Endless Mountains Heritage Region News

EMHR News

Summer 2010

Endless Mountains Heritage Trail Update
We are extending the deadline to return surveys (pdf ) for our Heritage Trail and Interpretation & Education Summit. The staff of EMHR are heading-up a heritage and greenway stakeholders survey and a renewal of our "Heritage Trail" that was developed early-on in our organization's history. We are surveying past and potential heritage trail partners, developing a new heritage trail map & guide for the region, and integrating this information into this website.

Current and aspiring heritage trail sites should submit surveys and documents to EMHR for consideration. Representatives of museums, historic sites and structures, and heritage sites and organizations are asked to complete our survey (pdf or word document) to provide necessary information on your site or amenity and input into a summit for heritage interpretation and education.

We will need volunteers to help accomplish these goals and maximize the impact on interpretation and education as well as heritage tourism. Please contact Phil Swank, EMHR Director, at (570) 265-1528 or by email at emhr@epix.net to volunteer in this exciting endeavor.

photo of Heritage Area agency directors at induction

Heritage Area Agencies Honored
Endless Mountains Heritage Region joined with the Pennsylvania Heritage Area agencies in the formal induction into the Keystone Society for Tourism during a ceremony at the Governor's Residence on June 4, 2010. Our group was bestowed this honor by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's state tourism officials at the nomination by Mindy Crawford of Preservation Pennsylvania. We are most grateful to receive this honor and thank the boards of directors, partners and volunteers making heritage tourism and development successful in this region and in Pennsylvania.

The following documents describe the impacts of our programs and the need to ensure funding and support:
Advisory Council Recommendations
Heritage Tourism Economic Impacts

Environmental Stewardship in the Endless Mountains

We have been very active in Earth Day and related stewardship volunteer activities this Spring. Dave and Phil participated in the Earth Day event held at Tunkhannock's Riverside Park. We had displays about the agency and the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, performed some trash pick-up and David made public service announcements during the event with Don Shappelle performing. Phil also participated in the Great Pennsylvania Cleanup on Route 6 pickup between Wyalusing and Laceyville. Our thanks go out to Richard and Karen Rodgers of Laceyville who coordinated this well-attended event!

Our thanks go out to the Tunkhannock Business Association for inviting EMHR and the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership to Tunkhannock Founders Day to support their theme of celebrating the heritage of the Susquehanna River on June 26th.