River of money

Congressman Maurice Hinchey and the National Parks Service announced on June 23 that $750,000 had been allocated for several Quadricentennial celebration projects. The money was tagged on to an additional $492,000 the congressman secured last year.

Today’s Times Herald-Record article by Jeremiah Horrigan highlighted the top three items, but the rest of the grants provide fascinating insight into how the Hudson Valley will respond to this historic moment in time. 

The next few blogs will give you information about some of the unique projects that received funding. Here are a few you can look for:

– The installation of Quadricentennial EcoDocks. What’s an EcoDock and why is it important? Find out here next week.

–The completion of a documentary about the early Dutch settlements, set for release in September.

–National Geographic’s web-based exploration of the Hudson.  Let’s talk to the project organizers at NG and see how this will  look.

–The story of the Lenape Indians from prehistory through current times and the museum that will house this wealth of cultural research

There are education, tourism, cultural and conference-related grants that also received funding. I’ll bring you the most interesting ones.  $250,000 was slated for the Lake Champlain celebrations, which are out of our coverage area. I wish them well in their projects, but you won’t be reading about those here.

Check back here next week for more,

–Deborah Medenbach