Indiana's Cultural Resources Management Plans for 2020 to 2026

Executive Summary: "This is the third 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 2020 to 2026. This planning document satisfies requirements of the National Park Service for Indiana's continue eligibility to receive sizable annual grants from the federal Historic Preservation Fund Program. This funding source helps support the DHPA's operation and also enables it to administer an annual matching subgrant program to help many communities and organizations undertake important local heritage preservation activities. The two primary purposes of this plan are to coordinate heritage-related activities among all stakeholders, and to serve as a guide for heritage preservation decision-making at all levels. To achieve those ends, this plan must be widely disseminated, considered, and supported by individuals and agencies, professionals and property owners, elected officials, government leaders and employees, environmentalists, developers and downtown business owners, 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 heritage 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 rage of cultural resources and what we know about them; and ways that the public participated in this planning process, and what they told us through a statewide survey. This plan document culminates in three new goals to guide heritage preservation activities, as well as a 'call to action' that suggests ways heritage stakeholders can take meaningful actions in their own communities." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Indiana's Cultural Resources Management Plans for 2020 to 2026

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