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Heritage Tourism Task Force
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- 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
- Task Force Members
There are seventeen task force members.Cate Litvack, Chair
Executive Director, Crossroads of the American Revolution AssociationLeslie Bensley, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Morris County Visitors CenterJohn Seitter, Vice Chair
President, South Jersey Tourism CorporationDorothy 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 ResourcesCindy Bloom-Cronin, NJ Scenic Byway Coordinator, serving as an alternate for Kris Kolluri, Commissioner, Department of Transportation
Mary Bustillo Donohue, Vice Chair, 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 ArtsMarc Mappen, Executive Director, NJ Historical Commission
Ann Marie Miller, Executive Director, ArtPride NJ
Dan Saunders, Acting Deputy Historic Preservation Officer
Sandra Turner-Barnes, Executive Director,CamdenCountyCultural & Heritage CommissionBrian 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
Janice Selinger, Acting Executive Director, NJ Public Broadcasting
Director, NJ Office of Travel and Tourism
- Next Meeting Date
The meetings of the Task Force are open to the public.
The next meeting will be announced.
- 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]
