|
|
Build it and they won’t come…..
Most preservation projects rely on outside funding to build and maintain. And most depend on visitors to stay afloat. Patricia Hubbard, vice president of National Council of Tourism Directors, states that any attraction needs local, community support to gain recognition. She suggests approaching the Convention and Visitors’ Center, tourism office, area hotels and economic development associations. The next level of support can be elicited on the state or regional level.
Below are some sources for advice and assistance putting a project "on the map".
http://fdncenter.org/onlib/npr_links/index.html
... includes annotated links to hundreds of nonprofit resources and Web sites of interest.
The Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) is the Washington D.C.-based national, non-profit association that serves as the unifying organization for all components of the U.S. travel industry, the third largest retail industry and one of the largest employers in the nation.
This organization lists and evaluates resources available from private foundations. They have libraries on line and in major cities, and sample forms for grant requests. Here are some of the topics they cover:
"who gets foundation grants; what funders look for in a grantee; what types of support grantmakers typically prefer; how to establish a nonprofit organization; how to find support available to individuals; effective tools for funding research; and the basics of proposal writing."
This association focuses on metropolitan area reinvestment, which often includes one or more industrial areas. There are links on this site to information on tax credits, public finance and community reinvestment from a number of sources.
Catellus is a large developer in business to "extract underlying value from idle or underused real estate." They sell rail yards, refineries, shipyards and industrial facilities from the West Coast to the middle of the country. If you have discovered the hidden charm of that abandoned pulp mill in your area, Catellus, or a business like theirs, can talk with you about terms.
 |