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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Oklahoma </span><span style="color:#1F497D">Main Street</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> Colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We are pleased to share the following announcement from NPS about their latest resource, and we believe you will find it very useful in your work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Melvena Heisch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Deputy SHPO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">State Historic Preservation Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma Historical society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405/522-4484<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:mheisch@okhistory.org">mheisch@okhistory.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">NPS Launches Directory of NPS Community Assistance Programs. See information below.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">T</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">he National Park Service
<span style="color:#1F497D">just </span>launched its </span><a href="https://www.nps.gov/getinvolved/community-assistance.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directory of NPS Community Assistance Programs</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The 54 programs outlined in the Directory provide funding, technical assistance, and other resources to community groups for historic preservation, investment in historic sites, recreation and improved access
to public lands, and education and professional development in and outside national parks.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Community assistance programs of the National Park Service empower local organizations to advance historic preservation and conservation work in rural and urban communities
across the United States. These programs serve as economic drivers, transforming underutilized places into community assets that enhance quality of life and boost local economies through tourism and job creation.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">The 54 NPS programs in this directory are listed in alphabetical order. Each entry includes the program or service name, description of its purpose, its primary community assistance activities, and weblinks to
follow for more information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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