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- EIN 20-1922158
- (520) 882-4405
- Po Box 561 Tucson AZ 85702-0561 USA
- www.santacruzheritage.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: The mission of the organization is to connect people to the cultural, historic, and natural treasures of the santa cruz valley through education, preservation and promotion of its unique resources and living traditions.
Programs: Santa cruz heritage alliance program accomplishments for 2014the 2014 program accomplishments focus on heritage tourism and heritage-based community education. Heritage tourism1. A major initiative was to partner with the city of tucson and the southwest center (university of arizona) to prepare a nomination to unesco for tucson to become a city of gastronomy. The nomination documents in detail the diverse culinary traditions of our region. If designation is achieved, there would be a significant heritage tourism benefit to tucson and the surrounding region. 2. The alliance website promotes a diversity of local heritage destinations for visitors and local community members. Our on-line map heritage experiences of the santa cruz valley and the uniquely tucson app developed in partnership with visit tucson provide information about tucson-area and santa cruz valley heritage resources. Heritage-based community education1. The alliance sponsored a historic lecture series. Lectures were presented in the public library in green valley. Six lectures by well-known experts highlighted diverse topics related to santa cruz valley history.