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TOURISM AND TRAVEL:
ADJECTIVAL TOURISM AND NICHE TOURISM:
HERITAGE TOURISM :
UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT:
Partnering to Promote Heritage Tourism in Local Communities:
Guidance for Federal Agencies
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Partnering to Promote Heritage Tourism in Local Communities:
Guidance for Federal Agencies
http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/HT_Resources/ACHP/
ACHP_Partnering%20to%20Promote%20Heritage%
20Tourism%20in%20Local%20Communities.pdf
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Partnering to Promote Heritage Tourism in Local
Communities: Guidance for Federal Agencies
Each year, millions of travelers visit Americas historic places. Such
tourism heritage tourism can result in a variety of tangible and
intangible benefits for visitors, the historic resources, and the
communities where they are located. Federal agencies have an important
role to play in encouraging the realization of these potential benefits.
In 2003, President Bush signed Executive Order 13287: Preserve America,
which tasks Federal agencies with certain responsibilities regarding
heritage tourism. The following information provides guidance to agencies
on effectively fulfilling these responsibilities.
Defining Heritage Tourism
Heritage Tourism Requirements of Executive Order 13287
Why is the Federal Government Interested?: The Benefits of Heritage
Tourism
Challenges of Heritage Tourism
Principles of Successful Heritage Tourism
Recommendations for Federal Land Managers
Recommendations for Federal Assistance Agencies
Locating Heritage Tourism Contacts
Links to Innovative Initiatives and Success Stories
Other Resources and Links
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Defining Heritage Tourism
Section 7 of Executive Order 13287 defines heritage tourism as: the
business and practice of attracting and accommodating visitors to a place
or area based especially on the unique or special aspects of that locales
history, landscape (including trail systems), and culture.
This is the definition of heritage tourism that Federal agencies should
use, since it is embodied in the Executive Order, but be aware that there
are variant definitions in general use. Also, the term cultural heritage
tourism is sometimes used.
The following is a sampling of how national preservation organizations and
State Historic Preservation Offices define heritage tourism.
Cultural heritage tourism is traveling to experience the places and
activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past
and present. It includes historic, cultural and natural resources."
National Trust for Historic Preservation,
http://www.culturalheritagetourism.org/howToGetStarted.htm
Heritage tourism focuses on the story of people and places told through
interpretation of cultural landscapes and preservation or restoration of
historic structures.
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers,
http://www.nathpo.org/Toolkit/NATHPO.pdf
Heritage tourism is travel directed toward experiencing the heritage of a
city, region, state or country. This travel enables the tourist to learn
about, and be surrounded by, local customs, traditions, history and
culture.
Texas Historical Commission
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/faqs/faqht.html
An activity in which people enjoy the discovery of a place's unique
identity derived from its history. . . A form of tourism based upon the
enhancement and protection of cultural resources as an element of tourism
resources.
Utah State Historical Society
http://history.utah.gov/httoolkit/g1.html
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Heritage Tourism Requirements of Executive Order
13287
Executive Order 13287 advances the protection, enhancement, and
contemporary use of Federally owned historic properties and promotes
intergovernmental cooperation and partnerships for the preservation and
use of historic properties. Key to this effort is partnering with
nonFederal parties to make more efficient and informed use of historic
resources for economic development. The role of the Federal government in
encouraging economic development through heritage tourism is specifically
addressed in three sections of the Executive Order.
Section 3(a). As part of their baseline assessment of the state of their
historic properties, Federal land managing agencies must include an
assessment of how the types of historic properties they manage can
contribute to community economic development, including heritage tourism.
Accurate information on the state of Federally owned historic properties
is essential to achieving the goals of this order and to promoting
community economic development through local partnerships. Each agency
with real property management responsibilities shall prepare an assessment
of the current status of its inventory of historic properties required by
section 110(a)(2) of the NHPA (16 U.S.C. 470h2( a)(2)), the general
condition and management needs of such properties, and the steps underway
or planned to meet those management needs. The assessment shall also
include an evaluation of the suitability of the agency's types of historic
properties to contribute to community economic development initiatives,
including heritage tourism, taking into account agency mission needs,
public access considerations, and the longterm preservation of the
historic properties. No later than September 30, 2004, each covered agency
shall complete a report of the assessment and make it available to the
Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Council) and
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary).
Section 5(a). The Department of Commerce, working with Federal agencies,
is called upon to help nonFederal parties promote the use historic
properties for heritage tourism. Such efforts will address strengthening
heritage tourism as it relates to Federally owned properties. To the
extent permitted by law and within existing resources, the Secretary of
Commerce, working with the Council and other agencies, shall assist
States, Indian tribes, and local communities in promoting the use of
historic properties for heritage tourism and related economic development
in a manner that contributes to the longterm preservation and productive
use of those properties. Such assistance shall include efforts to
strengthen and improve heritage tourism activities throughout the country
as they relate to Federally owned historic properties and significant
natural assets on Federal lands.
Section 5(b). Federal agencies are called upon to partner with the tourism
programs of nonFederal parties by using Federally owned historic
properties in conjunction with such programs. Agencies are directed to
coordinate and cooperate with tourism officials. Where consistent with
agency missions and governing law, and where appropriate, agencies shall
use historic properties in their ownership in conjunction with State,
tribal, and local tourism programs to foster viable economic partnerships,
including, but not limited to, cooperation and coordination with tourism
officials and others with interests in the properties.
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Why is the Federal Government Involved?:
The Benefits of Heritage Tourism
While travelers to historic places reap educational and recreational
benefits, the communities being visited also profit from heritage tourism.
Executive Order 13287 establishes that the Federal government will help
communities to realize such benefits. Economic Benefits. Heritage tourism
can be a powerful economic development tool.
Attracting visitors to a community is a good source of revenue and creates
jobs. Capitalizing on heritage assets is particularly important, since
numerous studies have shown that heritage tourists stay longer and spend
more than other tourists. Focusing on heritage tourism can also help a
community diversify its economy, which may previously have been dependent
on one industry or economic sector.
Consider the following statistics:
In 1999, heritage tourists to Colorado spent $3.1 billion in direct and
indirect
expenditures. (The Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation in Colorado
http://www.coloradohistoryoahp.org/publications/1620.htm
In 2001, heritage travelers spent $2.3 billion dollars in Maryland, $1.9
billion of which came from nonresident travelers. Investing in Our
Communities: Marylands Heritage Areas Program
http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/ha2003.pdf
In New Yorks Hudson Valley, heritage tourists bring an economic benefit
of $140 to $200 million. (New York: Profiting Through Preservation
http://www.preservenys.org/profiting.pdf
Quality of Life Benefits. In addition to its economic benefits, heritage
tourism can be an important agent in promoting community pride and
enhancing quality of life. As communities focus on presenting their
heritage assets to tourists, they gain increased appreciation for such
resources. Reuse and revitalization of historic properties for visitor
services protects important resources and helps to retain the communitys
unique sense of place.
Benefits for Federal Land Managers. By helping communities, Federal land
managers can also help themselves. Partnering with nonFederal parties to
promote heritage tourism can build awareness of and appreciation for
Federally owned historic properties. This, in turn, helps build
constituencies to support agency stewardship efforts. Partnership efforts
to promote heritage tourism can lead to new uses for Federally owned
historic properties, collaborative interpretive efforts, increased
volunteer participation, and greater leverage of financial and human
resources.
While focused primarily on preservation partnerships rather than on
heritage tourism per se, the Department of Defense publication Working
Together: Achieving Cultural Resource Management Goals through
Partnerships offers an excellent discussion of the potential benefits to
Federal landmanagers of public/private partnerships.
https://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/ESPrograms/
Conservation/Legacy/Workingtogether/wk1.html
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Challenges of Heritage Tourism
Despite its many benefits, heritage tourism can pose challenges for
communities. On the one hand, increased tourism can have unintended
consequences if resources and infrastructure cannot accommodate the
influx. The physical integrity of historic places can be compromised if
visitation is not managed so as to prevent damage and overuse, and popular
heritage tourism destinations run the risk of being loved to death. More
visitors can also mean more trash, traffic, vandalism, theft, and invasion
of privacy. If you are partnering with a nonFederal party on a heritage
tourism project, whether it involves a property you administer or not, be
sure to consider these potential problems in developing the project or
initiative.
You should also be concerned about sustainability. If Federal resources
will be expended in connection with a local heritage tourism initiative,
there should be a reasonable expectation that the initiative can be
sustained. For example, if a Federal agency is helping to develop a local
visitor interpretive center either through funding or cooperative staffing
and development there should be an operational or business plan setting
forth how the center will be supported and utilized over the long term.
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Principles of Successful Heritage Tourism
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a leader in the study and
promotion of heritage tourism, and the Trust has articulated five widely
accepted principles of successful and sustainable heritage tourism. They
are outlined below and are discussed in greater detail at
http://www.culturalheritagetourism.org/fivePrinciples.htm.
Collaborate. Much more can be accomplished by working together than by
working alone. Successful cultural heritage tourism programs bring
together partners who may not have worked together in the past.
Find the Fit Between the Community and Tourism. Balancing the needs of
residents and visitors is important to ensure that cultural heritage
tourism benefits everyone. It is important to understand the kind and
amount of tourism that your community can handle.
Make Sites and Programs Come Alive. Competition for time is fierce. To
attract visitors, you must be sure that the destination is worth the
drive.
Focus on Quality and Authenticity. Quality is an essential ingredient for
all cultural heritage tourism, and authenticity is critical whenever
heritage or history is involved.
Preserve and Protect Resources. A communitys cultural, historic, and
natural resources are valuable and often irreplaceable.
Collaboration is critical and is the vehicle whereby Federal agencies can
assist local communities in encouraging economic development through
heritage tourism.
See the following links for recommendations, examples, and other
information on partnering with nonFederal parties to promote heritage
tourism
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Recommendations for Federal Land Managers
The following recommendations are designed to help you improve the
effectiveness or your efforts to partner with nonFederal parties to
promote local heritage tourism initiatives. For examples of these
recommendations in action, see Links to Innovative Initiatives and Success
Stories. Talk to the right people. As a Federal landmanager, you no doubt
are already in contact with government officials and important
organizations in the area of your facility. But the people with whom you
routinely interact may not be the same people promoting heritage tourism.
Obviously, you can ask your existing contacts who else you should be
talking to regarding heritage tourism. Also, consult these links in
identifying State, tribal, regional, and local organizations that are
developing and promoting heritage tourism.
Participate in coalitions. At all levels local, state, and national
coalitions are being created to plan for heritage tourism development and
implement heritage tourism initiatives. This can be particularly important
for small communities, where marketing historic resources regionally can
be much more effective than if each individual community attempted its own
marketing. Be an active participant in such coalitions.
Share information on your historic properties. Some Federal historic
properties are significant enough to be stand alone destinations for
tourists. But whether this is case or not, the context that makes your
historic properties significant is probably mirrored in the history of the
local community/ies. Presumably, nearby nonFederal historic properties are
linked thematically to your properties, and this provides a rich
opportunity for packaging related properties through walking or driving
trails, guidebooks, etc. Tell local contacts about the full range of
historic properties you manage and seek to learn about their historic
resources Locate or colocate visitor centers in local communities. In
addition to any visitor centers located on Federal land, there may also be
utility in developing visitor interpretation centers in nearby
communities. While communitybased visitor centers obviously benefit the
agency in terms of managing visitation to Federal properties, they also
provide an opportunity to encourage tourists to visit local heritage
assets.
Colocation with a local Chamber of Federal Agency Memorandum of
Understanding with WSTPC DoDs Heritage Tourism Guidebook to Military
Properties Jemez Pueblo Walatowa Visitor CenterA USDA Forest Service
Partnership Commerce or other entity can leverage funding and build the
success of the partnership to encourage heritage tourism.
Help communities interpret and market historic resources. In addition to
locating or colocating visitor centers in local communities, look for
other opportunities to help communities get the word out about their
historic properties. Provide links from your Web sites to local history
and tourism sites. When possible, provide funding assistance for
brochures, exhibits, and heritagethemed events in local communities that
tie in with the heritage assets you administer.
Use your funding and technical assistance programs. If your agency also
administers any grant or technical assistance programs, look for
opportunities to channel funds or expertise to local heritage tourism
initiatives. When funding community historic preservation efforts, promote
(where appropriate) inclusion of a heritage tourism component. Facilitate
the development of local heritage tourism based businesses and
attractions. Explore how underutilized Federal property might be made
available for heritage tourism uses. Buildings potentially can be leased
for use as heritage tourism attractions, such as museums, or for
development as tourism support services, such as lodging.
Remember heritage tourism during consultation under Section 106. Section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act requires that agencies
consult with other parties to seek to avoid or mitigate adverse effects of
Federal undertakings on historic properties. Agreeing to specific actions
to assist local heritage tourism efforts might be an acceptable mitigation
measure in some cases. For instance, mitigation for changes to a Federal
building that will adversely impact a surrounding historic district could
include funding the establishment of an interpretive walking trail of the
district. Think outside the box and include heritage tourism options in
Section 106 consultation.
NPS helped Canal Fulton Main Street create a heritage tourism brochure &
Web site NOAA is funding interpretation at the St. George Sealing Plant,
Alaska GSAs General Post Office in Washington, DC, now a hotel Sequoyah
Birthplace Museum, TVA mitigation for reservoir
Help communities participate in Federal programs promoting heritage
tourism. If your agency has a major presence within or near a community,
consider helping that community to take advantage of Federal programs that
can assist them in their heritage tourism efforts. For example, if you
help a community apply for and become a Preserve America Community, it
will be eligible for Preserve America Grants for heritage tourism
projects.
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Recommendations for Federal Assistance Agencies The following
recommendations are designed to help you improve the effectiveness or your
efforts to partner with nonFederal parties to promote local heritage
tourism initiatives. For examples of these recommendations in action, see
Links to Innovative Initiatives and Success Stories. Participate in
coalitions. At all levels local, state, and national coalitions are being
created to plan for heritage tourism development and implement heritage
tourism initiatives. This can be particularly important for small
communities, where marketing historic resources regionally can be much
more effective than if each individual community attempted its own
marketing. Be an active participant in such coalitions. Recognize the role
of heritage tourism in economic and community development.
It is important not to overlook the potential for heritage tourism to
revitalize local communities and their economies. When selecting projects
for funding or technical assistance, remember that a heritage tourism
project may be as important to a communitys future as more frequently
funded housing, commercial, and industrial development. Let those seeking
assistance know how you can help. States, Tribes, and local communities
may be familiar with your funding or technical assistance programs but not
realize how they might support heritage tourism. They may mistakenly
assume such activities arent eligible for assistance at all. Or they may
not appreciate the range of heritage tourism projects that might be
supported. Develop guidance that specifically identifies how your programs
can help heritage tourism efforts.
Provide examples of heritage tourism projects that you previously have
assisted. Remember heritage tourism during consultation under Section 106.
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act requires that
agencies consult with other parties to seek to avoid or mitigate adverse
effects of Federal undertakings on historic properties. Agreeing to
specific actions to assist local heritage tourism efforts might be an
acceptable mitigation measure in some cases. For instance, mitigation for
permitting a project that will adversely impact a surrounding historic
district could include requiring the developer to fund development of an
interpretive walking trail of the district. Think outside the box and
include heritage tourism options in Section 106 consultation.
Seek opportunities to give special consideration to heritage tourism
projects in Preserve America Communities. Under the Administrations
Preserve America initiative, communities can be designated Preserve
America Communities when they meet criteria documenting how they are
preserving their heritage assets and using them for heritage tourism and
economic development. By giving preferential consideration to assistance
requests from such communities, you will be promoting public/private
partnerships with communities that have already demonstrated a commitment
to heritage tourism and historic preservation.
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Locating Local Heritage Tourism Contacts
Local Contacts
Does the local community (or communities) have a convention and visitors
bureau?
http://www.officialtravelguide.com
Does the local community (or communities) have a Chamber of Commerce?
http://www.uschamber.com/chambers/directory/default.htm
In many smaller communities that do not have a convention and visitors
bureau, the Chamber of Commerce may be the principal organization
promoting tourism.
Is the local community (or communities) a Main Street Community?
http://www.mainstreet.org
The Main Street approach, developed by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, helps local communities revitalize their downtowns through
an innovative methodology that combines historic preservation with
economic development. Heritage tourism is generally a key component of
Main Street Community efforts. At
http://www.mainstreet.org
check the directories of both Main Street Coordinating Programs and Local
Main Street Programs.
Is the local community (or communities) a Certified Local Government?
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/clg/
Communities that have been designated as Certified Local Governments
(CLGs) by the National Park Service have active historic preservation
programs and are frequently involved in heritage tourism. State Contacts
What is your States tourism office?
http://www.towd.com
There may also be regional tourism offices within a state.
Does your State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) have a heritage
tourism program?
http://www.ncshpo.org
Presumably, your agency already deals with the SHPO, at least with their
compliance staff in the context of projects being reviewed in accordance
with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. But some SHPOs
have programs and staff that deal specifically with heritage tourism, so
ask if that is true in your case.
State tourism councils
http://www.tia.org/express/ncstd_member_organization.html
Tribal Contacts
Do local Indian tribes have heritage tourism programs? If your Federal
facility includes properties of interest to Native Americans, you probably
already deal with local tribes (and possibly more distant tribes, as
well).
Some tribes have programs that deal with tourism in general or heritage
tourism in particular. Depending on the nature of the historic properties
under your care that are of interest to them, your properties might tie
into their tourism initiatives. Some tribal tourism programs are listed at
http://www.aianta.org
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Innovative Initiatives and Success Stories
Federal Land Management Agencies
MultiAgency
The Forest Service, Corps of Engineers, and Interior Department agencies
are signatories to Memoranda of Understanding with the Western States
Tourism Policy Council and the Southeast Tourism Policy Council.
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/wstpc
http://www.southeasttourism.org/south_T_policy_council.html
Federal land managing agencies are also among the participants in the
California Cultural and Heritage Tourism Council and the Montana Tourism
and Recreation Initiative.
http://www.cprs.org/whatsnew/CCHTC.htm
http://travelmontana.state.mt.us/OURPROGRAMS/mtri.asp
Bureau of Land Management
BLM has launched its Adventures in the Past Web site to help promote
public education about, awareness of, and involvement in the protection of
BLM heritage assets. Tourism, volunteerism, and continuing education
focusing on BLM heritage assets are the key focuses. In its Featured
Adventure Sites, BLM is providing links to chambers of commerce or tourism
bureaus of nearby local communities.
http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures
Through its Undaunted Stewardship Program, BLM is working with Montana
ranchers to improve the environmental quality and economic productivity of
their land, while also preserving and interpreting historic sites and
landscapes, particularly those associated with the Lewis and Clark
Expedition. Ranchers receive financial and technical assistance to develop
and implement grazing management plans. Ranches with historic sites can
enter into Historical Site Preservation Agreements, where they agree to
protect the sites and provide opportunities for the public to visit them.
Largescale interpretive displays are being placed at ranches with
agreements. Ranches can also receive assistance in developing
touristoriented alternate enterprises, such as bedandbreakfasts,
campgrounds, and other recreation enterprises. In implementing the
program, BLM partners with Montana State University, and the Montana
Stockgrowers Association, and is assisted by a guidance council of
conservation groups, agricultural organizations and governmental agencies.
http://www.undauntedstewardship.com
Department of Defense
DoD has developed a guidebook and series of maps that highlight former and
active military sites with heritage resources open to the public. In
addition to informing the public about historic properties they can visit
on active military reservations, this material links these properties
thematically to nonDoDowned properties.
http://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/Library/NCR/heritagetourism.html?fmculres
Forest Service
The Forest Services Rural Community Assistance programs help rural
communities build skills, networks, and strategies to address social,
environmental, and economic changes. The grants and other assistance
available through these programs have been used to foster heritage tourism
and historic preservation. For example, a Rural Community Assistance Grant
from the ApacheSitgreaves National Forests helped the communities of Eagar
and Springerville, Arizona, develop the Pistols, Plows, and Petticoats
driving tours to historic sites. Grant funds also helped to rehabilitate
the Newberry Opera House (1882) in Newberry, South Carolina, which has
been a major catalyst for heritage tourism in the community.
http://www.partnershipresourcecenter.org/resources/stories/storiesfs/
http://arts_newberry_opera_house.php
http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/library/eap_integratinghrm&rca.pdf.
The Partnership Resource Center, developed by the National Forest
Foundation and the Forest Service, provides guidance and case studies on
forging partnerships to help improve both forest ecosystems and
communities.
www.partnershipresourcecenter.org
One example of the Forest Service colocating in a local visitor center is
the Williams Visitor Center, which is jointly operated by the
WilliamsGrand Canyon Chamber of Commerce and the Kaibab National Forest.
The building, located in downtown Williams, was originally built in 1901
as a Santa Fe Railway depot. In another example, staff from the Santa Fe
National Forest man an information booth at Jemez Pueblos Walatowa Visitor
Center, since many of the Pueblo's ancestral lands are located within the
national forest.
http://www.williamschamber.com
http://www.jemezpueblo.org/forestservice.htm
General Services Administration
As part of GSAs program to lease underutilized historic buildings, several
notable public buildings have been converted to tourism related uses, thus
bolstering local economies. The New Orleans Customs House will soon house
the Audubon Insectarium. The National Museum of the American Indian's Heye
Center is located in New Yorks Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. The
General Post Office in Washington, D.C., is now a luxury hotel.
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/...(trunctuated)
As a result of Section 106 review of the development of the Sam Nunn
Atlanta Federal Center, GSA agreed to develop an exhibit on the history of
Richs Department Store, which would be adversely affected by the project.
The exhibit, which has been installed in the old department store windows,
was produced as a joint effort between GSA, the Heritage Preservation
Masters program at Georgia State University, and the Atlanta History
Center. The exhibit received the National Council on Public History's
Student Project of the Year Award. As a result of Section 106 review of
construction of the Ted Weiss Federal Building in New York City, extensive
mitigation was developed to respond to adverse effects to the 17thand
18thcentury African Burial Ground. Included in the mitigation was
development of a memorial and interpretive center. While these resources
are designed principally to honor those individuals buried at the site,
they will also be an important heritage tourism destination for
interpreting AfricanAmerican culture.
http://www.africanburialground.gov/ABG_Main.htm
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve is
creating the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, a 20,000squarefoot
facility in Alpena, Michigan, that will preserve and highlight the
maritime heritage of the Great Lakes and the shipwrecks of Michigan's
Thunder Bay. Not only will the facility be a heritage tourism draw, NOAA
worked closely with the local community to maximize the effectiveness of
its citing. The Maritime Center will be a cornerstone of a larger
publicprivate redevelopment of an historic paper mill complex, which will
also include a conference center and papermaking museum.
http://preserveamerica.noaa.gov/success_greatlakes.html
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve also
assisted the City of Alpena, Michigan, in preparing its application for
designation as a Preserve America Community. Designation provides national
recognition for communities that are promoting heritage tourism and
economic development through historic preservation. NOAA has partnered
with the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia, to create the USS
Monitor Center. The new wing of the museum will house and interpret
artifacts from the USS Monitor, the famous ironclad warship from the Civil
War. It is anticipated to be one of the premier Civil War tourism sites in
the country. www.monitorcenter.org/preserving/thefuture In 1998, NOAA,
working with federal, state, local and tribal partners, began restoration
of the St. George Sealing Plant building on St. George Island, Alaska, the
last one of its kind still in existence. In 2005, NOAA awarded a Preserve
America Initiative Grant to fund development of interpretive displays and
videos that will help to develop the sealing plants heritage tourism
potential.
http://preserveamerica.noaa.gov/successpribilof.html
National Park Service
Stearns, Kentucky, is one of America's last remaining company built coal &
lumber towns, and the McCreary County Heritage Foundation, Inc. is working
towards the restoration and preservation of the entire town. Historically
associated structures, such as the Blue Heron Mining Camp, are located in
the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, and NPS is
partnering with the Heritage Foundation to preserve, interpret, and
promote the areas resources. Stearns and the Blue Heron Mining Camp are
linked by the Big South Fork Scenic Railway, and NPS recently initiated
repairs at Blue Heron to improve the visitor experience. NPS has also
relocated its visitor center to the Big South Fork Scenic Railway depot in
Stearns.
http://www.nps.gov/biso/pphtml/newsdetail19427.html
http://www.nps.gov/biso/pphtml/newsdetail12003.html
http://www.bsfsry.com
To commemorate the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, NPS
created the Corps of Discovery II traveling exhibit. The exhibit visits
communities across 18 states and the District of Columbia, places integral
to preparation for as well as the trail traveled by the historic Corps of
Volunteers for Northwestern Discovery. The exhibit provides a heritage
tourism focal point that supplements local observances of the
Bicentennial.
http://www.nps.gov/lecl/CorpsII/Corps2.htm
Under a technical assistance agreement between the Cuyahoga Valley
National Park and the City of Canal Fulton, Ohio, the park assisted the
City in development of a heritage tourism brochure, business recruitment
packet, and a Web site. The park applied for and administered grants on
behalf of the Canal Fulton Main Street Program and the Canal Fulton
Historic Preservation Commission.
http://www.canalfultonmainstreet.com
Mammoth Cave National Park has worked closely with surrounding communities
on developing a heritage corridor along Kentucky State Routes 31W and 31E.
The heritage corridor promotes heritage tourism to local communities along
the corridor, Mammoth Cave National Park, and other nearby Federal lands.
http://www.trailsrus.com/hwy31
NPS provided partial funding for the research, writing and publication of
Routes to Roots, a 228page travel guide of industrial and cultural
heritage sites within the seven counties of the Rivers of Steel National
Heritage Area.
http://www.riversofsteel.com/searchView.aspx?id=209
Tennessee Valley Authority
In 1986, as part of the Section 106 review process, TVA sought ways to
mitigate the adverse effects of Tellico Reservoir inundating the Overhill
Cherokee Indian towns along the lower Little Tennessee River. As part of
mitigation package, TVA gave adjacent reservoir land to the Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians and funded construction of the Sequoyah Birthplace
Museum on the tract. While this provided a vehicle for interpreting and
celebrating the historic resources being impacted by the reservoir, it
also has had important heritage tourism benefits. Although in a rather
remote location, 15,000 tourists visited the Museum in calendar year 2004.
http://www.sequoyahmuseum.org
Federal Assistance Agencies
MultiAgency
The Federal Highway Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency
are among the signatories to Memoranda of Understanding with the Western
States Tourism Policy Council and the Southeast Tourism Policy Council.
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/wstpc
http://www.southeasttourism.org/south_T_policy_council.html
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD has published a booklet, Preserving America, Historic Preservation and
Heritage Tourism in Housing and Community Development. Subtitled A Guide
to Using Community Development Block Grant Funds for Historic Preservation
and Heritage Tourism in Your Communities, the publication explains how
eligible CDBG activities can support heritage tourism. It includes case
studies from Pharr, Texas; Kissimmee, Florida; and Galion, Ohio.
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/energyenviron/
environment/subjects/preservation/index.cfm
Department of Transportation
DOT has developed a Preserve America Web site that features success
stories in heritage tourism and historic preservation. Projects are
highlighted that have been supported by the Federal Aviation
Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Maritime
Administration.
http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/preserveamerica/stories/
Economic Development Administration
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has directed EDA to support and promote
Preserve America projects as potential investment opportunities. In one
example, EDA provided $1 million to the Santa Fe Cumbres and Toltec Scenic
Railroad Commission to help rebuild the historic steam locomotives for a
narrow gauge railroad that carries tourists through parts of Colorado and
New Mexico.
http://www.commerce.gov/opa/press/Secretary_Evans/
2003_Releases/April/29_Evans_NM_EDAgrant.htm
http://www.achp.gov/newsedaaward.html
Federal Highway Administration
Both the Transportation Enhancements Program and the National Scenic
Byways Program have funded many projects supporting heritage tourism. To
help ensure that this trend continues and expands, then Division
Administrator Mary Peters issued a memorandum in 2004 encouraging field
staff to take advantage of opportunities to use both of those programs to
support heritage tourism and historic preservation. She also urged that
special consideration be given to projects that advance the heritage
tourism and preservation goals of Preserve America Communities.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/te/memo_preserve.htm
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Through the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Program, USDA is
assisting local RC&D Councils to plan and execute projects for resource
conservation and community development. Recently, the Old Dominion RC&D
Council assisted in the development of the Civil Rights in Education
Heritage Trail, the first historic trail dedicated to commemorating the
civil rights. The trail is Virginias newest historic tourism destination
and will drive economic development in Virginia.
www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/rcd/success.html
USDA Rural Development
In its Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program, the USDA Rural
Development gave priority consideration in 2005 to applications from
Preserve America Communities. The programs flexibility allows funding for
projects that revitalize rural economies, such interpretative centers,
museums or restored historical buildings. An example of such a project is
rehabilitation of the Franklin Museum in New AthAthens, Ohio, a building
associated with the Underground Railroad.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/mar05/newsline.htm
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/success%20stories/franklin_museum.htm
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Also of possible interest:
York County Heritage
York County Planning Commission
York, Pennsylvania
Telling Our Stories:
An Interpretation Manual for Heritage Partners
http://www.yorkcountyheritage.com/documents/
Interpretation%20Manual.pdf
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York County Heritage
York County Planning Commission
York, Pennsylvania
Graphics Style Guide for Heritage Partners
http://www.yorkcountyheritage.com/documents/
Style%20Guide%20for%20York%
20County%20Heritage.pdf
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Purpose of This Guide
3 Program Logos
4 Certification Seals
5 Logo and Seal Specifications
6 Displaying the Certification Seals
7 Using the Programs Graphic Identity
8 The Future
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York County Heritage
York County Planning Commission
York, Pennsylvania
Program Manual
for Heritage Partners
Introduction
Purpose of This Manual
1 Heritage Tourism
The York County Heritage Program
2 Background
Development of York County Heritage
Parallel Programs in York and Lancaster Counties
3 The Future of the Program
Vision for Heritage Tourism in York County
Next Steps for York County Heritage
4 Program Administration
Management of York County Heritage
Coordination with Other Programs
Program Administration Flowchart
5 Heritage Resource Criteria
What Is a Heritage Resource?
Basic Criteria for Heritage Resources
Detailed Criteria for Each Type of Heritage Resource
6 Heritage Resource Designation Process
Purpose
Steps
Designation Process Flowchart
7 Marketing and Promotion
Partnerships
Product Development
Other Products
Graphic Identity
8 Appendices
Principles for Sustainable Tourism
Tour Development Principles
Glossary
http://www.yorkcountyheritage.com/documents/
Program_Manual_for_Heritage_Partners.pdf
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