[MassHistPres] FREE Workshop -- Keeping Farms in Your Community

[Joanna_Doherty at nps.gov]

Keeping Farms in Your Community

Farmers and municipalities can take advantage of a variety of tools for
preserving agricultural landscapes.  Learn about the historic, economic and
environmental significance of agriculture.  Find out how to establish an
agricultural commission, use land preservation tools such as chapter 61 and
Agricultural Preservation Restrictions, and create municipal policies that
are agriculture-friendly.  Featuring Cris Coffin, New England Director,
American Farmland Trust; Cheryl Lekstrom, Director of Member Relations,
Massachusetts Farm Bureau; and Bonnie Parsons, Principal Planner/Manager,
Historic Preservation Programs, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.

           This workshop will be offered twice – attend either:

                   Thursday, October 9, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park/River Bend Farm Visitor Center
                         287 Oak St., Uxbridge, MA
                                    or
                  Thursday, October 30, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
                           Sturbridge Town Hall
                      308 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA

                     Directions available upon request


Workshops are free and open to all, but pre-registration is required.
Please register at least two days in advance by e-mailing or calling Joanna
Doherty, Blackstone Heritage Corridor (joanna_doherty at nps.gov or
401-762-0250) or Bob Levite, Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor
(boblevite at hotmail.com or 508-831-1223 x244).

This workshop is part of a series being offered through the Heritage
Landscape Inventory, a partnership between the John H. Chafee Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, the Quinebaug-Shetucket
Heritage Corridor, Inc. and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation
and Recreation.  Other workshops in the series include “Building Support
for Landscape Preservation" and "Bringing New Life to Mills.”  For more
information, see
http://www.nps.gov/blac/parkmgmt/heritage-landscape-inventory.htm


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Joanna M. Doherty, Community Planner
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley
     National Heritage Corridor
One Depot Square
Woonsocket, RI  02895
(401) 762-0250 x14
(401) 762-0530 fax
joanna_doherty at nps.gov