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West Virginia Endangered Property Nominations Open for 2018

1/30/2018

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PAWV is accepting nominations for the 2018 West Virginia Endangered Properties List.  Nomination forms are available here (MSWord). Nominations are due at 5pm on Friday, March 16, 2018, to info@pawv.org. 

Guidelines for the nomination process include the following:
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Criteria
1)There must be a degree of endangerment from one or more of the following:
  • Neglect
  • Proposed demolition
  • Rezoning or redevelopment
  • Other human or environmental factors, such as recent storm, fire, or flood damage
 
2)      The property must be listed in, or be eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places.
•    Properties not listed in the National Register of Historic Places (as either an individual site or a contributing structure in a historic district) must submit a completed Historic Property Inventory Form to the WV State Historic Preservation Office to determine eligibility. The form is available at: http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/forms.html
•    Once the property is deemed eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, please submit both the Historic Property Inventory Form and the documentation of eligibility as part of your Endangered Properties Nomination.
 
3)There must be evidence of significant local support for preservation of the property, including three (3) letters of support.
 
Process
  • A separate nomination form must be submitted for each nomination, but organizations or individuals may submit more than one nomination per year.
  • Selections will be determined by the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia based on historic, cultural, and/or architectural factors - as well as preservation feasibility, degree of local support, and risk of loss.
 
Timeline
March 16 - Application deadline at 5:00pm to info@pawv.org
March 23 - If you have not received a confirmation from our office that your application has arrived, call 304-345-6005 to inquire.
March 30 - PAWV Endangered Properties committee meets to review nominations- You may be contacted by PAWV staff to schedule an initial site visit as part of the review process, or to request clarifications or additional materials. Please make sure there is someone at your contact number/email to receive and answer questions or provide materials, if necessary.  
April 27 - Applicants will be notified of their status in regard to the nomination.
May - Special announcement and press conference for the West Virginia Endangered Properties List at a date and location to be determined.

​The West Virginia Endangered Properties List is a collection of historic resources that are in danger of being lost, although they are good re-use candidates for their communities. The goal of this program is to encourage property owners to rehabilitate their properties while preserving our shared heritage.

The alliance revived its endangered list program in 2009 with a competitive nomination process and with technical assistance provided to the stewards of the selected properties. Technical assistance includes on-site visits from experts, guidance in preservation projects and assistance in organizing clean-up days, hands-on workshops, or other skilled preservation activities.

Learn more about the properties that were formerly on the endangered list but have graduated to saved at http://www.pawv.org/endanger/category/status-saved. To talk more about this program, contact Anna Lynn Stasick at annalynn@pawv.org or by calling 304-685-8119.
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Save America's Treasures Program Accepting Applications

1/29/2018

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The National Park Service's Save America's Treasures (SAT) Grants Program has been funded at a $5 million level for FY2017.  SAT grants provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be cash or documented in-kind. 

All applications are due through grants.gov on February, 21, 2018.

Visit www.nps.gov/preservation-grants/sat/ for directions on the application procedure, grant amounts, and more information.


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Increase in Funding for Preservation Projects

1/29/2018

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From the National Trust for Historic Preservation:

Not only are the Johanna Favrot Fund and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund now offering up to $15,000 in grant funding, but they are also covering brick-and-mortar projects—a unique feature to these two funds within the National Trust Preservation Funds grant program.
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Find out how you can take advantage of these new changes to the grants program to make enhancements within your community. Applications are due March 15.

Which Fund is Right for You?
  • The Johanna Favrot Fund aims to save historic environments in order to foster an appreciation of our nation's diverse cultural heritage and to preserve and revitalize the livability of the nation's communities.
  • The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund assists in the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic interiors.​

The Details:
  • Funding ranges from $2,500 to $15,000. Dollar-to-dollar matching funds are required.
  • Funds are awarded for planning activities, education efforts, and restoration, rehabilitation, and stabilization projects.
  • Online applications are due March 15. Grantees will receive notification of their approval in July.
  • Forum Organizational members and Main Street members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation are eligible.​​​

Full criteria, eligibility examples and applications can be found at the National Trust for Historic Preservation website  online.
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Preserve wv americorps site sponsor application period open

1/25/2018

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PAWV is currently accepting applications for sites to sponsor Preserve WV AmeriCorps members for the 2018-2019 program year beginning August 2018.  Applications are due to Kelli Shapiro at kshapiro@pawv.org by Friday, March 16, 2018, at 5pm.  Application Guidelines and an application form are available as Microsoft Word documents at http://www.pawv.org/sponsor.html.

PAWV invites historical and community development nonprofit organizations, as well as, local government agencies to apply to serve as a host site with Preserve WV AmeriCorps.


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The purpose of the Preserve WV AmeriCorps program is to promote historic preservation, economic development, revitalization, and heritage tourism in West Virginia through historic resource development projects.
 
Site sponsors across the state hosting current Preserve WV AmeriCorps members range from museums, libraries, and historical theaters to historic landmarks commissions and Main Street organizations. For the 2018-2019 AmeriCorps service year, PAWV expects to receive a grant award of at least 30 members, configurable into half-time or full-time as needed.  Preserve WV AmeriCorps members will serve a minimum of 950 or 1,750 hours between August 2018 and August 2019 (with an opportunity to renew for a second year).
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The intermountain: Homestead Elementary transferred to local group

1/20/2018

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The Randolph County Board of Education voted Tuesday, January 16, 2018, to transfer ownership of Homestead Elementary School, in Dailey, to an area group that plans to utilize the facility as a center for the community.

The Tygart Valley Homestead Association gained ownership of the school and its 17 acre tract following the board’s vote.

Homestead Association president Tom Rennix said the group hopes to have something to offer for everyone.
“We want to have programs there for elderly people, we want to have programs there for school children — even possibly an after school program for kids,” he said.

He added the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is working to create a questionnaire to release to the public to gather input from residents about what they would like to see happen at Homestead.

Before the board’s vote, members raised a number of questions including the possibility of the gymnasium at the school being utilized and the parking of buses on the property.

“We’ll likely enter into a lease situation with them so that the gym can be used for Tygart Valley Middle School girls basketball as of right now, and if they need it for other children’s programs – not even for sporting events; if they need to possibly make arrangements for other purposes, we can work with them on that,” Rennix said. “Most of the buses are diesel now, so there is an electrical station there where the buses have cables they plug into their engines for heaters. So, we’ll enter into a lease situation with them so they can park their buses there and use the electricity.”

Read the remainder of the story on the Inter-Mountain website at www.theintermountain.com/news/local-news/2018/01/homestead-elementary-transferred-to-local-group/
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HISTORIC NOMINATION COULD SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN FORMER MINING TOWN

1/4/2018

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Efforts to nominate a former coal-mining town in southern West Virginia to the National Register of Historic Places could spur economic growth there, according to a spokesman for three development agencies engaged in the effort.

Once a mining boomtown, Helen, with a population near 125 residents, is among the last coal camps that remain in the mountains southwest of Beckley, and financial incentives for historic rehabilitation there would be provided if the nomination succeeds.

According to Kyle Bailey, Preserve WV AmeriCorps member serving with the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, who is conducting the survey to nominate the community, financial incentives such as grants and tax credits will supplement the costs of expenditures needed for property repairs and improvements.

The nomination would also secure the community's status as historically important on official state and federal levels, he said.

"This would help homeowners and other property owners in Helen fund tasks such as replacing the roof, preserving the windows, and updating electrical systems," Bailey said.

"Helen could once again experience growth and expansion, especially in light of recreation initiatives, such as the development of hiking and ATV trails, and transportation initiatives, such as the completion of the adjacent Coalfield Expressway."

A joint effort by the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, the National Coal Heritage Area Authority, and the Winding Gulf Restoration Organization, the effort builds on projects already established in the town, including the development of a Coal Miner's Memorial Park and the stabilization of a historic apartment building there.

Helen was recently selected as a stop along the African American Heritage Auto Tour, sponsored in part by the coal-heritage authority, and wayside that interpret the town's history will soon be installed, Bailey said.

Like other camps of the Winding Gulf Coalfield, Helen experienced rapid growth through the early and mid-20th century. Mines there produced some of the highest quantities of coal in the state, and by 1940 almost 2,000 people lived in the town. 

Bailey, who grew up in a coal camp in nearby Amigo, is a member of the Preserve WV AmeriCorps program, a statewide service initiative established to help communities capture their history and preserve beloved West Virginia landmarks.
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      • Mothballing Property
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