NHCC receives grant for railing project

Accepting the award to support a railing project for the National Historic Cheesemaking Center is the group’s executive director Donna Douglas, right, and Deborah Briggs, assistant director.

nhcc grant — Accepting the award to support a railing project for the National Historic Cheesemaking Center is the group’s executive director Donna Douglas, right, and Deborah Briggs, assistant director.

MONROE — National Historic Cheesemaking Center announces that it has received a grant from the Monroe Fund of the Community of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support their project entitled “ADA Approved Railing for the West Exit from the Cheese Center Museum.”

Steps were removed and a new concrete ramp was built this spring. The iron railing designed by Burchard Welding, Juda, has been installed and is ready for use.

This grant is made available from the Community Foundation’s Monroe Fund. The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin is a resource for area nonprofit organizations whose programs and services are working for the betterment of our communities. Grants from the Monroe Fund have supported the arts, education, environment, health and human services and historic preservation.

For more information on how to support the community through the Community Foundation, contact Linda Gebhardt at 608-328-4060 or the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, 800-995-2379, or visit www.cfsw.org. The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin serves eight Wisconsin counties: Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Vernon and Walworth.