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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Happy Monday Everyone!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Here are two grants available from the National Parks Service that will be closing
<b><u>Oct 10, 2023</u></b>. More information on the Main Street Portal</span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">
<a href="https://officemgmtentserv.sharepoint.com/sites/extranet/CommerceOMSR/SitePages/Grant-Opportunities.aspx">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt">https://officemgmtentserv.sharepoint.com/sites/extranet/CommerceOMSR/SitePages/Grant-Opportunities.aspx</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Process and Deadlines - <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOINPS/bulletins/36f4b54">
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOINPS/bulletins/36f4b54</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The goal of the African American Civil Rights grant program is to preserve and protect sites associated with the struggle for equality from the transatlantic slave trade forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">This program is administered by the National Park Service. Congress has appropriated $24,000,000 for this grant program in Fiscal Year 2023. Applications open July 10, 2023, and are due October 10, 2023. All
applications must be made through Grants.gov. No paper applications will be accepted. Registration in Grants.gov, SAM.gov, and other federal systems can take up to four weeks, so please start early.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Option 1- Pre-preservation and Preservation Project:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Preservation projects must range from $75,000 to $750,000 in federal share, of which 20% may go toward pre-preservation costs such as architectural or engineering services. Grant applications that solely involve
pre-preservation work must range from $15,000 to $75,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Option 2- History Projects:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">History grant projects must range from $15,000 to $75,000 in federal share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Have a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Anna Schilling | Oklahoma Main Street</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Oklahoma Department of Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#004D9A"><a href="mailto:Anna.Schilling@okcommerce.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Anna.Schilling@okcommerce.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">p. 405-815-5225 | c. 405-212-8633
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