From the Maitland Mercury report:
Maitland City Council has loosened its purse strings to offer up to $15,000 to residents conserving the city’s heritage buildings.
Now an annual project, the Maitland Local Heritage Fund is open to those conserving works to buildings and/or places of heritage significance.
Last year the owners of Shenstone, Bolwarra, successfully applied for a grant to restore the elaborately designed gates to their historic property.
“This project is an example of what people can do with help from the heritage fund,” council’s heritage officer Clare James said.
Projects to be considered for funding allocation may include the conservation of culturally significant Aboriginal or European places or restoration work to residential or commercial premises.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 30 Apr, 2012.
