These funds would be used to develop, design and install signs comprising a Writers’ Walk tour of historic buildings associated with writers of national or international importance in Amherst, including but not limited to, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Robert Francis, Noah Webster, Helen Hunt Jackson, Eugene Field, Howard and Lillian Garis, Ray Stannard Baker (“David Grayson”), Mary Heaton Vorse, and others.  Many, but not all of these signs would be located in and around downtown Amherst.  The signs would be set in the public way, would identify each site and its historic importance, and would provide information on existing regulations and other methods for protecting the buildings and sites.  Almost all of the buildings and sites are contributing structures in existing National Historic Register Districts.  To reduce costs, this project would be ‘bundled’ with other sign projects already under development.