Phase 1 Restoration of Hofmann Apiaries Honey House and Wax Shed
To hire qualified professionals to replace the roof and restore the honey house and wax shed at the Hofmann Apiaries, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
$4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the second year are for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer these funds using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. grants@mnhs.org
Phase I Short Term goal:
Getting the award, project personnel hired and bees back on the property was fulfilled.
Intermediate Term goal:
Phase I Work completed; however, Phase II has not been funded.
Long Term goal:
Programming will be offered but the Honey House remaining windows, stone foundation and asbestos siding removal will be completed when
funded.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org
Diane Beckmann, Dave Dunn, Linda Grant, Dawn Halgren,Judy Joecks, Gregg Johnson, Dave Zika, Al Rose, Audrey Weiske,Marty Buum, Dale Groskreutz, Karl Jones, Virginia McCarthy,Ivan Maas, Jim King.
Hofmann Apiaires Advisory Board 2016
Newell Searle, Boyd Fuller, Jergen Peters,Colleen Carlson, Brad Carlson,Gregg Johnson, Jim Jewison.