New Harmony is this
year’s recipient of Historic Southern Indiana’s Community Legacy Award. The
annual award recognizes a southern Indiana community for outstanding
achievements in preservation, enhancement, and promotion of its distinctive
heritage.
As the 2008 Community Legacy Award winner, New Harmony received $1,000 in support
of heritage-related projects and a plaque of achievement for public display.
New Harmony receives 2008 Community Legacy Award
Leslie Townsend (second from left), director of Historic Southern
Indiana, presented a Community Legacy Award to New Harmony Town
Board members (from left) Linda Warren, Don Gibbs, and board
president David Campbell.
The recipient of the Community Legacy Award is selected by a panel of judges
comprising the following organizations: Historic Southern Indiana; Historic
Landmarks Foundation of Indiana; the Indiana Economic Development Corporation
and the Indiana Office of Tourism; and the Indiana Department of Natural
Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Previous recipients include West Baden Springs, Madison,
Orleans, Rising Sun, Aurora, Jeffersonville and New Albany.
Historic Southern Indiana, a heritage-based regional outreach program of
University of Southern Indiana, supports a coalition of individuals and agencies
committed to preservation, development, and promotion of the cultural, historic,
and natural resources of southern Indiana. Since 1986 it has offered a variety
of programs and projects to improve the quality of life in the 26 southernmost
counties of the state.
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