To create a mural that embodies the activities and spirit of the Clay County Fair. The mural will be painted on the back side of the grandstand, which is one of the first things a fair visitor sees.
To provide better organization and storage of the museum's oversized collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.
The West Fork Des Moines Headwaters Water Sampling Project consists of collecting water samples and along with field data from three sampling sites within the West Fork Des Moines River Headwaters located in Murray County, MN. The sampling will take place from May 2014 through September 2014, and then again from June 2015 through August 2015. During this sampling regime, the three stream sites will be sampled sixteen times. Field replicates as well as blanks will be collected also. The three sites identified for sampling are the West Fork Des Moines RIver, Beaver Creek, and Lime Creek.
To improve the organization's ability to secure collections held in the public trust, Minnesota's Machinery Museum replaced the outdated video security system with a digital recording system. the new system has the capacity to record for 30 days with 24/7 coverage. This is a significant improvement that provides better data.
A series of three bilingual (English/Spanish) heritage-discovery walks have been selected and sixty plaques have been erected that tell the history and evolution of Lake Street. The historical markers include information and photographs of the area, as well as specific buildings both past and present. The walking tours are designed to educate, to foster a sense of historical identity and to encourage preservation of local historic sites. Brochures of the walking tours are available to the public free of charge at local businesses.
To implement recommendations from an HVAC evaluation that will ensure better climate control for the preservation of historic resources documenting Lake of the Woods County history.
Multilingual research, oral history collection, print publications, video documentary and community round tables regarding the history of culturally-diverse Latin American immigrant diaspora festive traditions held at 27th Ave. and E. Lake St. in south Minneapolis, when it was the Mexican music venues El Nuevo Rodeo and previously Vannandy?s, that was a vibrant social context for culturally-diverse festive ritual traditions and socialization in a South Side cultural and commercial crossroads.
We seek planning resources to bring together a collective of young people who have localized and brought to life traditional Norte'o, Ranchera, Tejano, and Banda music. This collective will be comprised by the young Latinx leaders of the Dos Coronas, Elegancia LR, and Alto Designo bands to design and develop a Mexican music education program to engage Latinx elementary and high school students in learning, practicing, and reimagining Mexican traditional music.
