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Partners & SupportTake action today, and help create a future that includes the cultural traditions, historic places, working landscapes, and natural treasures of the Santa Cruz Valley! * Write a letter! Write to our Senators (or make a brief phone call!) and ask them to support legislation to designate a Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Due to security measures, fax or email is the best way to get your letter there. Let Senator Kyl and Senator McCain know that this legislation is important to your quality of life and ask for their support for the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Please reference the bill H.R. 324 and ask them to support the bill in the Senate. Contact:
Here are a few points you can highlight in your letter or phone call: - National Heritage Areas stimulate local heritage-based economic development by marketing regional heritage tourism, and promoting place-based foods, arts, crafts, and other traditional products. - Our list of supporters and endorsers includes every local government (two counties, six municipalities, and two tribes), former Governor Janet Napolitano, the Arizona Office of Tourism, the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau, Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc., numerous local businesses, federal and state land and park managers, museums and historical societies, agencies and organizations promoting tourism and regional economic growth, nonprofits involved in historic preservation, ranchers, farmers, and agricultural businesses, civic and business organizations, Chambers of Commerce, and more! - The boundaries of a National Heritage Area are not regulatory, and designation will have no effects on private property rights, land use zoning, property taxes, or the right to renovate or remove existing buildings on private property. (As per Section 9 of the legislation.)
- The proposed boundaries of the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area were selected because they mark an area that is a source of identity for residents, is a coherent natural and cultural landscape, and contains sufficient nature and heritage resources of national significance to support a National Heritage Area designation.
- The size of the area (3,325 square miles) falls in the mid-range of the sizes of the existing National Heritage Areas and includes portions of only two counties. The average size of existing National Heritage Areas is nearly twice as large, at about 6,000 square miles.
Contact the Heritage Alliance at info@santacruzheritage.org or (520) 429-1394 with questions or for additional letter writing pointers. Writing letters to the editor of local newspapers or brief articles for your club or organization’s newsletter will also help spread the word! Become a member with a tax deductible donation to support the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance. Your membership is used to help obtain Congressional designation and to initiate heritage programs. Visit our Membership page to learn more! Volunteer to help obtain the federal designation, plan or carryout a heritage project, plan an event, or support staff in other ways. Contact Vanessa Bechtol at (520) 429-1394 or vanessa@santacruzheritage.org to volunteer! We currently need a volunteer with experience in database development. Please contact us if you are able to donate your time to create an Access database so we can better manage our mailing lists. Join our e-news list and we'll keep you updated on designation efforts, heritage projects, and events. Email us to sign up.
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