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See description on page 85. INFORMATION:
To learn more about the
The Benton County Cultural Coalition advocacy and partnership
organizations that support
The Benton County Cultural Coalition was established in 2004 by the historic preservation in Corvallis,
Benton County of Commissioners. It strives to create an active cultural utilize the following links:
life throughout Benton County with high-quality cultural experiences,
accessible to everyone. From 2005 to 2016, the BCCC has awarded PreservationWORKS
over $131,400 in grants to promote the arts, heritage and humanities https://www.facebook.com/
in Benton County. Its mission is to distribute funds from the Oregon pg/preservation.works.OR/
Cultural Trust to non-profit organizations (or individuals who partner about/?entry_point=page_nav_
with a fiscal non-profit sponsor) in Benton County, Oregon, thereby about_item&ref=page_internal
strengthening art, heritage and humanities programming; to increase
donations to the Oregon Cultural Trust through public awareness of
how the Trust operates and benefits the citizens of Benton County; Benton County Cultural Coalition
and to increase the number of Benton County cultural non-profits http://www.bentonculture.org/
registered with the Oregon Cultural Trust.
The Oregon Cultural Trust
The Oregon Cultural Trust http://culturaltrust.org/

The Oregon Cultural Trust, founded in 2001 by the Oregon Legislature,
is a cultural promotion and preservation organization. It is funded The National Alliance of
by the State of Oregon, corporate sponsors and private donations. A Preservation Commissions
special series of vehicle license plates also helps fund the Trust. The https://napcommissions.org/
Trust’s mission is to lead Oregon in cultivating, growing and valuing
culture as an integral part of communities. They do this by inspiring Restore Oregon
Oregonians to invest in a permanent fund that provides annual grants
to cultural organizations. Since 2003, they have made over 1,000 https://restoreoregon.org/
grants to cultural organizations across the state, totaling $16 million.
They also provide extensive support to rural areas and hard-to-reach Oregon Main Street
places with the help of more than 400 cultural coalition volunteers. https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/
HCD/SHPO/pages/mainstreet.
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Commissions

The National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC) was Downtown Corvallis Association
founded in 1983 in response to amendments to the National Historic http://www.downtowncorvallis.
Preservation Act of 1966. These amendments provided financial org/index.php
assistance to local governments that met requirements of the Certified
Local Government program, including the establishment of a local Corvallis Benton County Heritage
preservation ordinance and commission. The NAPC provides a forum Trees Program
for commissions to discuss mutual problems and to serve as a national http://www.corvallisoregon.gov/
voice representing the particular needs of commissions. NAPC provides index.aspx?page=1958

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