PRESERVING APPALACHIAN CULTURE | ||
Ohio's Hill Country Heritage Area has many coal towns that are using thir past as a tool for development. |
Two Ohio Arts Council programs are making a serious impact in a region of the state that is sometimes skeptical about assistance from "outsiders," says John Winnenberg, | a community organizer in southern Perry County. The OAC's Ohio Hill Country Heritage Area Program and the Ohio Appalachian Arts Initiative are successfully celebrating and preserving | Appalachian arts and culture in Ohio. "There is a steadily growing optimism that this is a serious effort," says Winnenberg, organizer of a group promoting tourism and preserving local history in several former mining towns. (con't on page 3) |
STRATEGIC PLAN YIELDS RESULTS
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NEA Grant Funds Education Assesment Project |