Planning Phase
Planning Phase of Creating Holyoke
March 2007 – January 2008
In March 2007, Wistariahurst and her partners received a $45,000 prestigious We The People National Endowment for Humanities Planning Grant to further develop a city-wide Exhibit Plan on immigration to Holyoke.
We have hired a market research firm and an exhibit design firm and partners continue to work on fine tuning professional development workshops, community forums, and pilot testing of programs like round table discussions, teaching tools, exhibit themes and ideas for murals throughout the city.During this phase, we conducted market research, finalized exhibit design planning documents and programming concepts, developed fundraising plans, and formalized partner relationships for final project implementation.