The Whitewater Canal State Historic Site may be saved after all. In a press release yesterday, the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites says it, along with the Southeastern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, could receive a $7 million grant to help with the preservation of the site in Metamora. The historic site was expected to close permanently after this summer season, after exhausting all avenues to raise funds for essential repairs. The Indiana Legislature set aside $7 million in 2023, but the group was unable to raise the matching funds. The IEDC pre-commitment notice would help to make essential repairs to keep the site open, originally estimated at 14.4 million.