10/26/04
The State Historic Preservation Office of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History is announcing that there is still time to become a cosponsor in
the Share Your Heritage Workshop program, which is designed to bring together
community representatives to address key cultural heritage tourism challenges.
The workshops are a partnership effort between the National Trust for Historic
Preservations’s Heritage Tourism Program and a local cosponsor. Completed
applications for local workshop hosts must be postmarked by Friday, Nov. 19.
Non-profit organizations or governmental agencies are eligible to apply as the
lead cosponsor in the project. A steering committee including the lead cosponsor
and four other broad-based organizations is recommended to provide diverse perspectives.
Partners should include at least one arts organization.
The workshop is ideal for communities that have recently inventoried cultural
resources and are developing a cultural heritage tourism plan or launching a
cultural heritage tourism effort. The workshop goals include developing a better
understanding of cultural heritage tourism; providing cross-discipline training;
encouraging innovative solutions through problem solving exercises; providing
networking and partnership building opportunities; fostering stronger leadership
and a team approach; and providing cultural heritage tourism development tools
to key leaders.
Local cosponsors must provide at least $15,000 in in-kind or cash investment
toward the workshop and associated costs. Share Your Heritage assistance will
provide two national speakers for the workshop, including transportation to
the airport nearest the workshop site; honorarium costs; developing training
materials and preparing a master copy for duplication; completing federal reporting
requirements; and compiling a brief action plan in written and electronic format.
The Share Your Heritage initiative is looking for local cosponsors that represent
diverse geographic areas and programmatic issues for cultural heritage tourism.
Preference will be given to applications from rural areas, projects with a strong
arts component and projects that benefit communities.
Four workshops will receive national support in 2005, and announcement of the
winners is anticipated in January 2005. Funding for the program is provided
by the National Endowment for the Arts and the U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development Office of Community Development.
For more information about the Share Your Heritage Workshops, call (303) 413-1986,
or send an e-mail to amy_webb@nthp.org. Applications can be downloaded at http://www.nationaltrust.org.
The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, an agency of the West Virginia
Department of Arts, Culture and History, brings together the state’s past,
present and future through programs and services in the areas of archives and
history, the arts, historic preservation and museums. Visit the Division’s
website at www.wvculture.org for more information about programs of the Division.
The Department of Arts, Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.
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