The goal of this task agreement is to provide funding and technical support for national heritage areas, specifically the freedom s way heritage association (frwa) through the heritage partnership…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Northeast Region of the National Park Service, under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939), provides $1,000,000 in funding to the Freedoms Way Heritage Association Inc., a non-profit organization, to support its management of the Freedoms Way National Heritage Area. The funding will enable the organization to carry out a range of activities, including administrative and operational programming, resource stewardship and preservation education initiatives, guided interpretive trip planning and tours, cultural revitalization efforts, historic preservation activities, and educational programming focused on the area's natural and cultural resources. The award also facilitates sub-granting to community partners within the National Heritage Area to further these objectives, which include sharing the heritage area's stories, engaging partners, enhancing quality of life through community planning and resource conservation, and supporting heritage tourism. The project period is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025.

The goal of this task agreement is to provide funding and technical support for national heritage areas, specifically the freedom s way heritage association (frwa) through the heritage partnership program fund. Summary of project-specific activities include: administrative and operational programming and staffing, development and implementation of resource stewardship and preservation educational initiatives, administrative and operational support for guided interpretative trip planning and tours, and for cultural revitalization efforts, historic preservation activities, educational programming and the preservation of the arts culture. Expected outcomes are sharing the heritage areas stories, engaging partners, enhancing the quality of life through community planning and resource conservation, and cultural heritage tourism, support the administration, management and operation of the heritage area, and provide sub-grants to support the heritage area. Beneficiaries are the communities within the national heritage area.