Application Deadline Is June 30 For New Executive Director Position
The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is hiring an executive director thanks to an $87,500 “Partners in the Field” matching grant form the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The funds raised will support a full-time position for three years. The executive director’s main focus will be to serve the “on-the-ground” field services devoting much of his or her time as a hands-on technical expert and resource person.
A job description and application information is available by downloading a Word document.
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Madison Trust Receives
Major Preservation Grant
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced that the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation will receive a $87,500 “Partners in the Field” matching grant.
“This grant is an important endorsement of our work at the Madison Trust and will be a major step in advancing historic preservation in the Madison area,” said James Westring, president of the Madison Trust. "By allowing us to hire our first full-time staff person, the ‘Partners in the Field’ grant will enable us to create a greater presence in the community and increase preservation awareness and productivity in Madison.”
The grant requires a dollar-for-dollar match from the Madison Trust. “While a portion of the matching funds has already been generously pledged from the MG&E Foundation and members, we need to raise the remaining portion of the first year’s salary by May to receive the grant,” Westring said.
The funds raised will support a full-time position for three years. The executive director’s main focus will be to serve the “on-the-ground” field services devoting much of his or her time as a hands-on technical expert and resource person.
Since late October the Madison Trust’s all-volunteer board has been working on finding donors towards this goal., an effort spearheaded by Director of Development Erica Fox Gehrig. “We need several people to stop forward with pledges of $3,300 a year for a three-year commitment,” she said. “This amount will be directly matched by the National Trust for Historic Preservation this summer, which means that we will be able to begin the hiring process for an executive director very soon.”
Westring pointed out that the need for the full-time position is clear. “As Madison continues to grow, so must our commitment to historic preservation.”
- Another fire could claim a building that is assumed to be a landmark such as St. Raphael Cathedral, which was not protected as a Madison landmark.
- The Madison Trust should weigh in on the city’s rewrites of its zoning ordinance and its definition of demolition.
- The Madison Trust must monitor the recommendations of the Downtown Preservation Plan, adopted by the City Council in 1998, as well as adopted neighborhood plans.
- Madison’s rich resource of frame house neighborhoods continues to disappear and, in these energy-conscious times, these building should not become landfill.
- Homeowners and developers need preservation assistance, especially during these energy-conscious times.
Gehrig encouraged those who can help – either directly or through an employer – to contact her at 608-441-8864. “We are actively contacting individuals, foundations and businesses who may be able to help us reach our fundraising goal and advance our mission to preserve the historic built heritage of Madison, a legacy that is important today and for future generations,” she said.
The Madison Trust is one of 21 recipients in the second round of the $5 million in “Partners in the Field” matching grants, a multi-year grant program that strengthens the efforts of state and local preservation organizations across the country. The grantees, all members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Statewide and Local Partners Program, will use the funds to expand the scope of their on-the-ground field services and assistance to property owners, developers, local officials, and others needing information and tools to protect and enhance their communities.
“’Partners in the Field’ grants are catalysts that spur historic preservation, economic revitalization and promote sustainability,” said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Grant recipients have used preservation to create innovative solutions to complex problems – with measurable impact.”
SUPPORT LANDMARKING WHEN
YOU BUY A PIECE OF RENNEBOHM’S
The Madison Trust was one of many local non-profit organizations and businesses invited to salvage materials from the Rennebohm Building before it was demolished earlier this year. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation donated the building's transoms and several of the decorative concrete crests.
Trust volunteers removed and cleaned many Luxfer Tile prisms from the transoms which are available for purchase at Unearthed at 2501 University Avenue (441-1993). The concrete crests are available at Deconstruction Inc. located at 1010 Walsh Road (224-8759).
There are two styles of prism to choose from as well as two styles of crest. If you are interested in seeing these items up close, please contact these business owners for their hours.
Your purchase not only allows you to remember the Rennebohm Building by owning a piece of its history but also gives you the opportunity to support the Madison Trust's fund that supports landmark nominations of historic buildings.
Relight the Marquee
The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is currently raising money to restore the Orpheum’s Marquee to its original 1927 grandeur.
Donations can be made an any time. Checks should be made payable to the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, attention “Relight the Marquee” and mailed to PO Box 296, Madison, WI 53701-0296.
To visit the Orpheum Theatre’s Web site, click here.
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