Heritage Montgomery
Needs Your Help Now!
 
Dear Friends,

If you appreciate the beauty of the Montgomery County's Ag Reserve and other heritage sites, then you should know that funding for the Heritage TourismHeritage Tourism program (Maryland Heritage Areas Authority/MHAA) has been dramatically cut in Maryland State budget legislation.

This could result in little or no project grant funding available in FY13.Heritage Tourism Don't let historic sites and scenes like this one become a thing of the past!  Act today to help Heritage Tourism. Use the form email below and contact State legislators.

Time is of the essence - and this is an instance where numbers really do count.  Every letter really can make a difference - so,  please send your emails by Thursday, February 9.
 
For More Information Contact: Peggy Erickson at Heritage Tourism Alliance at 301-515-0753 or by email at director@heritagemontgomery.org.

January 31, 2012 
SAMPLE E-MAIL  
TO STATE DELEGATES AND SENATORS
EMAIL ADDRESSES BELOW  

SUBJECT: RESTORE FULL FY 2013 FUNDING FOR MHAA

I am writing as a friend of the Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County, asking that you restore full funding for the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) in the FY 2013 budget.

Funding for the program has been reduced by $1,450,000. This will have a major impact on the heritage tourism program in Montgomery County. We are requesting that the full $3,000,000 be appropriated.

The Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County currently has Intent to Apply forms for eleven MHAA grants totaling $305,000. If this reduction in funding occurs, there will be little or no Program Grant funds in FY 2013 for any of the state's twelve heritage areas.

Please restore the funding for the Maryland Heritage Areas heritage tourism program.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

   
EMAIL ADDRESSES

The email addresses you need are listed below.   To save time, you may create just one email and paste all the addresses into the blind (bcc) copy field. Please "cc" Heritage Montgomery: director@heritagemontgomery.org

House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation & the Environment

 

Tawanna.gaines@house.state.md.us

Steven.deboy@house.state.md.us

Susan.aumann@house.state.md.us

Wendell.beitzel@house.state.md.us

James.proctor@house.state.md.us

Mary.washington@house.state.md.us

Craig.zucker@house.state.md.us

 

 

Senate Budget & Taxation, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Transportation & Environment

James.degrange@senate.state.md.us

Richard.colburn@senate.state.md.us

George.edwards@senate.state.md.us

Verna.jones@senate.state.md.us

 

 

District 14 Delegation (Montgomery County Historical Society, Town of Brookeville)

Karen.montgomery@senate.state.md.us

Anne.kaiser@house.state.md.us

Eric.luedtke@house.state.md.us

 

Delegate Craig Zucker - already listed about on House subcommittee

 

 

District 15 Delegation  (Historic MedleyDistrict, M-NCPPC, Town of Poolesville, King Barn Dairy Mooseum, C&O Canal Trust, Washington Revels, Menare Foundation)

 

Rob.garagiola@senate.state.md.us

Kathleen.dumais@house.state.md.us

Brian.feldman@house.state.md.us

 Aruna.miller@house.state.md.us

 
 

 

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