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The Steeples Project - A Step Beyond Rehabilitation "The proper maintenance of the building has an impact far beyond those who come to worship. Beginning with our congregation we can transform the inner life of the inner city. As the building begins to reemerge, perhaps in conscious and unconscious ways it can have an impact on people who pass in front of it. In this revitalization project, they may gain a better sense of their own self-worth and self esteem. They may look again with new eyes of hope and faith and go out and get their GED, get a job, enter a recovery program. Seeing an old dilapidated building fixed up speaks to the heart." The Reverend
Hurmon E. Hamilton 
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 | The Steeples Project grant program Steeples Project grants are not limited to the preservation of steeples. HBI regularly invites active Boston congregations to apply for Steeples Project grants for technical assistance, major repairs, and/or lighting projects. To date, 53 congregations have received Steeples Project grants. HBI staff works closely with the grant recipients, even becoming a member of the project team, in order to ensure the project is maintaining high preservation standards as well as to provide support for the congregation's project team. more... When applying for a Steeples Project grant, congregations must demonstrate that they meet some or all of following requirements: their historic buildings are architecturally significant, and are endangered due to mismanagement, fiscal challenges, or demographic changes; the congregation facilitates the use of their building for human services that improve the quality of life in Boston neighborhoods; and the property is located in a transitional neighborhood. In addition to the award, grant recipients receive hands-on project management assistance and training. Upon receiving a grant, project management training begins. Through targeted workshops, recipients learn how to develop a project team, hire professional consultants and contractors, involve the congregations and community, and organize a capital campaign. more... Projects in the News "The Steeples Project has been a transfusion of hope for our congregation." The Reverend
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| Open Workshops Next workshop: Monday, March 3, 2008 $$Saving Green$$ - How Historic Houses of Worship Can Shape Social and Environmental Sustainability Steeples Project grant workshops
were originally developed to aid Boston's houses of worship in the preservation
and restoration of their buildings, though they are now attended by
congregations thoughout Massachusetts. Workshops are held several times
a year at different houses of worship around Boston and are organized
by HBI staff to facilitate communication and answer questions that religious
leaders and their congregations may have about the awesome task of preserving
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Steeples Project Donor Salute HBI gratefully acknowledges the financial support given to the Steeples Project from the following foundations and corporations since 1993. The Boston Foundation ~ 1998, 2001 The Boston Globe Foundation ~ 1993, 1998 The Browne Fund ~ 1993, 1995 Fidelity Foundation ~ 1993, 1997 Gap, Incorporated ~ 2000 George B. Henderson Foundation ~ 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 The Hyams Foundation ~ 1999 The Lynch Foundation ~ 1996, 2004 George H. and Jane A. Mifflin Memorial Fund ~ 1999 Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation ~ 2001, 2002, 2003 H.W. Pierce Charitable Trust ~ 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005 Mabel Louise Riley Foundation ~ 1993, 2007 Save America's Treasures ~ 1999 Shawmut Bank ~ 1994 The Tomfohrde Foundation ~ 2004 | ||||||
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