Restoration of the Sherburne Inn gets $1 million state grant
SHERBURNE – Last week, the Town of Sherburne was awarded a million dollar grant for the Sherburne Inn Restoration Project.
The grant has doubled the amount the not-for–profit project has been able to raise since it was conceived in late 2012, bringing the total raised funds to more than $2.3 million. The amount represents donations and those promised by the state.
The Town of Sherburne, spearheaded by Supervisor Charles Mastro, acted as the lead agency for the grant at the request of the project's group of volunteer directors.
“The Town of Sherburne is extremely grateful for being awarded the grant and is excited about how this funding will change Sherburne’s downtown historic district,” said Mastro. “On behalf of myself and the Sherburne Town Board, we congratulate Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project and extend sincere thanks to the Restore New York program.”
The grant puts the prospect of restoring the inn within the realm 2018 or 2019, with serious discussions about renting out its facility to a private hospitality firm within the year, said Kathleen M. Yasas, president of the Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project.
She cautioned that such long-term plans were tentative however, and at present the group was focused on securing the awarded funds and finishing the physical restoration of the 100-year-old building.
“There’s going to be some exciting activity on the anchor corner of Sherburne in the coming months,” said Yasas. “In bottom line numbers, this means that restoration project will have at its disposal $1.6 million to proceed with the project,” she said, referring to immediately available funds for 2018 work.
The newest awarded grant will help restoration of the interior of the building, which includes the west-side elevator.
Other restoration work includes the building's first floor kitchen, restaurant area, the lobby, bar, and gift shop, said Yasas. Those are important options for potential hospitality contractors who may ultimately enter into an agreement and lease the site for regular business operations, she explained.
“It is a historical property. Many of those from Sherburne originally, who were here when it was active, recognize [the inn] as an important part of the community's landscape,” said Yasas. “It is an anchor property to them, for the community. People remember when it was open. It is a building full of memories at heart of the community. Restoring the inn is restoring a central part of Sherburne, reopening it is going to help create jobs.
“Five years ago in April, [the restoration project’s] volunteer board of directors purchased the inn with the hope that we could raise funds to restore and reopen this historic building,” said Yasas.
In 2015, the project began work on the exterior of the inn with a $500,000 grant from the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
“The community support has been, in a word, phenomenal,” Yasas said. “This includes individuals and corporations from Sherburne and surrounding villages, former Sherburne residents, friends of the SSIRP board, and everyone else who supported fundraisers and who sent us donations from five dollars to five thousand dollars. The truth is Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project could not have survived to this point without every single one of those contributions.”
Hoping the inn will help drive the local economy once it opens, the restoration project plans to reopen the inn with sleeping rooms, event space, conference space, a farm-to-table restaurant and bar, a tavern, and retail space. Plans include creating temporary and permanent, part- and full-time jobs.
The Sherburne Inn, opened in 1917, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project coincides with several of the focal points of the New York State’s economic development priorities of downtown revitalization, historic preservation, tourism, and local agriculture.
Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project is a nonprofit organization. For more information on The Sherburne Inn and the project, visit thesherburneinn.org.
Funds raised or awarded for the restoration of the Sherburne Inn: $165,000: Original cost of building purchased in April 2013; $1,000,000: 2018 Restore New York grant; $500,000: 2013 NYS Parks grant; $500,000: 2014 NYS Parks grant; $100,000: Howard K. Finch Memorial Fund; $150,000+ in individual donations and community fundraising over 5 years; $25,000: NBT Bank donation; $25,000: Chobani Yogurt donation.
The grant has doubled the amount the not-for–profit project has been able to raise since it was conceived in late 2012, bringing the total raised funds to more than $2.3 million. The amount represents donations and those promised by the state.
The Town of Sherburne, spearheaded by Supervisor Charles Mastro, acted as the lead agency for the grant at the request of the project's group of volunteer directors.
“The Town of Sherburne is extremely grateful for being awarded the grant and is excited about how this funding will change Sherburne’s downtown historic district,” said Mastro. “On behalf of myself and the Sherburne Town Board, we congratulate Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project and extend sincere thanks to the Restore New York program.”
The grant puts the prospect of restoring the inn within the realm 2018 or 2019, with serious discussions about renting out its facility to a private hospitality firm within the year, said Kathleen M. Yasas, president of the Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project.
She cautioned that such long-term plans were tentative however, and at present the group was focused on securing the awarded funds and finishing the physical restoration of the 100-year-old building.
“There’s going to be some exciting activity on the anchor corner of Sherburne in the coming months,” said Yasas. “In bottom line numbers, this means that restoration project will have at its disposal $1.6 million to proceed with the project,” she said, referring to immediately available funds for 2018 work.
The newest awarded grant will help restoration of the interior of the building, which includes the west-side elevator.
Other restoration work includes the building's first floor kitchen, restaurant area, the lobby, bar, and gift shop, said Yasas. Those are important options for potential hospitality contractors who may ultimately enter into an agreement and lease the site for regular business operations, she explained.
“It is a historical property. Many of those from Sherburne originally, who were here when it was active, recognize [the inn] as an important part of the community's landscape,” said Yasas. “It is an anchor property to them, for the community. People remember when it was open. It is a building full of memories at heart of the community. Restoring the inn is restoring a central part of Sherburne, reopening it is going to help create jobs.
“Five years ago in April, [the restoration project’s] volunteer board of directors purchased the inn with the hope that we could raise funds to restore and reopen this historic building,” said Yasas.
In 2015, the project began work on the exterior of the inn with a $500,000 grant from the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
“The community support has been, in a word, phenomenal,” Yasas said. “This includes individuals and corporations from Sherburne and surrounding villages, former Sherburne residents, friends of the SSIRP board, and everyone else who supported fundraisers and who sent us donations from five dollars to five thousand dollars. The truth is Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project could not have survived to this point without every single one of those contributions.”
Hoping the inn will help drive the local economy once it opens, the restoration project plans to reopen the inn with sleeping rooms, event space, conference space, a farm-to-table restaurant and bar, a tavern, and retail space. Plans include creating temporary and permanent, part- and full-time jobs.
The Sherburne Inn, opened in 1917, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project coincides with several of the focal points of the New York State’s economic development priorities of downtown revitalization, historic preservation, tourism, and local agriculture.
Save The Sherburne Inn Restoration Project is a nonprofit organization. For more information on The Sherburne Inn and the project, visit thesherburneinn.org.
Funds raised or awarded for the restoration of the Sherburne Inn: $165,000: Original cost of building purchased in April 2013; $1,000,000: 2018 Restore New York grant; $500,000: 2013 NYS Parks grant; $500,000: 2014 NYS Parks grant; $100,000: Howard K. Finch Memorial Fund; $150,000+ in individual donations and community fundraising over 5 years; $25,000: NBT Bank donation; $25,000: Chobani Yogurt donation.
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