Awarded Grants for the county of Sullivan:

Town: Acworth Project Name: Acworth Village Store 2 Total Project Cost: $34,911.00 Amount Requested: $16,497.00 LCHIP Funded: $16,497.00 Project Description: Further rehabilitation work on the 1865 Acworth Village Store

Town: Acworth Project Name: Acworth Meetinghouse Total Project Cost: $829,220.00 Amount Requested: $130,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $130,000.00 Project Description: The Acworth Meetinghouse stands at the historical, emotional and geographical heart of Acworth. It is home of the United Church of Acworth and host to the range of Acworth's community activities. It is one of the Templeton Group of Churches constructed in the 1800s. Remarkable for its perserverence, it now faces restoration of its steeple and other issues beyond the means of the community.

Town: Acworth Project Name: Acworth Village Store Total Project Cost: $224,529.00 Amount Requested: $61,200.00 LCHIP Funded: $61,200.00 Project Description: Rehab. 1865 Acworth Village Store

Town: Acworth Project Name: Acworth Meetinghouse Total Project Cost: $834,430.00 Amount Requested: $130,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $130,000.00 Project Description: Complete phase 3; exterior repairs and restoration, infrastructure upgrades of ca 1821 meetinghouse

Town: Bath, Claremont Project Name: NH Farmland Conservation Initiative Total Project Cost: $360,200.00 Amount Requested: $180,100.00 LCHIP Funded: $100,000.00 Project Description: 2 parcels. Wood parcel -30 ac SPI over 80, other SPI 72. Livingston parcel -37 ac. SPI over 80, other SPI 73. Parcels w/in flagged areas for possible impacts on endangered dwarf wedgemussle. Patch of endangered Bladdernut. Ct. River views. Hunting/fishing Target Acres: 151

Town: Charlestown, Langdon Project Name: Fall Mountain Total Project Cost: $989,450.00 Amount Requested: $340,788.00 LCHIP Funded: $175,000.00 Project Description: Fee acquisition, TNC, 950 acres for preserve, possibly transferred to DRED, 257 ac. in forest soil categories; 2 undeveloped ponds; fed. endangered species Target Acres: 950

Town: Charlestown, Langdon Project Name: Fall Mountain Total Project Cost: $0.00 Amount Requested: $175,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $175,000.00 Project Description: Rare plants- No. Eastern Bulrush. 68 ac. Hydrologically connected non-forested wetlands; shoreline of undevel. North & Middle Ponds. 4.3 mi. undev. riparian frontage on Mtn. Brook. Intact forestland. Group 1 soils. 3 wellhead protection areas. Rec trails Target Acres: 950

Town: Cornish Project Name: Fitch Farm Total Project Cost: $347,000.00 Amount Requested: $167,500.00 LCHIP Funded: $167,500.00 Project Description: The Town of Cornish has a rapidly shrinking farmland base. The community and the Fitches are pursuing conservation as two prominent pieces of local farmland have gone on the market this year without the opportunity to conserve them. Cornish's proximity to the Hanover/WRJ/Lebanon area exposes it to community pressures. Target Acres: 165

Town: Langdon Project Name: Langdon Meeting House Total Project Cost: $199,233.20 Amount Requested: $99,600.00 LCHIP Funded: $99,600.00 Project Description: Rehab of failing meeting house (ca. 1801-03) foundation to stabilize building and prepare for future rehab.

Town: Lempster Project Name: 1794 Lempster Meetinghouse Total Project Cost: $154,200.47 Amount Requested: $187,500.00 LCHIP Funded: $75,000.00 Project Description: Emergency repairs to the 1794 Lempster meetinghouse and funds for a full Historic Structures Report.

Town: Lempster Project Name: Ashuelot River Headwaters Total Project Cost: $1,208,000.00 Amount Requested: $500,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $500,000.00 Project Description: The 1850 acres of forestland is owned by the Wright Family Trust. The Trust's lands are strategically located between the protected lands surrounding and including Pillsubury and Sunapee State Parks and the significant protected lands in the towns of Stoddard, Washington, Sullivan, and Windsor. The lands make up a large portion of the headwaters for the Ashuelot River, one of the regions most biologically diverse rivers. The lands include thousands of feet of frontage on both Long and Sand Ponds. Target Acres: 1750

Town: Newport Project Name: South Church of Newport Total Project Cost: $160,000.00 Amount Requested: $50,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $50,000.00 Project Description: Steeple repair, roof replacement, trim and masonry repair, shutter restoration and exterior painting for ca. 1822 church.

Town: Newport Project Name: Eagle Block Total Project Cost: $2,200,000.00 Amount Requested: $185,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $135,000.00 Project Description: Restoration of Eagle Hotel

Town: Plainfield Project Name: Plainfield Cider Orchard Total Project Cost: $241,000.00 Amount Requested: $118,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $118,000.00 Project Description: UVLT seeks to place a CE on Plainfield Orchard, a 465 are working farm, that has forestland and apple orchards. Target Acres: 465

Town: Unity Project Name: Chase's Tavern Total Project Cost: $544,000.00 Amount Requested: $257,725.00 LCHIP Funded: $257,725.00 Project Description: Rehabilitation of the circa 1800 Chase's Tavern for use as town offices, police station, library, community mtg. room and historical society museum/archives

Town: Washington Project Name: Meetinghouse/ Town Hall Restoration Total Project Cost: $80,600.00 Amount Requested: $25,000.00 LCHIP Funded: $25,000.00 Project Description: Completion of design and creating architectural and bid-ready construction documents for ca. 1787 town hall/meeting house rehab.

Town: Washington Project Name: Town Hall Bell Tower Total Project Cost: $113,000.00 Amount Requested: $56,500.00 LCHIP Funded: $56,500.00 Project Description: Restore bell tower, damaged by lightning 7/2002. Repair 7 columns. Repair masonry and brick foundation.