All Projects

ACHF Legacy Grant for Organizations

2012 3-D Concert Series

Phase 2 Michael Richards Memorial Bronze Sculpture

2012 Community Collaboration Hot Metal Pour

Personnel Grant IV

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

Acquire 2.5 acres for Trout Brook Regional Trail

Acquire 2.5 acres for Trout Brook Regional Trail

Phalen Keller Regional Park. Acquire 44,443 square foot MNDoT parcel.

At Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park, acquire 1.27 acre inholding at 1700 North County Line Rd.

To add 102 rolls of microfilmed Springfield, MN newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.

With the grant the Dassel Area Historical Society purchased 17 rolls of microfilm for local newspapers published in Meeker County covering Dassel.

Added 28 rolls of microfilm of the Crosby-Ironton Courier newspapers from 1991-2007 to broaden public accessibility to primary records.

The final thirtyeight (38) rolls of microfilm of Aitkin county newspapers were purchased to complete the collection. The acquisition was noted on the Aitkin Independent Age and on the Aitkin County Historical Society web site.

The New Ulm Public Library expanded its microfilm collection to add 258 rolls of microfilmed local newspapers covering most of the 19th and 20th centuries, all of which were absent in their previous collection. This greatly increases free and full access to both researchers and the general public to these primary records.

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer/scanner to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist Grant

To document in oral history interviews the history of Aeon, an affordable housing nonprofit in Minneapolis.

The Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District will partner with the Aitkin County Lakes and Rivers Association, Lake Associations, as well as other eligible community partners to reduce the impacts of stormwater runoff and keep water on the land. A mini-grant program to install rain gardens and native vegetation buffers along shorelines of lakes with a completed "Lake Assessment" supported by previous BWSR funding or a TMDL Implementation Plan will be implemented.

To provide access to arts and heritage education to fairgoers. The Aitkin County Agricultural Society enhanced their portable stage by adding additional equipment and a sound system. The fair was able to welcome three artistic performers, including a bluegrass band, a clown, and a caricature artist and purchase interactive items that are used in the new agricultural education center.