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Curling on the Erie Canal in Palmyra, 2/21/10, 12-3 pm
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Commission Meeting
March 31, 2010
10 am - 1 pm
Glens Falls | |
What made America? What makes us?
 These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Harvard scholar explores the family histories of 12 renowned Americans - among them is comedian Stephen Colbert, who talks about his family ties to the Erie Canal in Rochester. The series airs nationally Wednesdays, February 17 - March 3, 2010 from 8 - 9 p.m. ET on PBS. Watch a clip. >> |
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Jury Announced for Heritage Award
The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission is pleased to announce the jury for its 2010 Erie Canalway Heritage Award of Excellence. Independent jurors are selected from diverse backgrounds, but share a common desire to help foster the distinctive sense of place of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.
2010 Jurors:
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Fred Bonn, Executive Director
Tompkins County Convention and Business Bureau
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John Brizzell, P.E., Staff Consultant
Bergmann Associates, Albany
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Catherine Gilbert, Executive Director
Upstate History Alliance
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Larisa Romanowski, Public Relations Specialist
Ecology and Environment, Inc., Buffalo
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Wendy E. Weber Salvati, AICP, Associate Principal
Wendel Companies, Amherst
President of the New York Planning Federation
More information on the award is available on our website. Award applications are due by February 25; recipients will be announced in June. |
| Grant Opportunities
Check our online listing of upcoming federal, state, and foundation grant opportunities. The grants offer funding for programs and projects that follow some of the targeted areas of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor's Preservation and Management Plan. The list is updated monthly. Download now >>
GO! grants provide museum staff members, volunteers and trustees the opportunity to expand their horizons through the support of travel to other museums or professional conferences and workshops. Registration fees, travel fees and lodging costs up to $750 can all be supported through a Go! grant. Applications are available from the Upstate History Alliance website: http://www.upstatehistory.org/grants/go.html.
Applications to attend the Museums in Conversation conference, April 11-13, must be postmarked by March 12, 2010. |
Kayak/Canoe Access to Expand  Recreational, non-motorized boat access to the Hudson River and Lake Champlain will soon be expanded as a result of grants awarded through the Environmental Protection Fund's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. Twelve communities, including four in the Erie Canalway, received funds from the 2009-2010 budget for the development of new or refurbished "eco-docks."
Erie Canalway recipients include:
- Albany County: $45,000 to enable the City of Watervliet to provide utilities to a proposed boathouse/storage facility at the south end of Hudson Shores Park to complement its newly constructed non-motorized boat dock.
- Rensselaer County: $43,762 to enable the City of Troy to construct a non-motorized boat launch at the foot of Madison Street.
- Saratoga County: $24,000 to enable the Town of Halfmoon to design and construct a dock for non-motorized boats at its Hudson River Park.
- Saratoga County: $51,400 to enable the Town of Waterford to construct a floating dock system for non-motorized boaters at an area known as "The Point," just south of the Fourth Street Bridge.
The awards will serve as legacy projects of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, which marked the 400th anniversary of the voyages of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain. For a complete list of projects, visit: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/pres/pr2010/2-05eco-docks.html. |
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The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, established in 2000 by an Act of Congress, spans 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York. It includes the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain canals and their historic alignments. The Corridor encompasses 4,834 square miles in 23 counties and is home to 2.7 million people.
Erie Canalway
National Heritage Corridor
P.O. Box 219
Waterford, New York 12188
(518) 237-7000 | |
