Water Tower Balcony Painting Restoration
To hire professionals to restore painted designs on the knee wall and balcony slab underside of the water tower balcony at Tower View to their 1915-1921 appearance.
To hire professionals to restore painted designs on the knee wall and balcony slab underside of the water tower balcony at Tower View to their 1915-1921 appearance.
$5,846,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $7,004,000 in fiscal year 2021 are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money 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. Contact, grants@mnhs.org
Short term impacts have been achieved.
Indicators show that intermediate-term impacts are well on their way. Happily, there has been strong press interest about this project, including coverage in the Red Wing Republican Eagle, Star Tribune, and Forum Communications. This level of earned media coverage suggests both public engagement with the project and builds awareness of the site, laying the foundation for increased visitors and tours. The project has been very well-received by individual donors to the Anderson Center's historic preservation efforts.
With the completion of this highly visible project and an easing of the COVID-19 pandemic, site visitor counts are at an all-time high. This is expected to continue, and the Anderson Center has reached an agreement with one of the main riverboat tour operators in the region to offer tours of Tower View to all of their Red Wing visitors.
Long-term impacts will be determined through monitoring over the next decade and beyond.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org