Tuesdays at APA: The Case for the Calumet National Heritage Area

February 25, 2014


The Calumet Region of Indiana and Illinois at the southern end of
Lake Michigan has great ecological significance, cultural
diversity, and economic might but is now grappling with questions
of regional direction in the wake of widespread
deindustrialization.


The idea of designating the Calumet as a National Heritage Area
grew from a 1998 feasibility study by the National Park
Service.The Calumet Heritage Partnership, formed as a result of
the study, has worked to keep the Heritage Area idea alive.


Drs. Mark Bouman, from the Field Museum, and William Peterman,
professor emeritus at Chicago State University, introduce the
concept of National Heritage Areas with examples of successful
NHAs in other parts of the country; discuss why NHAs should be of
interest to planners; and show how the creation of a Calumet NHA
would be consistent with and augment existing and evolving plans
for the Calumet region.