Maasdam BarnsThe Maasdam Barns Development Project will showcase the three historic barns that are part of the Evergreen Ridge Stock Farm Historic District. From 1910 until 1938 the owner of this farm, J. G. Maasdam, raised and sold award-winning Percheron draft horses. The three barns on this farmstead came to be known as the Maasdam Barns, since the owner and his family lived on the farmstead. The Maasdam Barns Preservation Committee is working to rehabilitate the barns and develop a visitor center at the site. The farmstead lies at the junction of Highway 34 and Highway 1, just one mile south of Fairfield. Pathfinders provided grant writing assistance to secure $300,000 to complete rehabilitation of the historic barns and provide infrastructure to develop a welcome center. Pathfinders provided additional grant writing to secure $20,000 for the development of the interpretive exhibits at the site. Pathfinders is also providing grant administration services for these grants. http://www.jeffersoncountytrails.org/HTrail/maasdam/barns.htm
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NEWS & EVENTSPathfinders RC&D Monthly Board MeetingWednesday, February 226:00 p.m.Pathfinders RC&D Office, 304 South Maple, Fairfield2011 Pathfinders Year In ReviewNEW! Pathfinders Receives 2 GrantsPathfinders Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. received two $100,000 Watershed Cooperative Agreement grants from the Office of Surface Mining. The grants will be used to help fund reclamation of the Harris Abandoned Mine Land (AML) site in Monroe County and the Lewis AML site in Mahaska County.....read more
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