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- Date Released: 2024-10-03
The National Park Service, in partnership with Jefferson National Parks Association, today announced the award of $186,756 in Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI) grants. This year’s awards will support 11 projects advancing preservation of the Delta Region’s culture and history across 7 states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
National Park Service opens call for Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative cultural heritage preservation grant applications
- Locations: New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
- Date Released: 2024-04-10
The National Park Service announces that the application period for 2024 Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative grants will run from April 15 - May 31.
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
National Park Service opens call for Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative cultural heritage preservation grant applications
- Locations: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
- Date Released: 2024-04-10
The National Park Service announces that the application period for 2024 Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative grants will run from April 15 - May 31.
- Date Released: 2024-04-09
The National Park Service announces that the application period for 2024 Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative grants will run from April 15 - May 31.
- Date Released: 2023-11-09
The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Jefferson National Parks Association (JNPA), today announced the award of $186,781 in Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI) grants. This year’s awards will benefit 11 projects across five states and support the continued preservation of the Delta Region’s culture and history.
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
No Tears Project Memphis, a series of civil rights and arts education residency events, to be held in Memphis, Tennessee (June 10-14, 2023)
- Locations: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
- Date Released: 2023-06-02
The multi-day residency triangulates the American Civil Rights Movement legacies of Memphis; Jackson, Mississippi; and Little Rock, Arkansas. Featured events will include concerts with the world premiere of new music by Memphis native Robert “Bobby LaVell” Garner, as well as conversations with civil rights heroes, Dwania Kyles, Elizabeth Eckford, and Reena Evers-Everette.
- Date Released: 2023-04-17
The National Park Service announces that the application period for 2023 Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative grants will run from April 17-June 3.
- Offices: Region 2, Regions 3, 4, and 5
- Date Released: 2022-10-17
The National Park Service, in partnership with Jefferson National Parks Association, announced the award of $335,166 in grants for 23 projects promoting cultural heritage preservation across NPS’s 7-state Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative region.
Last updated: April 5, 2023