Indiana's Cultural Resources Management Plan for 2013 to 2019

Executive summary: "This is the second periodic revision of Indiana’s Cultural Resources Management Plan by the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA). It is a seven-year guide for the period 2013 to 2019, which includes the 200th anniversary of Indiana’s statehood in 2016. This statewide plan satisfies requirements of the National Park Service – the federal agency that administers national preservation programs – for Indiana’s continued eligibility to receive sizeable annual grants from the Historic Preservation Fund. This funding source enables the DHPA to administer its annual matching subgrant program, which helps many organizations and communities statewide undertake important local heritage preservation activities. The primary purposes of this plan are to coordinate heritage-related activities among all stakeholders, and to serve as a guide for preservation decision-making at all levels. To achieve that end, this plan must be widely disseminated, considered, and supported by individuals and agencies, professionals and property owners, elected officials and environmentalists, developers and downtown business owners, and local governments and concerned citizens alike. This document represents significant input from thousands of Hoosiers from all across the state, as well as many hours of hard work by the staff of the DHPA to analyze this data and develop responsive preservation goals, objectives, and strategies for Indiana. The following pages summarize: The importance of this plan and who should use it; An overview of Indiana’s broad range of cultural resources; Ways the public participated in the planning process; and What the public told us through an on-line survey. The plan culminates in four new goals to guide preservation activities, as well as a “call to action” that suggests ways heritage stakeholders can take meaningful actions in their own communities. Working in cooperation, citizens, organizations, and agencies can help make Indiana a place where preservation of heritage resources is a mainstream Hoosier value – a place where the general public is aware of cultural resources and supports preservation efforts, a place where most Hoosiers feel like they are stakeholders in the preservation of cultural resources, a place where citizens and local leaders have open dialogue about preservation issues and routinely consider cultural resources within their decision-making, and a place where people understand both the economic and environmental benefits of preservation." Funding was provided in part by a 2013 Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Indiana State Historic Preservation Office (project number IN-13-MD04, grant number P13AF00144) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Indiana's Cultural Resources Management Plan for 2013 to 2019

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