Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development

Maasdam Barns

The 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 & EVENTS

Pathfinders RC&D Monthly Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 22
6:00 p.m.
Pathfinders RC&D Office, 304 South Maple, Fairfield
Cultivating Opportunities: A Look at Local Food Issues in our Changing World
Saturday, March 3
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Advanced Technology Center
Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa
$25 before February 26
$35 after February 26 or at the door
Registration includes locally grown lunch

Southeast Iowa is filled with opportunities!  Find out what's happening in local food production and explore where we go from here.

For more information, contact Tish Reck at (641) 683-5170 or Tish.Reck@indianhills.edu. 
Register online

Getting Yourself on Google Maps
Tuesday, March 6
9:30 a.m - Noon*
Honey Creek Resort, Moravia

FREE for Historic Hills Byway communities/attractions or CITR Members 
$10 regisration for all others

*Optional Post-workshop Tourism Exchange
Noon - 1:30 p.m., $10 for lunch if attending

This is a comprehensive training on how to get your business or point of interest plotted on Google Maps and how to create functional and user-friendly event maps.  Funded in part through Central Iowa Tourism Region.

For more information contat Katy at Pathfinders at 641-472-6177 or email katy@pathfindersrcd.org

NEW! Grant Received for Mormon Trail Development

Pathfinders recevied $86,000 in Statewide Transportation Enhancement grant funds to identify nationally significant historical resources on the Iowa Mormon Wagon Trails and Iowa Mormon Handcart Trail.  

The project will include a cultural and natural resource inventory and land acquisition study.   The project will also result in preservation and interpretive plans.  This project is being completed as part of  Iowa scenic byway development

While grants funds have been committed, Pathfinders is still securing necessary cash match. The project is expected to start in fall 2012.  

For more information call 641-472-6177 or email Byway Coordinator Katy Anderson at katy@pathfindersrcd.org.