CCHA Flex Funding Awards Announced

August 26, 2024

Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area recently awarded a total of $30,000 in One-Time Flex Funding through Flex Sponsorships and Flex Grants.

FLEX SPONSORSHIPS AWARDED:

  • Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, “Winter Lecture Series,” $1,500.00
  • Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, “Nex-Gen Environmental Justice Champions (EJC) Day-on-the-Bay,” $1,750.00
  • Chesapeake Arts Center, “10th Annual Arts in the Park Free Community Festival,” $1,500.00
  • Chesapeake Children’s Museum, “Bridging Communities-Children’s Activities from Native American, African American, and Latin American Cultures,” $1,750.00
  • Friends of Historic Linthicum Walks, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness at Linthicum Walks, $1,750.00
  • Historic Annapolis, “Peggy Stewart 250th Anniversary Public Program,” $1,750.00
  • Kunta Kinte Celebrations, “34th Annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival,” $1,750.00
  • Maryland Federation of Art, “Paint Annapolis Street Banners,” $1,750.00
  • Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, “Environment(al),” $1,500.00

FLEX GRANTS AWARDED:

  • Annapolis Greek Heritage, “Annapolis Greek Heritage: Businesses of the Early 20th Century Greek Immigrants,” $1,500.00
  • Annapolis Green, “Maryland Day Growing Greener Spotlight,” $1,500.00
  • Captain Avery Museum, “From Buyboats to Beaches: 100 years of Resiliency on the Chesapeake Bay,” $1,750.00
  • Friends of Rising Sun Inn, “New Museum Exhibit: Women, Home, and a New Nation, 1776-1875,” $1,700.00
  • Goshen Farm Preservation Society, “Trifold Brochure Update,” $800.00
  • Hammond-Harwood House, “Restoration and Conservation of 1806 Broadwood and Son Fortepiano,” $1,750.00
  • Lost Towns Project, “Around Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary in 40 Artifacts,” $1,500.00
  • One Annapolis, Inc., “One Annapolis 21st Century Community Learning Center,” $1,500.00
  • Ralph J. Bunche Community Center, Inc., “Ralph J. Bunche-An Interpretive Journey Through Our History,” $1,500.00
  • Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County, “Visitor Guide for Marquis de Lafayette in Annapolis,” $1,500.00

Congratulations to the funding recipients!

This funding comes from a State budget surplus under former Governor Larry Hogan, administered by MHT as a grant to each of the 13 Certified Heritage Areas.

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