GVRR Grant Award

The Town of Phelps is excited to announce that we have been chosen as one of the many recipients of the Genesee Valley Rural Revitalization (GVRR) Grant Round 2 Awardees!  The grant money will go towards improvements to our beautiful and historic Town Hall building that is located in the very heart of Phelps! This also includes the restoration of the clock tower which so many of you have asked whether it will be reinstalled. Yes, it will!

Our portion of the award announcement reads as follows:

Town of Phelps (Ontario County): The Town of Phelps will receive $50,000 for roof repairs and upgrades to the Phelps Town Hall, which was constructed ca. 1849 and is listed on the State/National Registers of Historic Places. A portion of the grant will be used to reinstall the clock/bell tower, which has been undergoing restoration and rehabilitation.

See the full announcement here:

https://parks.ny.gov/newsroom/press-releases/release.aspx?r=1819

This project is supported through a grant from the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program as administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

The Genesee Valley Rural Revitalization (GVRR) Grant Program is a subgrant program that is administered in partnership between the Landmark Society of Western NY and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. However, the initial funding to create this subgrant program comes from the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program, administered by the National Park Service.