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Barkhamsted

In 2024, the Barkhamsted Center Cemetery Association received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund to assist with cemetery wall cap repairs and replacement (Phase 1).

The Barkhamsted Historical Society, in 2024, received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund to assist with repairs and maintenance for Merrill Tavern and Center Schoolhouse, including shutters, heat pumps, and reroofing an outbuilding.

The Barkhamsted Housing Trust received support in 2024 through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund to cover carrying costs for one year for the Mallory View housing project and the cost of a sewer pump station and generator to connect to existing sewer lines.

In 2024, the Barkhamsted Youth Baseball League received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for new baseball and softball batting cages at the Riverton Ballfield.

CT State Community College Northwestern received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund in 2024 to create a documentary film showcasing student research on James Chaugham, a Narragansett man who escaped servitude in Rhode Island and made a home in Barkhamsted.

In 2024, the First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund to assist with site work and building improvements to mitigate exterior water drainage issues.

Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund in 2024 to assist with repairs and renovation of the Community Food Bank.

In 2024, the Union Agricultural Society of Barkhamsted, Colebrook, and Hartland received support through the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund to assist with repairs and maintenance of the Riverton Fair grounds, including tree removal, gutter installation, and painting.

Northwest CT Food Hub received support through their 2024 NCCF Northwest Corner Gives campaign to provide food to those in need throughout the Northwest Corner;

In 2024, Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity/The Housing Collective received support through their NCCF Northwest Corner Gives campaign to help house those in need throughout Northwest CT;

In 2024, thirteen Barkhamsted students were awarded scholarships from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund;

In 2023, the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund supported the Barkhamsted Historical Society in their preservation projects of the Merrill Tavern and Barkhamsted Center Schoolhouse;

In 2023, the Town of Barkhamsted was granted support from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for a feasibility study of a pedestrian bridge across the Farmington River;

In 2023, the Barkhamsted Center Cemetery Association received support from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for a water system upgrade and lawn renewal;

In 2023, the Barkhamsted Youth Baseball League was supported by the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for the construction of a new snack shack with bathrooms at the Riverton Ballfields;

In 2023, the Connecticut State Grange Foundation, Inc. received support from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for bathroom repairs and renovations at Riverton Grange Hall;

In 2023, the First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted received support from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for replacing parsonage oil tanks and for the exterior painting of the church;

In 2023, the Friends of American Legion and Peoples State Forests were supported by a grant from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for a documentary film in celebration of the 100th anniversary of People's State Forest;

In 2023, the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church was granted support from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for roof replacement;

In 2023, the Riverton Theatre was supported by the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund for the purchase of a shed for storing sets and costumes;

In 2023, a grant from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Pierpont Chapter #49 Order of Eastern Star Fund supported the mission of Housatonic Youth Service Bureau;

In 2023, a grant from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Buchanan Fund supported the mission of Housatonic Valley Association;

In 2023, grants from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund supported the Barkhamsted Historical Society’s Merrill Tavern and Barkhamsted Center Schoolhouse preservation projects and assisted First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted in the cost of exterior painting of the church, including belfry and window shutters;

In 2022, through a grant from the Northwest CT Community Foundation Elson-Slemmer Fund for the Environment, The Friends of the American Legion and People's State Forest purchased lumber to finish rerouting the Agnes Bowen Trail;

In 2021, the Northwest CT Community Foundation Douglas and Janet Roberts Fund provided a grant to aid in the repair of the roof of Squire's Tavern, a historic building that serves as a museum and the Barkhamsted Historical Society headquarters, and provided a grant to the First Congregational Church of Barkhamsted to support the cost of repairs in order to reopen the basement level community meeting hall for public use.