Over $300,000 in grant awards to Southern Maryland were celebrated on June 26 at the Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium (SMHAC) FY2019 Awards Ceremony. SMHAC (also known as Destination Southern Maryland) is a partner of the Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland (TCCSMD), and is just one of the ways TCCSMD continues to work in support of the local community.
The award ceremony was held at the Historic Port Tobacco Courthouse in Charles County. $300,000 in capital and non-capital grants were awarded and $40,000 in Seed Grants were awarded. These are the largest grants awarded to the region in the Southern Maryland Heritage Area Program history.
More than double the amount of Seed Grants were awarded from last year. The Seed Grants are awarded specifically to “significant heritage tourism projects” in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s County.
FY 2019 Maryland Heritage Area grant recipients include:
St. Mary’s College of Maryland – $30,000
“Commemorating Our Shared History: Slavery in Southern Maryland”
Annmarie Sculpture Gardens and Art Center – $72,577
“Tree-mendous Nature Trail & Pavilion”
Calvert Marine Museum – $50,000
“Solomons, A Water Community”
Smallwood State Park – $12,5000
“Condition Assessment of the John Grinder House”
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum – $48,080
“Exhibits Phase II”
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum – $10,000
“Interactive and Educational Components for the Smithsonian’s H2O Today Exhibition”
Calvert Nature Society – $20,000
“Assessing a Cypress Barn”
Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium – $86,000
(Partnering with the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland and Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties)
“Fiscal Year 2019 Management Grant for the Southern Maryland Heritage Area”
Seed Grant award recipients include:
Calvert County
American Chestnut Land Trust – $3,000
“In Your Own Backyard”
Annmarie Sculpture Garden – $2,000
“Tree-mendous Trail”
Arts Council of Calvert County – $1,000
“Calvert Barn Quilt Trail”
Calvert Marine Museum – $3,000
“Megalodon Jaws Encounter”
Charles County
Piscataway Conoy Tribe (Cedarville) – $5,000
“We are Singers”
Piscataway Conoy Tribe (Cedarville) – $5,000
“Mini Pow Wow”
Charles County Fair – $1,000
“Historic McConchie One-Room School brochure”
Historical Society of Charles County – $1,000
“Holiday Trail brochure”
Chapman State Park – $1,500
“18th– 19th Century Cemetery Preservation”
Farm Heritage Conservancy – $3,000
“Dendrochronological Study of 1800’s Log Tenant House”
St. Mary’s County
St. Mary’s College of Maryland – $3,500
“Commemorating Our Shared History: Slavery in Southern Maryland”
Historic Sotterley — $3,000
“Outdoor Classroom”
Lexington Park Rotary — $1,000
“National Oyster Cook-Off and Cookbook”
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum — $1,000
“Spirit of Jazz & Democracy”
St. Clement’s Island & Piney Point — $2,500
“Museum and Historic Sites brochure”
St. Mary’s CDC — $2,500
“Lexington Park Arts Park – Manor Street Signs”
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions of St. Mary’s County — $1,000
“Preserving Oral Histories”
These grant funds support projects and activities that attract visitors and increase economic development in the Southern Maryland region.