PENCADER HERITAGE FORUM

PENCADER HERITAGE FORUM
COMMUNITY-BASED HERITAGE AREAS/CORRIDORS
Newark, Delaware
June 21, 2001

Remarks by J. Glenn Eugster
Partnerships Office
National Park Service, National Capital Region
Washington, D.C.Telephone: 202-610-7492
E-mail: glenn_eugster@nps.gov


I. INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY:

* FIRST, DESCRIBE EVOLUTION OF APPROACH;

* SECOND, BRIEFLY DESCRIBE OUR SENSE OF HERITAGE;

* THIRD, HIGHLIGHT EXAMPLES; AND

* FINALLY SHARE SOME PRECEPTIONS


II. EVOLUTION FROM PARKS TO PARTNERSHIPS

AMERICAN LEADERS PRECEPTIONS CHANGED ABOUT:

PARKS AS SEPARATE PLACES TO A DESIRE TO LIVE, WORK AND RECREATE IN PARK-LIKE SETTINGS (SLIDE 1 PARK FEATURES)

SHIFT FOR NATURAL VALUES TO NATURAL, RURUAL AND URBAN

EMBRACING ECOLOGY--FISH AND PEOPLE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY THINKING

BROAD-SCALE ACCEPTANCE OF THE HISTORIC/ CULTURAL PRESERVATION MOVEMENT

SENSE OF PLACE

EVOLUTION OF THE COMMONS FROM THE TOWN GREEN TO THE LANDSCAPE SCALE (SLIDE 2 LANDSCAPE COMMONS)

PRIVATE PROPERTY AND HOME RULE EMPAHSIS AWAY FROM FEDERAL AND STATE ACTION ONLY.


III. HERITAGE

WHAT IS IT?

DEFINITIONS:

WHAT IS HERITAGE? A UNIFYING THEME!

* SOMETHING TRANSMITTED OR ACQUIRED FROM A PREDECESSOR. (SLIDE 3 CRISFIELD)(4 OLD KINGS HIGHWAY)

* OUR COLLECTIVE FEATURES, TRADITIONS, AND CULTURE SIGNIFYING/ ILLUSTRATING THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND RESOURCE USE. (SLIDE 5 San Francisco) (SLIDE 6 LOUISIANA) (SLIDE 7 SIMON PEARCE MILL, VT) (SLIDE 8 ALEXANDRIA)

* IT'S ABOUT "PLACES" AND "PEOPLE". (SLIDE 9 MAP OF US) (SLIDE 10 SENSE OF PLACE) (SLIDE 11 CHERRYFIELD)



IV. HOW DOES A HERITAGE AREA EFFORT WORK?

(CHART 1)

IT'S A COMMUNITY PROCESS,
AS WELL AS A PLACE-BASED EFFORT!

HERITAGE AREAS:

EFFORTS ARE TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS "HERITAGE AREAS"----WHICH ARE REGIONALLY IDENTIFIABLE AND SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES THAT ARE THE FOCUS OF COOPERATIVE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DECISION-MAKING EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE, ORGANIZE, AND COMMUNICATE A COMMUNITY'S (SLIDE 12 DIVERSE LANDSCAPE) NATURAL, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC ATTRIBUTES TO PROTECT IMPORTANT VALUES, STIMULATE THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE".




PROCESS STEPS:

TWO PARTS: ONE APPROACH IS A PROCESS MODEL. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF PROCESS MODELS:

[CHART #2 RIVERWORK]


ANOTHER APPROACH IS BASED ON A DESIGN AND DISCOVERY APPROACH

WHAT DO YOU THINK APPROACH? ALSO REFFERED AS COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS

[CHART #6 HERITAGE AREA PLANNING STEPS]



V. A HERITAGE APPROACH INCLUDES:

‚ HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE---EMPHASIZES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ SUSTAINABILITY

RECOGNITION OF HUMAN VALUE--INCLUDES HUMAN ECOLOGY; PEOPLE'S ROLE IN THE LAND--PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE;
(SLIDE 13--IMPERIAL VALLEY, CA.)

Working landscapes
(SILDE 14 OYSTERING APALACHICOLA BAY, LA) (SLIDE 15 SOUTH CAROLINA TIMBER)

IMPORTANT HERITAGE VALUES: SIGNIFICANCE
PERSONAL VALUES (SLIDE 16 CRISFIELD)

COMMUNITY VALUES (SLIDE 17 CONCORD, GAS COTTON GIN)

REGIONAL VALUES (SLIDE 18 HAVRE DE GRACE, MD)

NATIONAL VALUES (SLIDE 19 PINELANDS NATIONAL RESERVE, NJ) (SLIDE 38 MAURICE RIVER, NJ) (SLIDE 20 NIAGARA RIVER, NY AND CANADA)

* AN AGREED UPON VISION--EVOCATIVE INSPIRATION OF THE LAND, WATER AND IT'S PEOPLE
C Lackawanna Heritage Valley, Pennsylvania-- (George Innes Painting, "Lackawanna Valley"--SLIDE 21)

* IDENTITY--SENSE OF PLACE & RECOGNIZABLE PARTS OF REGIONAL AND PERSONAL LANDSCAPE;
Character of community (e.g.--Kentucky Bluegrass Country--SLIDE 22)

* REGIONAL COOPERATION--POOLING RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE
CRISFIELD WATERMAN IMAGE (SLIDE 23)

* CONNECTIVITY--INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND HERITAGE TOURISM DELIVERY SYSTEMS--LINKS---SPATIAL, BIOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, PHYSICAL, INFORMATIONAL, MENTAL
(Lackawanna Heritage Valley Map--SLIDE 24)

* HERITAGE INFRASTRUCTURE--NATURAL, CULTURAL AND CIVIC SYSTEMS
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE (SLIDE 25 SAN FRANSICO, CA)

Cultural Infrastructure: (SLIDE 26 RIO GRANDE--LOS CAMINOS DEL RIO)

Civic Infrastructure: (e.g. Garden Clubs of America--SLIDE 27 of SC Garden Club)


* PACKAGING OF INFORMATION ON THE AREA, ITS PEOPLE AND SERVICES
INSIDE PACKAGING: (e.g. BEACH-TO-BAY INDIAN TRAIL SLIDE 28)

* OUTSIDE PACKAGING: SLIDE 29 JAPAN SHIRA COW-E-GO VILLAGE-- WORLD HERITAGE SITE)

* ON THE GROUND ACTION--DESIGN, PURCHASE, CLEAN, PRESERVE, CONSERVE, RESTORE, FIX & CELEBRATE!
(E.g. 30 POCOMOKE CITY NATURE TRAIL)