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Partners in Preservation awards preservation grants to historic sites across the country, with help from public voting to determine the recipients. Other New York locations under consideration include the Guggenheim Museum, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and Brooklyn Public Library.
The public is encouraged to vote online daily through May 21, 2012 for the preservation projects that are most important to them. The top four vote-getters, to be announced May 22, are guaranteed to receive the largest grants for their preservation projects. An advisory committee of community and preservation leaders will allocate the rest of the $3 million in grants to the remaining 36 sites.
To vote online, visit www.PartnersinPreservation.com or www.Facebook.com/PartnersinPreservation.
“We are thrilled to bring this important preservation program to New York and highlight this city’s many historic treasures while emphasizing the importance of grassroots preservation efforts,” Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, said in a statement when the initiative was first announced in March. “Preservation of our historic places helps strengthen communities, generate jobs, and build sustainable cities and towns. We hope Partners in Preservation will foster a deeper interest in protecting New York’s important historic and cultural sites for many decades to come.”
Through this partnership, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation seek to increase the public's awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and to preserve America’s historic and cultural places. The program also hopes to inspire long-term support from local citizens for the historic places at the heart of their communities. American Express has committed more than $15 million to Partners in Preservation, helping historic sites in six cities to date, including San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Seattle, and Saint Paul/Minneapolis.
