LESHC Board Meeting - First Thursday of Each month.
Does not meet in July or August.
Workshops - January, March, May, September & November
Management Planning Meetings: Public Invited
The LESHC is pleased to announce the initiation of a region-wide planning process for the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Area. It will enable local governments, businesses, civic groups, educators, property owners, and interested citizens to collaborate to blend tourism development with the conservation of the Lower Eastern Shore's natural, cultural, and historic resources. For assistance, LESHC has hired a multidisciplinary consulting team led by John Milner Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized architecture and historic preservation and planning firm.
A HERITAGE AREA is a region that shares a common history, where historical
trends and events can be traced across the landscape and where unique cultures live. A heritage area is designed to serve the interests both, of residents and visitors, sparking tourism and economic development. A heritage area tells the stories of a region by interpreting important sites, and it can foster preservation, recreation, and investment for the benefit of residents and tourists.
HERITAGE AREA SPONSORS are typically partnerships of public officials, the business community, preservation organizations, educators, and citizens. They guide the planning, coordination, and projects that are undertaken across a designated heritage area. The Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council is the sponsor for the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Area.
NATIONAL AND STATE PROGRAMS FOR HERITAGE AREAS include 18 National Heritage Areas named by Congress. These include the Delaware and Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor (PA) and the South Carolina Heritage Area, as well as a number of statewide programs including Maryland's. Maryland Heritage Areas are significant to the state's history, and may have national importance. The sponsors of there areas work toward the goals of recognition and certification by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, administered through the Maryland Historical Trust. Certification gives access to state funding for specified programs within heritage areas. The Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Area way recognized in 1997. Completion of the plan, scheduled for early 20002, will enable this heritage area to achieve certification, also anticipated in 2002.
WHO PARTICIPATES LESHC invites the support of public officials, civic groups, business leaders, educators, and citizens interested in the needs of the refion, including recreation, conservation, historic preservation, museums and interpretation, and tourism and economic development.
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