This year we welcome Rep. Steve Tharinger of District 23 as a new Heritage Caucus co-chair. He joins long-time caucus co-chair Sen. Jim Honeyford, of District 15, in 2016 for the second half of the Washington State Legislature’s biennium. Ask your district legislators to attend!
Help support museums at this year’s Arts & Heritage Day! We need participants from legislative districts across Washington to help museums to become more visible to policy makers. We are continuing to partner with the Washington State Arts Alliance to orchestrate this important event, so sign up to speak up for Washington’s cultural legacies!
Participate by signing up here.
The Heritage Capital Projects Fund is administered by the Washington State Historical Society. The HCPF provides state funding for heritage building projects such as new facilities, renovations of existing ones, and maintenance of historic structures. The Fund is enshrined in state law but each year risks not being funded. The practical dilemma of this is that organizations that navigate the complex, peer-vetted application process for the HCPF can be awarded a grant and still not receive funding if the combination of the Governor and Legislature do not allocate the amounts of the awarded in the capital budget of […]