May 21st, 2024 – 3:10 PM

WRGA Staff Reports –

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $110,000 in matching grants for historic preservation projects in Georgia through its Callahan Incentive Grant and the 1772 Foundation Grant programs.

The Callahan Incentive Grant is made possible by funding from Barbara and Les Callahan, longtime supporters of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, to provide matching funding for historic preservation projects in Georgia.

The 1772 Foundation, partnering with The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation for the second time, awarded historic preservation one-for-one matching grants totaling $100,000 to ten private nonprofit organizations maintaining historic sites in Georgia.

The historic DeSoto Theatre in Rome is one of 12 grant recipients and will use grant funds toward repairing the historic façade and marquee. Each grantee was awarded a maximum of $10,000.

The Desoto Theatre also recently received another grant from the Fox Theatre in Atlanta as part of their “Fox Gives” Project. The $40,000 grant was awarded to the Desoto Theatre for “historic structures studies and planning.”

The “Fox Gives” project goal is to revitalize downtown districts in Georgia by rehabilitating architecturally significant historic landmark buildings to create jobs and retain and grow the arts.

Over the years the Fox Theatre in Atlanta has donated $115,000 in total to the Desoto Theatre.