The mission of the New Jersey Heritage Tourism Task Force is to improve New Jersey’s performance in the regional and national heritage tourism market.
  1. Task Force Goals
  2. Task Force Members
  3. Next Meeting Date
  4. Tourism Studies, Reports and Resources

  1. Task Force Goals

    The Task Force was established by the legislature (P.L. 2006, Ch. 60) and is charged with conducting a survey and inventory of New Jersey’s historic resources, establishing a signage and marker program and promoting coordination among New Jersey’s historic sites. The Task Force will also encourage the State, counties and municipalities to focus on heritage tourism. Finally, the Task Force has been charged with identifying stable sources of funding for the enhancement, maintenance and interpretation of our historic sites.  


    The goals of the Task Force are to:

    • Conduct inventories and surveys of all state potential and recognized historic sites
    • Establish signage and historic marker program
    • Promote coordination of historic sites throughout New Jersey
    • Enhance the efforts of State, county and municipal government agencies to focus on heritage tourism
    • Identify potential sources of stable funding for maintenance of historic sites available for heritage tourists


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  2. Task Force Members

    There are seventeen task force members. 

    Cate Litvack, Chair
    Executive Director, Crossroads of the American Revolution Association

    Leslie Bensley, Vice Chair
    Executive Director, Morris County Visitors Center

    John Seitter, Vice Chair
    Director of Product Development, South Jersey Tourism Corporation

    Dorothy Guzzo, Treasurer
    Executive Director, New Jersey Historic Trust

    Sally Lane, Special Assistant, NJDEP, serving as an alternate for Amy Cradic, Asst. DEP Commissioner for Natural and Historic Resources

    Cindy Bloom-Cronin, NJ Scenic Byway Coordinator, serving as an alternate for Kris Kolluri, Commissioner, Department of Transportation

    Shawn Crisafulli, Communications Specialist, serving as alternate for Nancy Byrne, Director, NJ Office of Travel and Tourism

    Mary Bustillo Donohue, Trustee, Historic New Bridge Landing

    Catherine Goulet, Historic Preservation Specialist, NJ Historic Trust, serving as Task Force Secretary

    Carol Herbert, Chair, NJ State Council on the Arts

    Terry Karschner, Acting Deputy Historic Preservation Officer
    Marc Mappen, Executive Director, NJ Historical Commission

    Ann Marie Miller, Executive Director, ArtPride NJ

    David Miller, Vice President, NJN Foundation, serving as alternate for Elizabeth Christopherson,Executive Director, NJ Public Broadcasting

    Sandra Turner-Barnes, Executive Director,CamdenCountyCultural & Heritage Commission

    Brian J. Tyrrell, Ph.D., Asst Professor of Business Studies,The Richard Stockton College of NJ

    Nancy Zerbe, President, ARCH2, Inc.

    Michael Zuckerman, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts

     

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  3. Next Meeting Date

    The meetings of the Task Force are open to the public. 

    The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 11AM-12:30PM at the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton.


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  4. Tourism Studies, Reports and Resources

    In 2007 the NJ Historical Commission funded An Assessement of State Historical Marker Programs.

    Download the Heritage Marker Assessment. [3.3 MB pdf file]

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