Driehaus Foundation News Today

It’s hard to imagine a couple better suited to owning and restoring an historic Chicago bungalow than Katrina and Mike Morrissey. Over the last decade, they have lovingly restored their Austin home, bringing back some of the original character, which had disappeared over the years. They also got married, added three children to their family and did that lion’s share of the restoration work themselves, while holding down jobs in other fields.

It was standing- room only at Napervilles Municipal Center recently when Naperville Preservation Inc. presented its architectural survey of two early post-World War II neighborhoods: the East Highlands and River Haven Estates.

The grant — announced this weekend — helps cover the planned $5 million restoration and rehabilitation of the historic 1907 sunken garden.

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An investigation by the Tribune and ProPublica that exposed the little-known practice of school-based ticketing won a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting.

The grant, which will support programs focused on healthy cities and sustainability, is the largest single gift received by the New York nonprofit in its 21-year history. 

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation has selected nine recipients of this year’s National Preservation Awards, with presentations and a formal awards ceremony to be hosted the evening of Friday, November 4.

/PRNewswire/ -- With grants of $1 million from the Builders Initiative and Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundations, and a Community Development Grant through...