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Topic: Arts Environments: Heritage and Preservation
Heritage and preservation are terms often associated with historic places and cultural identity. Heritage and preservation initiatives in the United States range in scope, but remain focused on the legacy of places and peoples. From the revitalization of a downtown to the erection of a monument, local communities across the country are dedicated to preserving authentic cultural experiences.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit organization devoted to helping Americans preserve their past. While preservation is a worthwhile venture in its own right, it has also proven to spark economic gain and tourism development. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has developed model programs that can be utilized and adopted at the local level:
- Main Street Revitalization
Main Street revitalization focuses on improving commercial districts in towns and cities across the country and has proven to be a successful economic development strategy.
- Rural Heritage Program
The Rural Heritage Program supports the efforts of rural communities in preserving rural historic and cultural resources such as farmland, scenic byways, heritage areas and parks, historic roads, and countryside.
- Heritage Tourism
Cultural heritage tourism is defined as “traveling to experience the places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present.” This can include cultural and artistic activities, historic places, and natural resources.
Americans for the Arts Resources (1) more
- Adaptive Reuse of Buildings: Historic Structures as Cultural Facilities
Across the country, historic structures that once served as thriving parts of the urban fabric have escaped the wrecking ball and found new life serving the needs of the local arts community, revitalizing downtowns, and turning America’s architectural legacies into appreciated assets.
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- Alaska Native Artist Summit
Last October, AKASCA joined with the Alaska Native Heritage Center and numerous other Native arts organizations to sponsor the first Alaska Native Artist Summit.
- South Bronx Cultural Corridor
The South Bronx Cultural Corridor is a catalyst for fostering creativity through a network of community support, maintaining a strong creative presence in the neighborhood, and branding the neighborhood with cultural vibrancy for both residents and visitors.
- The Preservation League of New York State
Preserve New York, a grant program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) awards preservation grants for historic structure reports, historic landscape reports and cultural resource surveys.
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- Historic Warehouse Arts District Master Plan
The Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District
Master Plan is the product of an intensive community
planning effort in downtown Tucson in
2003 and 2004. The plan grows out of the
existing community of artists, arts organizations,
and public officials dedicated to preserving and
growing this thriving and productive arts district.
This plan’s goal is to develop the Tucson
Historic Warehouse Arts District as a center
for incubation, production and exhibition of
the arts, with artists at its heart. The plan
sub-goals include: mixed-use, diversity, realistic
economics, sustainability, neighborliness, historic
preservation, safety, conversion of surface
parking lots to compatible arts-related uses,
pedestrian and bicycle-friendliness, reduced
pass-through automobile traffic, public parking
and resolution of environmental problems.
- Mississippi Arts Commission 2003-2008 Strategic Plan
The Mississippi Arts Commission Strategic Plan for 2003-2008 summarizes the agency's six primary goals to improve and expand arts participation and activities in Mississippi.
- Montana Arts Council Strategic Plan FY 2001-2006
The Montana Arts Council Strategic Plan outlines the goals, objectives and strategies for success in arts education, economic development and increased agency resources in FY’s 2001-06.
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