Save Historic Rail Station and Revitalize Our Town

With Spring upon us, at least by the calendar, we have Spring Fever to move ahead with our railroad station project. We are one step closer than our previous update from December. We are working with our partners to get the feasibility study underway for the station. A feasibility study is needed in order to apply for state and federal funding and will provide us with more specific details about the condition of the station.  This will give us a better understanding of how much work, and funds, will be needed to complete the project.

While we'll work with our partners and apply for state and federal funding in the future to rehabilitate the historic building into a community/visitors center and a gateway to the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway, donations will still be needed. State and federal funding, which is more limited than in previous years, still requires a match, either in cash or in-kind donations (depends on program), and these donations will help to leverage state and federal funding as the required match.

We continue to have an open dialogue with our stakeholders and will continue to work hard to bring this historic railroad station back to life and the center of the community. We hope you'll spread the word of our project.

Thank you for your continued support!

Links:

• Project Webpage

Thank you for your continued support. We wish you the best for the Holidays and 2013. We continue to wait to hear whether or not we received a grant for a feasibility study for the station. A feasibility study is needed in order to apply for state and federal funding. In addition to state and federal funding to rehabilitate the historic building into a community/visitors center and a gateway to the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway, donations from supporters will still be needed. The state grant we applied for would cover 75 percent of the cost of the feasibility study, while individual donations would be used to cover our 25 percent cost share. The feasibility study will tell us specific details about the condition of the station, in order to give us a better understanding of how much work and funds will be needed to complete the project. We can then move forward with our project. As soon as we find out, we'll share the news with you. In the meantime, we hope you'll consider thinking of us if you are looking to make additional end of the year contributions to charities. We also are continuing to work with our stakeholders who have historical preservation expertise to ensure a successful project! If you have any questions or have information on the station that you would like to share, please let us know. Thank you and happy holidays!