Alliance of National Heritage Areas

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Ohio Canal Corridor

Alliance of National Heritage Areas

The Alliance of National Heritage Areas is a collaboration of the twenty-seven Congressionally designated regions that represent the stories of nationally significant and distinct aspects of America's heritage. The Alliance advocates, facilitates and celebrates excellence and cooperative initiatives which will:

· Enhance the quality of life for citizens and their communities.

· Attract national and international visitors to those communities.

· Provide distinguished examples of sustainable destination development for our nation.

The Goals of the Alliance
· To create and enhance strategic links among National Heritage Areas for their mutual benefit.

· To educate key constituencies, including our community and the public at large, about successes and opportunities associated with NHAs and to communicate successes in:

o natural resource conservation
o historic preservation
o community revitalization
o economic development
o recreation enhancement
o the arts
o folklife
o education
o interpretation

· To create a federal platform for NHAs upon which both collective and individual issues are articulated.

· To develop and support entrepreneurial activities with the private sector in support of sustainable NHA development.

· To encourage formation of additional alliances and partnerships.

· To enhance organizational capacity in support of NHAs and national heritage partnerships through advancement of collective research, public policy, promotion and management initiatives.

National Heritage Areas across the country

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Cache La Poudre River Corridor
Cane River National Heritage Area
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Essex National Heritage Area
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area
Mississippi Gulf National Heritage Area
MotorCities National Heritage Area
National Coal Heritage Area
Ohio & Erie National Heritage CanalWay
Oil Region National Heritage Area
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Area
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Wheeling National Heritage Area

Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition
47 West Exchange Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
330-374-5657