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

The National Park Service (NPS) Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939) awarded Wheeling National Heritage Corp a cooperative agreement valued at $745,000, effective August 21, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Under this award, the awardee develops and implements programs and activities for the administration, operations, and maintenance of the Artisan Center in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. The center delivers comprehensive educational programming including classroom curricula, field trips, professional development for teachers, and immersion courses on historic preservation and heritage conservation. These offerings are available to residents, teachers, and students through both in-person instruction at the Artisan Center and online delivery platforms.

The Heritage Partnership Program supports the center's mission to engage the public and private sector in shared environmental stewardship and heritage preservation within the Wheeling National Heritage Area. Beneficiaries of the award include the general public, state and local government subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, private entities, and the heritage area management coordinating entity. The cooperative agreement aligns with the broader Heritage Partnership Program objective of preserving and interpreting nationally significant cultural, historical, and natural resources for the educational and inspirational benefit of current and future generations.

This is done bypromoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoorrecreation programs and activities, and building resource stewardship ethics in its participants. Wheeling national heritage area corporation. INC., develops and implements projects and activities for the administration, operations, and maintenance of the artisan center in downtown wheeling, west virginia providing educational programming, classroom curricula, field trips, professional development for teacher, and immersion courses for residents, teachers, and students both online and at the artisan center. Beneficiaries include general public, states and or their political subdivisions, non-profits, private entities, the heritage area management coordinating entity.