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National Heritage Areas

Its a Place

National designation

Recognized for national significance by theU.S. Congress

Its a Strategy Partnerships that cross geography & mission

Collective ways to promote and share a region

Octagon House, Hudson

National Heritage Areas celebrate placeswith important connections to ourcountrys culture and history.


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American BirkebeinerCable/Hayward, WI

to Build the Future

Leverage the Past

tourism & economic development

recreation

education & interpretation

historic & cultural preservation

environmental conservation

And achieve broader goalslike:


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National Heritage AreasExisting Heritage Areas:


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MotorCities National Heritage AreaMichigan

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

North Carolina


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Use their culture and history in uniquely different ways

Downtown redevelopment

Restore natural

areas

Repurpose historic buildings


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Recreation - heritage trails,birding, fishing, camping

Interpretation & education


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Regional partner with tourism, local chambers

Promotetraditional art


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Benefits:

Economic development andheritage tourism

Regional branding, nationalrecognition

Regional identity

Stronger partnership possibilities

across all sectors

Potential access to financialresources

As reported nationally, as perceived locally

Essex National Heritage Area, MassachusettsPhoto courtesy Alliance of National Heritage Areas


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Locally planned & communitymanaged

Can be governed by: Nonprofit organizations Universities Government entities

Recognized by Congress

Technical assistance from the

National Park Service

Nogovernment land ownership orregulation


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Feasibility Study

A Community-Engaged

Conversation, Self-Assessment

Three Sets of Community Meetings

End product is a documentthat is required for

any future Congressional designation

Support? A benefit for communities?

Do we have stories of national

significance?Do we have the cultural, historic andnatural places to tell these stories?

Do we have strategies, vision to promoteour future?


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Feasibility Study

Heritage Discovery Workshops -

shared stories, places, and traditions

10 meetings, 11 counties, 246

participants, 10,412 yearsexperience

414 stories!

Building an inventory of specificplaces 300 & counting

Used stories and places to create

four themes the region shares Burnett County Heritage Discovery Workshop,April 2012


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Feasibility StudyRegional Gatherings

Four Themes Our Regional Story:

Our Natural Environment

Our People

Our Relationship with the Land

Up North

Strategies

environment,economic, education, community

cohesion

4 meetings, 189 participants, 36

volunteers, 3 legislative guests Hinckley, November 15, 2012


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Feasibility Study

Heritage Discovery

Workshops

10 meetings

11 counties

Community input:

Stories and places

that make region

distinctive

Feb May 2012

Regional Gatherings

4 meetings

Themes we share

Community input:

Identify broad

strategies

October-November

2012

Heritage Summit

1 location

Putting it all

together - what

might an NHA

might look like

here?

Alternatives toCongressional

designation?

VOTE

May 16, 2013

Public Review of

Written Document

Summer-Fall 2013


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Questions?

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