PROJECTS SEEKING FUNDING
Arts, Culture and Civic Life
May 2011
Arts for the Schools: Art Education for At-Risk Youth - $6,000
Provide Artist in Residence program to teach fine art to at-risk teens attending the Community School and Sierra Continuation High School. Currently there are 65 students enrolled at Sierra Continuation High School and 25 students enrolled annually at the Community School.
Floriston Property Owner’s Association: Floriston Schoolhouse Restoration - $5,000
At the turn of the 19th Century the Crown Willamette Paper Company established a paper mill on the Truckee River. The mill and its hotel and hospital are gone now, but the town remains. Built in 1899, the Floriston Schoolhouse is the last remaining administrative building from the days when Crown Zellerbach ran the second largest paper mill in the world just below on the river. This request is to help restore the Floriston School House, which is used for town events.
Nevada City Community Broadcast Group (KVMR): Capital Equipment - $5,000
In 2007, KVMR was designated the official Emergency Broadcast station for the region, providing fire, weather and other essential coverage as events occur. On November 24, 2010, Nevada County experienced a large winter storm that caused a tree to fall on KVMR's transmission line, resulting in two extended unplanned outages and electrical surges that destroyed some of KVMR's transmission equipment. The damaged equipment cost the station $5,468.20 to replace.
North Lake Tahoe Historical Society: Keeping History Current - $5,000
The NLTHS requests funding to modernize historical film from VHS to DVD format and purchase equipment to record oral histories from local residents.
Trails and Vistas: Operating Support - $5,000
Trails and Vistas showcases creative arts in nature to inspire individual participation in both artistic creative expression and increase awareness of environmental stewardship. Trails and Vistas strives to increase education about our environment through the arts with an interactive art hike, where the participants are just steps away from the art and performances along a scenic two to three mile trail in the Sierra Nevada.