A program of the Alabama League of Municipalities
Helping Smaller Communities Plan, Grow and Prosper
Florala City Park, Florala, Alabama
WHAT DOES ACE DO?
ACE provides technical assistance to select communities with populations of 2,000 to 18,000 through a comprehensive, three-phase approach.
ACE advocates leadership development and engages in a municipality’s vision and plans for growth and enhanced quality of life.
WHAT DEFINES AN ACE COMMUNITY?
- Fosters growth and prosperity by focusing on its distinctive assets and resources
- Establishes a vision based on the community’s unique values, concerns, and priorities
- Engages a broad base of community stakeholders to develop and implement short-term and long-range plans to achieve that vision
- Strives to meet defined ideas that embrace Leadership, Planning, Economic Development, and Quality of Life issues such as education, healthcare, and public safety.
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DEADLINE REMINDER! Applications for the Save America's Treasures (SAT) grant program are due December 20, 2022. The program was established in 1999 to help preserve nationally significant historic properties and collections that convey our nation’s rich heritage to future generations. The program is administered by the NPS in cooperation with its partners, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Congress has appropriated $26.5 million in FY2022 funding for Collections and Preservation projects.
Apply now: www.nps.gov/articles/000/save-america-s-treasures-grant-opportunity.htm
Learn more about the SAT program: www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/save-americas-treasures-grants.htm
Photo courtesy of the The Barnum Museum
The Barnum Museum is nationally significant for its association with its founder and benefactor Phineas Taylor Barnum, better known as P. T. Barnum. A nationally renowned, progressive, and self-made businessman, P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) reshaped American concepts of family entertainment and culture in the second half of the nineteenth century. The museum first opened in 1893 as the Barnum Institute of Science and History. In 2021, the BARNUM MUSEUM Foundation, Inc. received a $500,000 SAT grant to extensive repairs to the museum’s 79 windows ensuring the space can continue to operate as a museum.
www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/sat-grant-2021.htm
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6 Reasons to Visit the Lake Guntersville Area this Christmas - Marshall Tourism & Sports
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Along with our team of partners, community leaders and long-time professional staff, we’re helping Alabama grow stronger one community at a time.
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