Partners in Preservation believes historic sites play a key role in helping us understand who we are, as well as our relationships to each other and our communities. From San Francisco to New York City, Partners in Preservation has helped to protect and preserve sites that directly reflect the diverse cultural heritage of America and its people.
Past winners have included the Washington National Cathedral in D. Augustine Parish Hall in New Orleans. Beginning in , American Express has been the Presenting Partner of the Trust's National Treasures program, helping to make possible our work to save dozens of nationally important places and providing preservation grants to historic sites. The National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express partnered for the first-ever Virtual Preservation Month in , providing 31 days of experiences to help people at home enjoy the beauty and comfort of historic places.
The property where the new park will be built is known throughout the community as The Casa Grande Valley Newspaper campus, which is centrally located between the commercial and arts district of the city. Now closed, the restaurant was originally established in by a former prize fighter who renovated a retired Pacific Electric Red Car trolley for use as a luncheon counter. The business was later expanded in The restoration will focus on the long-neglected trolley portion that still functions as the centerpiece of the cafe.
With a long association with early Hollywood and organized crime, the walls were lined with over photos of stars who dined here. As a beloved L. Saving it from demolition in the 70s, the community has continued to support the Carolina, which is now home to over live performances, tours and cultural events throughout the year and provides arts education for 12, students annually. Although currently vacant, the E.
During downtown transitions, the Alabama Theater has been an anchor for the surviving businesses and a seed for further growth. The organization believes that this restoration will help bridge the development gap between the Theatre District and the Civil Rights district of the town. While it brought welcome activity to Main Street, the limited budget was not able to fund reconstruction of the historic marquee. As it once was, the theater is now a center of entertainment and community activity.
Since it reopened in , it has added vitality to Main Street, sustains many non-profit initiatives, and demonstrated that the Woodward could really light up the street. Among other projects on the grounds, the project will include restoring the band stand, which was originally built in for concerts and served as a stage for politicians like Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
The property is currently used for an extremely popular week concert series, as well as for events such as weddings and picnics. With a new namesake, this historic area deserves to be revitalized as it has deep roots in the Civil War era.
The park setting was recently named after an African-American Civil War soldier and former slave who joined the military on the steps of the Courthouse.
Through the restoration and redesign of the historic Utah Pickle Company building and the adjacent Hide building, a 1. Partners in Preservation is a program in which American Express, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, awards preservation grants to historic places across the country.
Through this partnership, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation seek to increase the public's awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and to preserve America's historic and cultural places.
American Express runs a corporate responsibility program that focuses on giving back to the community through donations and volunteer work, supporting nonprofit organizations, preserving historical places and holding initiatives that encourage consumers to interact with local businesses. In addition to offering a special American Express directory that increases awareness of local organizations, American Express has created three grant programs in the areas of leadership development, community service and historical place preservation.
Its work has benefited such organizations as schools, disaster relief organizations, museums, environmental protection projects, social services agencies, performing arts academies and civic organizations. American Express's budget for philanthropic causes can vary each year and have different allocations depending on the organizational focus, such as education or the arts.
It also sponsors specialized grant programs as necessary based on need. One emphasis of the American Express corporate responsibility program is training leaders who work for nonprofits and social-purpose organizations. The American Express Foundation focuses its grants on helping to teach leadership skills, foster diversity and offer continuing business education for community leaders. Qualifying for this specific grant requires that your organization wants help creating a leadership development program, needs training to acquire and retain leaders or wishes to improve its diversity in leadership.
The American Express Leadership Academy gives leaders in fields such as health care, education and the arts the chance to attend in-person training seminars worldwide.
The organization's sponsored online-training programs provide a supplement to these seminars. Graduates of the academy participate in relationship-building activities that include a private LinkedIn group for networking, an online storytelling platform for leaders and an annual global summit. Volunteerism is another important part of the American Express corporate responsibility program, and it offers support to organizations that want to get the community involved in service activities.
The company's community service grants focus on helping organizations acquire and retain volunteers so that they can have a positive impact on those in the community. American Express has also placed an emphasis on helping out with disaster relief.
The American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders and other major charities have received assistance for preparing for natural disasters and helping communities recover from the effects. Qualifying projects might involve having American Express employees help out your organization or support causes in the organization's community, which is a program American Express has named Serve2Gether.
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