Tuesday, January 15, 2008
USI’s Historic Southern Indiana seeks applications for Community Legacy Award
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For the ninth year in a row, Historic Southern Indiana, a heritage-based regional outreach program of the University of Southern Indiana, will recognize a southern Indiana community for its outstanding achievements in preservation, enhancement, and promotion of its distinctive heritage. The Community Legacy Award seeks to strengthen the quality of life for residents of and visitors to southern Indiana by paying tribute to excellence in standards of community development. The award-winning community may have: • Initiated or pursued significant preservation efforts within the past five years, either with a site/structure and/or an area within its incorporated boundary • Established a program to revitalize and restore its downtown, such as Main Street • Implemented zoning and planning that includes billboard and sign ordinances and guidelines to protect and preserve its special character • A shared vision of itself as a special place. This could be the result of the creation of a community charter regarding the future • An active historical society, museum, archives, and/or published history or histories • Hosted heritage-related festivals or other special events relating to its heritage The Community Legacy Award offers a number of benefits to the award-winning town or village. The community will: • Receive a cash award of $1,000 to support heritage-related projects • Receive an appropriate emblem of achievement for public display • Be recognized in a public ceremony with HSI board members and state and local officials present • Be promoted through USI’s news services and newsletter • Be able to promote itself as an award-winning community in heritage preservation and tourism • Use the HSI logo in community promotional efforts • Be able to recognize those who persevered in heritage preservation and provide support for future discussions over preservation The award-winning community will be selected by a panel of judges comprising the following organizations: Historic Southern Indiana; Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana; the Indiana Office of Tourism Development; and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Applications are available through the Historic Southern Indiana office or online. Completed forms are due March 3, 2008. The award-winner will be notified by April 14. Previous Community Legacy Award recipients include: West Baden Springs, Madison, Orleans, Rising Sun, Aurora, Jeffersonville, and New Albany. Historic Southern Indiana, a heritage-based regional outreach program of the 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. In 1990-1993, HSI was a pilot project of the Heritage Tourism Initiative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, contact Leslie Townsend, interim HSI director, at 812/465-7014. |
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