General News
20 March, 2025
Exciting funding for Heritage Walk
Jeparit Heritage Walk Committee members were thrilled to learn they were successful in the recent Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal round of grants.
The $10,000 grant will fund up to 40 interpretive signs along a heritage trail; foster visitation and connection to history and expand enrichment for local students to learn about their community.
Committee member Campbell McKenzie said the grant will provide funds to complete the project which has been a two-stage project.
"The metre-high stands will cost about $150 each to be constructed and powder coated and the plaques will cost about $100, "Mr McKenzie said.
Having only just learned about the successful grant, Mr McKenzie said the committee of seven was grateful to FRRR for the funding as this project is important to the community and has been in the pipeline for a while.
"We got started on this project in 2012 but lack of funds and the COVID-19 pandemic caused a few delays so to have the funds now is very exciting," he said.
The first stage of the project was funded by a Hindmarsh Shire Council grant of $1000 and funded $3000 A3 brochures to be placed on some of the town's buildings and distributed through the museum.
"We have placed these brochures on about 84 buildings and people stop and read them and find out about that building and others./
Mr McKenzie said the committee will add to the funds if they find there are any further expenses.
"When the Jeparit Lions Club disbanded, due to lack of members, the members donated $2,000 to the Heritage Walk Committee so we have to put it to use if we need to," he said.
FRRR has been providing funding and capacity-building support at the hyper-local level to strengthen the viability and encourage the vitality of smaller remote, rural, and regional communities across Australia for 25 years.
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, or FRRR (F-triple-R) for short is a not-for-profit organisation that connects government funding with purposes supporting the local needs of rural people and places.