The purpose of the heritage partnership program funding is to engage national heritage area recipients partners communities and or visitors in shared environmental stewardship

The federal Cooperative Agreement award with ID P24AC01583 was granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939). The $1,000,000 award to Greenway Heritage Conservancy Hrv, Inc., located in Albany, NY, will be used to implement programs and projects that support the development and implementation of interpretive and educational initiatives throughout the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. This includes promoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation activities, as well as building resource stewardship ethics. The funding will enable Greenway Heritage Conservancy Hrv, Inc. to serve as a critical partner in managing and developing educational, preservation, and heritage tourism initiatives within the region, including sub-granting opportunities to partner organizations.

This is done by promoting greater public and private participation in preservation conservation education and outdoor recreation programs and activities and building resource stewardship ethics in its participants. This project will implement programs and projects that support the development and implementation of interpretive and educational initiatives throughout the hudson river valley national heritage area to strengthen the ability of partner organizations to communicate and collaborate and to promote a regional identity and sense of place. Beneficiaries include general public states and or their political subdivisions nonprofits private entities and the heritage area management coordinating entity.