Grand Jury Winner Camden County Heritage Tourism Plan for the Camden County Historical Society

We are delighted to annouce that the Camden County Heritage Tourism Plan has won the Grand Jury Award from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadlephia for 2019. The prize will be awarded on June 5 at a reception. We will be accepting the award with Jack O'Byrne the Executive Director of the Camden County Historical Society our client and Bonny Beth Elwell the Research Librarian and coordinator of the Camden County History Alliance. 

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Research for Second Edition New Solutions for House Museums Underway

Research has begun on the second edition of New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses.   This quarter, we are working on updates for the dozen case studies by learning what has changed (or not) since these sites were last profiled in the 2007 publication. It has been a joy to reconnect with these historic sites to hear their ongoing stories. The new edition will include a chapter about diversity and inclusion at historic...

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Book blurb for The Historic District Action Guide

William E. Schinkel’s book, The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation, came out shortly before my book, New Solutions for House Museums in 2006. I thought it was an inspired and sometimes irreverent work that really told preservation advocates what to expect when they proposed a local historic district. Bill produced a second book in 2012 called Preservation Politics: Keeping Historic Districts Vital.  AASLH asked for a back-cover book blurb for the...

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About the firm—Heritage Consulting Inc.

Heritage Consulting Inc. is a woman-owned business that provides assistance to non-profit organizations, government agencies and corporate clients nationwide in three practice areas:  downtown and commercial district revitalization, historic preservation and non-profit organizational development. Donna Ann Harris is the firm's principal and has more than thirty years of experience as a trainer, program designer and manager in the historic preservation field.  She has worked in all...

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