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Greene County Historical Society asks board to release encumbered $37,000 to shore up museum campus
Summary
Consultant Kent Gifford and society president Chris Baez asked the county to release a previously appropriated, encumbered $37,000 to match a New York State preservation grant and address urgent building repairs; presenters outlined deferred maintenance and said no final action was taken at the meeting.
Kent Gifford, who identified himself as a consultant to the Greene County Historical Society, and Chris Baez, identified in the meeting as the society’s president, asked the county to release an encumbered $37,000 appropriation to help match a New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation grant.
The applicants told the Greene County board that the museum campus includes multiple historic structures with deferred maintenance: water intrusion in the custodial residence, a failing porch on the 1738 structure, missing roof elements and a damaged copper downspout. Gifford said the…
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