Center Enhancement $6,300
• Water Gap Retreat $7,200
• Webster Cranberry Loop Tour Business Dev. $4,500
• Workshop for Wheeling Area Artists $3,000
  
• North House Museum $600
• Laurel Hill Civil War Reenactment $2,565
• Mills of Pendleton County $3,020
• Historic Beverly Gift Shop Retail Development $6,000
• Mills of Pendleton County Expanded $4812

Total allocation $88,970

For information on the current Thematic Trails mini-grant Program, see: www.pawv.org/trails.htm

A previous distribution ($5,585) of mini-grant funding was re-allocated in Dec. 07. One of the original grantees was unable to use the funding as requested and returned the unspent portion. This allocation was divided among two of the original applicants not able to be funded on the first round.

Congratulations:

• Belington CVB awarded for the Laurel Hill Civil War re-enactment

• Fort Seybert Heritage Educational Assoc. for the Mills of Pendleton County project.

The Cultural Heritage Development program of Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, thanks to a grant from the Benedum Foundation, has awarded $90,000 for cultural heritage tourism business development projects for West Virginia communities.

A total of sixteen communities were awarded funding ranging from $2,250 to $7,200 for a wide variety of projects in four categories. See project list below and follow the links to learn more about cultural heritage development in these communities.

Entrepreneurship

• Phillipi/Adaland-Cultural Heritage Mentorship Training: http://www.adaland.org
• National Road-Wheeling/Workshop for Travel West Virginia Teachers: http://www.historicwvnationalroad.org/history.htm

Business Expansion

• Marlinton/Pocahontas Woods-Traditional Woodworking: http://www.pocahontaswoods.org

Improvement of Cultural Heritage Tourism Offerings

• Elkins/Water Gap Retreat: http://www.watergapretreat.com
• Elkins/Webster Cranberry Loop: http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/wv/wv_leaf.htm
• Elkins/Cultural Heritage Signs: http://www.cityofelkinswv.com
• Helvetia/Cheese Company: http://www.wvculture.org/History/wvhs1311.html
• Lewisburg/Step on Guides http://www.lewisburg-wv.com
• Keyser/Traveler's Rest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller's_Rest_(West_Virginia)
• Martinsburg/Bustling Berkley: http://www.martinsburg.com
• Midland Trail Destination Enrichment Program: http://www.midlandtrail.com

Expanding Market Access for WV Products

• Charleston/CEO-Increasing Sales of Locally Produced Products: http://www.centerforeconomicoptions.org/ShowcaseWestVirginiaInformation.php
• Kingwood/Preston County Arts Council Website: http://www.prestonartscouncil.org
• Thomas/MountainMade Farmer’s Market: http://www.mountainmade.com
• Wardensville/Visitor & Conference Center Enhancement: http://www.heritageweekend.com/tix.html
• Welch/ Ashland Company Store http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WV/McDowell/state.html