Thursday, January 06, 2011
Applications now available for Historic Southern Indiana's Community Legacy Award
Contact for more information:
Brandi Schwartz Marketing Coordinator Outreach & Engagement 812/464-1854 The Community Legacy Award is open to communities in Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Ohio, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Washington counties. There is no limit on the size of the community who wish to apply for the award. 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. - A program in place to revitalize and restore its downtown, such as Main Street. - Implemented zoning and planning that include billboard and sign ordinances and guidelines to protect and preserve its special character. - A shared vision of itself as a special place. - An active historical society, museum, archives, and/or published history or histories. - Hosted heritage-related festivals or other special events relating to its heritage. Benefits of the award include $1,000 to support heritage-related projects, an emblem of achievement for public display, recognition in a public ceremony with HSI board members and state and local officials, promotion through HSI's news services and newsletter, the ability to promote itself as an award-winning community in heritage preservation and tourism, use of the HSI logo in community promotional efforts, and the ability to recognize those who persevered in heritage preservation and provide support for future discussions over preservation. A panel of judges comprising of Historic Southern Indiana, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, the Indiana Office of Tourism Development, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will select the award-winning community. Additional information and application are available online at www.usi.edu/hsi/. The application deadline is Friday, March 4 and the winner will be notified by Friday, April 22. Previous Community Legacy Award recipients include: Aurora, Bedford, Ferdinand, Jeffersonville, Madison, New Albany, New Harmony, Orleans, Rising Sun, and West Baden Springs. Historic Southern Indiana, an outreach and engagement project of USI, was created in 1986 to serve the southern 26 counties of Indiana. Its goals are to identify, preserve, protect, enhance, and promote the historical, natural, and recreational resources of the region. It seeks to implement those goals through programs in historic preservation, history education, heritage tourism, community development, and scenic byways. Its office is a part of the Division of Outreach and Engagement. For more information, contact Leslie Townsend, director of Historic Southern Indiana, at 812/465-7014 or 800/489-4474. |
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