Beverly’s Ward 2 Civic Association wins grant award – News – Beverly Citizen – Beverly, MA In February, Beverly’s Ward 2 Civic Association was announced the recipient of a $2,000 value prize package to benefit building improvements at the GAR Hall on Dane Street.The “Find Your Fire” Community Grants contest was held by BernzOmatic, a nationally known handheld torch and accessories company, during January.The Ward 2 Civic Association’s idea for a building improvement project to accommodate broader community use caught the attention of the judges who selected it as a top 10 finalist from hundreds of national submissions. The prize for this honor was a $1,500 financial grant award, plus BernzOmatic products valued at $500 to activate the project.The Ward 2 Civic Association, in conjunction with the City of Beverly, is seeking to revive the GAR Hall as a shared community asset to serve various community and Veterans’ groups and events within an architecturally rehabilitated structure.The organization also received a 2015 grant from Beverly’s Community Preservation Committee to conduct a structural assessment and feasibility study that will be conducted this year. mainImageContainerInnerHTML += ”+htmlencode(mainImageData_caption)+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container_sm’).css(‘width’,smimgwidth).css(‘padding’,’3px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding – 3)+’px 0 0’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container_sm’).css(‘width’,sm_img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+mainImageData_leftPadding+’px’);