Your votes = funding for needed restoration at Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park

Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park is open to and enjoyed by all.Recently American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park was chosen to participate in Partners in Preservation, a contest that will award $1 million in grants to historic places in the Washington, D.C. metro areas. 

The historic place that receives the highest number of points is guaranteed to receive grant funding. 

Funds will help repair and stabilize the grotto at the 16th Street entrance, which now looks like this. 

Visit this site each day before May 10, 2013, to vote online and via mobile phone once each day, every day, share with friends via Twitter, check in on Foursquare, and take photos on Instagram.

Thanks to The Rock Creek Conservancy for alerting us to this competition.

Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park is a part of Rock Creek Park.