NPS Holding Question-And-Answer Sessions For Grant Applications

The National Park Service is accepting applications for $3 million in grants for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.  Announced on January 4, the Japanese American Confinement Site Grant Program applications are due Thursday, March 4. The National Park Service is holding Question-and-Answer sessions on the grant program from late January through early February 2010 for interested grant applicants to meet with NPS staff and discuss any questions they may have about the Fiscal Year 2010 grant application process and grant program.   Meetings are scheduled for Denver, Honolulu, Little Rock, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC.  

Please see meeting details below and also visit the grant program website for FY2010 grant application materials and additional information: http://www.nps.gov/history/HPS/hpg/JACS/index.html

Little Rock, Arkansas

Date:  Monday, January 25, 2010
Time:  2:oopm-4:00pm
Location:  Little Rock Central High School NHS Visitor Center, 2120 Daisy Bates Drive
Contact:  Rachel Franklin-Weekley, NPS:  402-661-1928
Meeting Directions: The visitor center is located at the intersection of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive and Park Street.
Website:  http://www.nps.gov/chsc/planyourvisit/directions.htm
Phone: 501-374-1957 (Little Rock NHS)

Honolulu, Hawaii

Date:  Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time:  6:00pm-8:00pm
Location:  Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2454 South Bretania Street
Contact:  Frank Hays, NPS:  808-541-2693, x. 723
Meeting Directions:  The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii is located next to University Avenue. Parking is available in the center's parking
structure.
Website:  http://jcch.com/
Phone:  808-945-7633 (JCCH)

Los Angeles, California

Date:  Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Time:  6:00pm-8:00pm
Location:  Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (Garden Room B), 244 S. San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Contact:  Tom Leatherman, NPS:  925-943-1531, x122
Meeting Directions:   Parking structure is called  Five Star Parking, 350 East Second Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.  Adjacent to the Aratani/Japan America Theatre. There are several parking lots directly across from the JACCC.  Parking on the street is not recommended.
Website: http://www.jaccc.org/directions.htm
Phone: 213-628-2725 (JACCC)

Seattle, Washington

Date:  Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time:  3:00pm-7:00pm
Location:  Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project, 1416 S. Jackson St.
Contact:  Tom Leatherman, NPS:  925-943-1531, x122
Meeting Directions: The Densho offices are in a brick three-story building on the left side of the street, right next to the Jackson Plaza shopping area. There is a redwood fence in front of the building.  Follow the alley back to the parking area for Densho and the Buddhist Church.
Phone: 206-320-0095 (DENSHO)

Denver, Colorado

Date:  Friday, February 12, 2010
Time:  10am-12noon
Location:  National Park Service (NPS), 12795 W. Alameda Parkway (RSVP Recommended)
Contact:  Kara Miyagishima, NPS:  303-969-2885
Meeting Directions: The main building entrance is located on the West side. Please check in with the security guard at the front entrance to sign-in and obtain a visitor's badge.

San Francisco, California

Date:  Friday, February 12, 2010
Time:  3:00pm-7:00pm
Location:  Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), 1840 Sutter Street, Suite 201
Contact:  Tom Leatherman, NPS:  925-943-1531, x.122
Meeting Directions: Street parking is available around the center with normal street restrictions. Additional public parking is available at the Japan Center garage and on Webster Street.
More Parking:  There are two indoor parking garages in the Japan Center. Entrances are on Geary between Laguna and Webster, Fillmore between Geary and Post, and Post between Webster and Laguna. Both garages are open every day.
Website: http://www.jcccnc.org/
Phone: 415-567-5505 (JCCCNC)

Washington DC

Date:  Wednesday, February 4, 2010
Time:  12noon-2:00 pm
Location:  The Madison Hotel  (Carlton Room), 1177 Fifteenth St. NW
Contact:  Kara Miyagishima, NPS:  303-969-2885
Meeting Directions:  Located off of Massachusetts Avenue, in downtown Washington, D.C.  Accessible by Metrorail.  4.5 miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Website:
http://www.loewshotels.com/en/Hotels/Washington-DC-Hotel/LocationInfo/Directions.aspx
Phone:  (202) 862-1600 (Madison Hotel)