"LCHIP Awards 34 Matching Grants for Conservation, Preservation"

Article via InDepthNH.org

"CONCORD – From field and forest to aging church steeples, more than $4 million in matching conservation and preservation grants were distributed across the state this week from a program that the governor said: “protects New Hampshire’s identity.”

The Land and Community Heritage Investment Program or “L-CHIP” as it is known is an independent state authority that selects grant projects, using surcharge fees collected from each land transaction recorded at county registries of deeds.

It announced 34 grants, this week with Gov. Chris Sununu saying the program provides “a tribute to the past and a gift to the future” of the Granite State.

The annual announcement came just in time for holiday celebrations and good news for the new year from Chesterfield to Atkinson, Westmoreland, and all over." READ MORE