To enhance and expand the fair’s educational exhibits and cultural performances. The history of Goodhue County, the state, and the nation, was shared through demonstrations and displays provided by the Historical Society, Prairie Island Indian Community and individual artists that specialize in early American crafts. History of music and different styles of music were provided by various musical artists. The art of dance was highlighted with workshops given by a local dance studio.
To research and write a script for an introductory video on the history of the Minnesota Governor's Residence (Horace Irvine House), listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
To acquire professional services in preparing a Historic Landscape Report preparatory to improving public access the history of the Horace Irvine House/Governor's Residence, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
To write and design a site guide for improved public access to the Minnesota Governor's Residence, which is the Horace Irvine House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
To produce a short video introduction about the history, architecture, and use of the Horace Irvine House (Minnesota Governor's Residence), listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Per Minnesota Laws, 2011, 1st Special Session, Chapter 6, Article 4, Section 2, Subd. 6, "These amounts are appropriated to the commissioner of administration for grants to the named organizations for the purposes specified in this subdivision.
With this appropriation, the Minnesota Land Trust plans to protect approximately 500 acres of critical shoreline habitat along Minnesota's lakes, wetlands, rivers, and streams by securing permanent conservation easements and dedicating funds for their perpetual monitoring, management, and enforcement. Lands being considered for permanent protection in this round of funding are located in Becker, Beltrami, Blue Earth, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Le Sueur, Otter Tail, Pope, and Wabasha counties.
To stabilize and conserve ten historic oil paintings (portraits of Minnesota Supreme Court justices) displayed in the St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Historical Rulemaking Web Site will allow legislators, state agency staff, the Office of Administrative Hearings, and the general public to track the progress of administrative rulemaking from 1983 to date. The project involves extracting the public information contained in an internal rule tracking system maintained by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes and displaying the information on a public web site. In addition, the project involves scanning of additional historical documents, such as State Registers, and providing a method for historical documents in the possessio
To organize, catalog, and prepare a finding aid for documents, photographs, and other records relating to glider manufacture at Villaume Box & Lumber Co. in St. Paul during World War II
To hire a qualified historian to research and prepare materials that will enable the public to more broadly access the story of people 21 years old and younger with disabilities, pre-1840 to 1960
To provide heritage music and arts programming for school age children at the fair. The Houston County Fair enhanced their sound system and introduced a Polka band. The objective of this project is to enhance the arts with the involvement of the youth and preserve the history of the fair.
This project will continue HSPF watershed model construction beyond the initial framework development. The consultant will add representation of point source discharges to the model. The consultant will also compile flow data for the purposes of calibration and validation. Finally, an initial hydrologic calibration will be performed and submitted for approval.
