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Sawyer Community Fund Grant Helps Historic Constable
Hall Enhance Visitor Experience
Published: October 18, 2023
at 07:00 a.m.
By: Press Release from NNY Community Foundation
Sawyer Community Fund Grant Helps Historic Constable
Hall Enhance Visitor Experience
Recent Grant Award Helps Acquire New All-Weather
Outdoor Benches
 CONSTABLEVILLE — Visitors to the
village’s historic Constable Hall will enjoy the sprawling grounds even
more thanks to the installation of nine new all-weather benches.
A $4,800 grant
from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the
Northern New York Community Foundation helped the Constable Hall
Association purchase the benches to enhance the overall visitor experience.
Many improvements
have been made to the grounds at Constable Hall. One of the association’s
unique features is its historical gardens and a walking trail.
Fourteen grants
totaling $58,050 were awarded this year from the Sawyer Community Fund to
support projects and programs that broadly impact the quality of life for
residents in Boonville, Constableville and Westernville.
The Kenneth V.
and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund was established in 2018 as a geographic
specific fund to support programs, projects and initiatives that broadly
impact and enhance the quality of life in Boonville, Constableville and Westernville in perpetuity. The Sawyers were passionate
about the quality of life in their community, participating in many
community activities and volunteering for several local organizations.
Through the community fund, the Sawyer family established a lasting
charitable resource that will positively impact these communities forever.
The application
for the next grant cycle for funding from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp
Sawyer Community Fund will be available in February 2023.
About Kenneth V.
and Jeannette Remp Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs.
Sawyer participated in many community events and activities through the
years and served on local boards and committees. Mr. Sawyer was a Boonville
native, served in the United States Army, and enjoyed a career at Layng
Furniture Company and as a supervisor at Boonville’s Erwin Park. Most
notably, he was a talented musician. He played tenor saxophone in his high
school band and clarinet with the Boonville Village Band. He frequently
played with three separate drum and bugle corps in Boonville and Rome.
Mr. Sawyer died
in 2008.
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