Project Grant P23AP01441

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT:THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES (JACS) GRANT PROGRAM (PUBLIC LAW 109-441, 120 STAT. 3288) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING: PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U.S. CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II. PURPOSE OF AWARD (SUMMARY OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT):OVERARCHING GOAL. TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II. OBJECTIVES. TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:THE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (BIJAMA) HAS WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS FOR OVER A DECADE TO COMPLETE THE EXCLUSION MEMORIAL ON BAINBRIDGE ISLAND. THE STORY WALL WAS DEDICATED IN 2011 AND THE DEPARTURE DECK WAS DEDICATED IN 2021 TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FORCED REMOVAL OF JAPANESE AMERICANS FROM BAINBRIDGE ISLAND AND SUBSEQUENT INCARCERATION. THIS PROJECT WILL COMPLETE THE THIRD AND FINAL ELEMENT FOR THE MEMORIALA VISITOR CENTER. THE VISITOR CENTER WILL HOUSE INTERPRETIVE AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN A SPACE THAT ALLOWS FOR REFLECTION IN LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY EVENTS. THIS PHASE INCLUDES FINALIZING DESIGN AND ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS, OBTAINING PERMITS, COMPLETING SITE WORK, AND INSTALLING UTILITIES FOR THE VISITOR CENTER.PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:FINALIZATION OF DESIGN AND ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS AND REQUIRED PERMITS HIRING OF A PART-TIME CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER COMPLETION OF SITE WORK AND INSTALLATION OF UTILITIES.BENEFICIARIES:THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY