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Announcement: MHAA FY 2025 Grant Round is Now Open!

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by Carol

MHAA Logo The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) FY 2025 grant materials for capital and non-capital heritage tourism projects are now live! The MHAA grant program provides targeted financial assistance to organizations sustaining and creating place-based heritage experiences within Maryland’s 13 heritage areas. Visit the Maryland Heritage Areas Program website to confirm your eligibility, review the grant guidelines, and to begin the required first step in the application process: completing the Intent to Apply form, due January 26, 2024. Full applications are due March 4, 2024.   Here at the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area, we will work with you to...

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Support the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area With Your End-Of-Year Donation!

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by Hope Stewart

ALT Logo Tag Vertical This holiday season, we ask you to include the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area in your year-end giving. We thank you for investing in our mission-driven efforts to protect and strengthen the natural, historic, and cultural resources of our heritage area, to nurture their discovery through educational and recreational experiences for visitors and residents, and to promote the region’s rich legacy, and we ask for your continued support via a donation before the year's end. As an example of our impact, we recently awarded twelve new Mini-Grants to local...

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Plan Ahead Now for the FY2025 MHAA Grant Opportunity

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by Carol

It is hard to fathom, but the FY2025 MHAA Grant Opportunity is right around the corner! Act now to firm up your project description, build a project timeline and budget, plan the sources of your match, seek support from partners, and request estimates from potential contractors. IMPORTANT: ARE YOU PLANNING "MARYLAND 250" ACTIVITIES? THIS GRANT ROUND WILL GIVE YOU SUFFICIENT TIME TO FULLY PLAN AND EXECUTE A "MARYLAND 250" PROGRAM. The dates of the grant round are: December 18: Online Grant application goes live -- this means all updated grant...

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Apply to Join the MHAA Grants Review Panel

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by Hope Stewart

The Maryland Heritage Areas Program is seeking panelists to review heritage tourism grant applications for the upcoming grant round. Did you know that grant applications submitted to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority’s (MHAA) grant program are reviewed and recommended for funding by Marylanders? Does this sound interesting to you? Here's your chance to get involved in the process! The program is seeking panelists to review heritage tourism grant applications for the upcoming FY25 MHAA grant round. We are looking for folks from across the state with various backgrounds and experience in a...

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Engaging with Descendant African American Communities: A Project to Rebury Ancestral Human Remains of African Descent

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by Carol

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) and the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) have launched a project aimed at identifying lineal descendants or communities that are culturally affiliated with the remains of at least 15 individuals of African or possible African descent that are currently housed at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab) in Calvert County, Maryland. This collaborative project, entitled, "Engaging with Descendant African American Communities" will use genealogical records, land record research, and potentially DNA testing to identify a path forward for returning these remains...

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Read Honoree Corey Lewis’s Remarks on Receiving the Gertrude Makell DEIA in Programming Award

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by Carol

On Thursday, November 4, Chesapeake crossroads hosted its 20th Annual Heritage Awards ceremony. On that occasion, the Board of Directors announced an award in a new category, for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility in Programming, named for longtime Board member, Gertrude Makell, who passed away in August. The recipient of this award was Corey Lewis of the Maryland State Archives. Read the remarks written by Mr. Lewis for the occasion here: "I would first like us to all give Ms. Gertude Makell a hand for her contributions to Maryland and...

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Chesapeake Crossroads Announces Twelve Mini-Grant Awards to Local Heritage Nonprofit Organizations

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by Carol

Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area is pleased to announce twelve new Mini-Grant awards to local heritage-related nonprofit organizations as part of our FY24 Mini-Grant opportunity. The grants awarded this fall totaled $29,500 for overall projects of $209,508. This matching Mini-Grants program, made possible through a Block Grant from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, augmented this year by CCHA fund-raised funds, leverages additional local funding to assist local heritage related non-profit organizations to create new programs, products, activities, and events that build upon heritage-based interpretive themes, foster collaborative partnerships, and enhance local...

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Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area Recognizes 2023 Heritage Award Honorees

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by Carol

On Thursday, November 2, Chesapeake Crossroads celebrated its 20th Annual Heritage Awards at Historic Baldwin Hall in Millersville. The honorees are listed below. Our warmest congratulations to all the honorees! HERITAGE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD – Christine Simmons, Anne Arundel Genealogical Society HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARD – Archaeology of Jug Bay: Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Anne Arundel County Cultural Resources Section, Lost Towns Project HERITAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD – Michelle Doerr, United States Naval Academy Business Services HERITAGE INTERPRETER OF THE YEAR AWARD – Diane Rey, Historic Annapolis GERTRUDE MAKELL...

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