Beach to Bay Heritage Area Mini Grants 

Press Release on Mini-Grant Availability

FY21 Mini-Grant Applications are Available:
Deadline to Submit:  Monday, Nov. 2 at 5 p.m.
Award Range:  $500 - $2,500 (This is the range that the Beach to Bay Heritage Area will award.)
Questions:  Please email info@beachesbayswaterways.org or call 410-251-3163.
 
FY21 Mini-Grant Guidelines & Requirements
FY21 Mini-Grant Application Word Document
FY21 Mini-Grant Application PDF
 
In order to promote heritage tourism and community involvement, BBHA hosts a Mini Grant program to provide funding for significant local projects. Applicants may apply for small, non-capital project grant funding directly from BBHA. Grant projects reflect the cultural heritage of the Beach to Bay Heritage Area.
 
Applications are selected for funding by a grant review committee.  The committee evaluates applications based on a project’s plan to address or complete a priority activity identified in and consistent with the goals, objectives, strategies and actions outlined in the approved MHAA Certified Management Plan.  Executive Summary of the BTBHA Management Plan. 

Eight organizations receive mini grants ​

The Beach to Bay Heritage Area has awarded mini grants to eight local heritage tourism organizations to help them expand and improve the visitor experience. Here are the organizations and the planned projects.

• Delmarva Discovery Museum: Template for interpretive signage to be used throughout the museum. Signage for existing touch tank and new seahorse and oyster reef tank exhibits. 
• Parsons Cemetery: Signage to better help visitors explore Salisbury's largest history cemetery. 
• Wicomico County Recreation & Parks: New event, A Pemberton Christmas, set for December 12. 
• Julia A. Purnell Museum: New exhibit, "Epidemic, A Local History of Medical Crisis," focusing on the history of historic medical epidemics through the lens of local experience. 
• All Hallows Episcopal Church: Historic structure report to evaluate the building’s condition in order to prioritize restoration needs. Historical interpretation and expanded use by the public.
• Green Hill Church: Preservation plan to guide and prioritize phases of restoration of the 1733 structure as well as to address activities to broaden public participation.
• Westside Historical Society, Inc.New signage, awning, and kiosk with information for the Westside Heritage Museum.
• Berlin Heritage Foundation: Archive of local oral histories through audio and video recordings of people’s stories related to their life and experiences living in Berlin. 

For details on these organizations and their plans for the mini grants, see the full story. 
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