For Immediate Release: October 29, 2009

Rep. Sutton Secures $500,000 to Rehabilitate Historic Structures Within Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) secured $500,000 to restore, rehabilitate and stabilize major structures within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This funding will also be used for riverbank stabilization and will stem severe erosion to the riverbanks that support the Valley Railway and the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail. Funding for this project was secured from H.R. 2996, the FY2010 Interior Appropriations Act. The Act passed in the Senate today and will go to the President to be signed into law.

"The future of our country and our planet depends on the investments we make today to preserve our magnificent natural resources," Rep. Sutton said. "This funding is critical to preserving existing structures within our treasured Cuyahoga Valley National Park."

This funding is needed in Fiscal Year 2010 to continue the park's ongoing historic property rehabilitations. Included in the project are the rehabilitation of the Holland and Underwood Farmsteads, critically needed stabilization of the Brown-Bender barn and exterior rehabilitation of the historic Tilden House.

Rep. Sutton worked with Rep. LaTourette to secure this funding.
 
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Contact: Maureen Shanahan at 202-225-3401 or maureen.shanahan@mail.house.gov