About Us | Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance

Our Mission

The mission of the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, is to connect people to the cultural, historic, and natural treasures of the Santa Cruz Valley through education, preservation and promotion of its unique resources and living traditions.

To help carry out this mission, the Heritage Alliance has developed a concept and a Feasibility Study for a Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area, with public input and support from a broad coalition of local governments, tribes, residents and stakeholder groups. With representation of these diverse local interests, the Heritage Alliance will manage the National Heritage Area and assist with voluntary efforts to preserve and celebrate the cultural traditions, historic places, and natural and working landscapes of the Santa Cruz Valley.

The Heritage Alliance is currently working with Arizona's legislators in Washington, D.C. on the passage of a bill to designate this region as a National Heritage Area. Read more about the Heritage Area legislation.