LCHIP

Governor's Budget Would Restore LCHIP Funding

Sam Evans-Brown — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:33:07 +0000

Governor Hassan’s is proposing the state restore funding to Environmental groups’ first priority: the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program. The $4 million dollars a year for LCHIP comes from fees tacked generated by certain real-estate transactions. It’s supposed to go into a dedicated fund used to put land and historic building into preservation.

Protection Of 215 Acres In Durham Among Projects Receiving LCHIP Grants

Michael Brindley — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:45:30 +0000

The protection of 215 acres of land in Durham is among 18 conservation and preservation projects to receive funding through the Land & Community Heritage Investment Program.

The program this week announced it would be awarding $475,500 in grants, spread out in various amounts among the 18 projects.

Where This Year’s State Historic And Conservation Grant Money Is Going

Amanda Loder — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:39:00 +0000

Twenty-three conservation and historic preservation projects will be sharing just north of $1 million in state grants courtesy of New Hampshire’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP). Fourteen historic structures and more than 2,800 acres of land ultimately qualified for funding.

LCHIP's Last Hurrah? 23 Projects Get Money

Jon Greenberg — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:17:42 +0000

The state’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, or LCHIP, has funded 23 projects across the state. But this could be the last year the program exists to help protect everything from historic buildings, to forests, to farms.

The LCHIP managers say about $1 million in state money has leveraged about $ 13 million in projects. Executive Director Dijit Taylor says one unusual site involves a farm on the state’s western border.