September 2013

Essex Heritage

Hero Award Dinner

Location Changed!

Due to the overwhelming response, the Essex Heritage Hero Award Dinner is moving to the Danversport Yacht Club on October 16, 2013. Everyone is saying "YES"!

We are surprised and delighted that the number of friends and supporters who want to join Essex Heritage in celebrating Joanne Holbrook Patton and the Patton Family has greatly exceeded our expectations. While we are sorry to give up the lovely Willowdale Estate, this facility cannot accommodate our growing numbers.

So, please Join Us on Wednesday, October 16 at the Danversport Yacht Club, starting at 5:30pm.

Tickets are available for purchase online and you still have time to become a sponsor or buy a congratulatory ad.

Essex Heritage is grateful to the regional and local businesses that have made an early commitment to the Heritage Hero Event through sponsorship and program ads. We offer great thanks to Banner Sponsor Eastern Bank; Major Sponsors Green Meadows Farm and Institution for Savings; Lead Sponsors Beverly Rotary, C.P Berry Homes, Ipswich Shellfish Fish Market & Chrissi's Cafe and Salem Five; Table Sponsors A.P. Gardner Post 194 American Legion, Beverly Cooperative Bank, Boston Private Bank, Essex Agricultural Society/Topsfield Fair, First Ipswich Bank, Gordon College, Hawthorne Hotel, North Shore Community College, North Shore Bank and People's United Bank; Landmark Sponsors The 1911 Trust Company, East Boston Savings Bank, Haverhill Bank, Henry's of Beverly, Lahey Health, Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, Northeast Arc, Saugusbank, The Provident Bank, Wenham Museum, and YMCA of the North Shore. Thank you all!

One Week 'Til Trails & Sails!

Get ready to experience the very best of our region - for free!

Interested in tasting wine made in Topsfield? Seeing some of the oldest Tiffany glass windows in the world - in Lynn? How about visiting where gunpowder was stored during the Civil War in Newburyport, or going rock climbing in Lawrence? No matter what your interest, you can find something to learn, explore and enjoy during Trails & Sails: Two Weekends of Walks and Water, September 20-22 and 27-29.

For Trails & Sails 2013, Essex Heritage has partnered with a diverse network of local sites to offer two spectacular weekends of 150+ free events. Participate in a variety of walks, guided hikes, paddles, historical tours, lectures and other adventures.

Get Started! See the full listing of events and plot your course at www.trailsandsails.org.

Our Trails & Sails Challenge to YOU: Explore more!

Take the Participant Challenge to win an REI In-Camp 4 person tent. Ready to accept? Learn more and sign in.

Trails & Sails 2013 is generously sponsored by:

Along the Essex Coastal

Scenic Byway

The 90-mile coastal route

from Lynn to Salisbury

Trails & Sails Features Byway Sites

A significant number of this year's Trails & Sails events occur in byway communities, making the byway your gateway to fun and adventure. Look for the byway logo at www.trailsandsails.org as you make plans.

Essex Heritage Supports Community

Tourism Initiatives

For the past few months, Essex Heritage staff have served on two committees advancing local cultural tourism projects: Ipswich Way Finding Task Force and Newburyport Cultural District Committee, which recently submitted an application for state designation. Read More.

Essex Eyes Byway Enhancement Project

Utilizing a recently awarded state grant, the Town of Essex will study improvements to the town landing, which is located on the byway adjacent to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Read More.

Give It A Shot! Photo Contest Deadline Coming Up

Submit by: October 1, 2013

2012 Grand Prize: Schooner Ardelle By Arlene Taliadoros

Give it a shot! All photographers are invited to submit images into the 2013 Essex National Heritage Area Photo Contest to win some amazing prizes. Photographs must be taken within the Heritage Area and represent one of this year's three contest categories: "Images of the Essex National Heritage Area", "People & Places" or "Exploring the Scenic Byway."

Shoot, Enter, Win! Sponsored by Essex Heritage, Hunt's Photo & Video and the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, the 2013 Photo Contest will award 10-13 prizes to photographers.

Submissions are due (or postmarked) by October 1, 2013. Learn more and grab your entry form.

Partnership Grant Spotlight

Ipswich River Watershed Association

With the goal of introducing audiences to recreational paddling as well as the watershed's remarkable natural and cultural resources, the association produced an updated Ipswich River Paddling Guide and Map. The river is widely recognized as one of the premier canoeing and kayaking destinations in the state and is one of the most utilized recreational resources in Essex County. www.ipswichriver.org

Annual Fall Meeting News

Incoming President Jack Good (L) & Past President Richard Yagjian (R)

Essex Heritage welcomed a record 140 business and community leaders from around Essex County to its Annual Fall Meeting on Thursday, September 5. The meeting was hosted by Gloucester's Cape Ann Museum. The business portion of the session focused on the importance of sustaining the region through youth engagement, partnership projects and regional support. In addition, new members were elected and the recipients of the 2013 Pioneer in Partnership Awards were announced. Read on.

Say Cheese (Cave)!

A Historic Farm Seeks to Build A Cheese Cave

for Essex County

Valley View Farm is the only working dairy in Topsfield, and one of the only goat cheese producers in Essex County. A family farm with kids, human and goat - the Mulhollands have produced delicious handcrafted farmstead goat milk and artisanal cow milk cheeses since 1998. And now, they are building an old-world cave into the farm's hillside that will allow them to enhance their cheese offerings, craft aged artisanal cheese, grow their farm and expand their community outreach efforts. A Kickstarter fundraising campaign has been launched to help them complete the cheese cave to authentically age cheese for Essex County. Learn more. Check out the cheese cave construction photos.

Call For Partners: Decorated Evergreen Scavenger Hunt

Cape Ann Museum decorated Evergreen at Seine Field

Essex County Greenbelt is seeking partners to participate in the 2nd Annual Decorated Evergreen Scavenger Hunt. Last December's first self-guided scavenger hunt for decorated evergreen trees on Greenbelt and other protected land was a big hit. Are you interested in helping out this year? Greenbelt is reaching out once again to groups and individuals to help select and decorate an evergreen on one of its properties or other conservation land in your community. Working together with Greenbelt, your organization will provide clues that will help people locate the tree and register their success with photos. If you, or a group would like to participate, contact 978-768-7241, ext. 13 or email mew@ecga.org.

Read About the Region

Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations on Cape Ann by local author Paul St. Germain, boasts more than 200 historic images highlighting the maritime history, heroism and dedication of the lighthouse keepers and lifesaving surfmen who served. A Rockport resident for 18 years with a view of both Thacher and Straitsmouth Islands from his home, St. Germain worked with the Cape Ann Museum, the Sandy Bay Historical Society archives, U.S. Coast Guard Historian and other private collections to put together a most revealing record and a fascinating history through vintage photographs of the lighthouses and life saving stations around Cape Ann. Learn more or purchase a copy of this book at www.thacherisland.org.

Statewide Historic

Preservation Conference

The 2013 Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference is scheduled for Friday, October 18th in Lexington. Sessions, roundtables and case studies will focus on current issues, best practices, preservation fundamentals and advanced topics. Visit the resource room and network with fellow preservationists and professionals throughout the day. To learn more, go to www.mapreservationconference.org

In This Issue

Heritage Hero Award Dinner

Trails & Sails 2013

Along the Coastal Byway

Give It A Shot! Photo Contest

Partnership Grant Spotlight

Fall Meeting Updates

Say Cheese (Cave)!

Call For Partners

Read About the Region

Historic Preservation Conference

Essex Heritage & Featured Partner Events

September 20-22 & 27-29

Trails & Sails: Two Weekends of Walks and Water

Explore Essex County's historic, cultural and natural sites during two weekends of 150+ FREE, fun, family friendly events during Trails & Sails.

Learn more.

Tuesdays, 7:30pm

September 17 & 24 and

October 1, 8 & 15

Salem Maritime National Historic Site & Salem Sound Coastwatch present: Climate Change in New England

Learn from experts how climate change is affecting our New England region, what is being done about it, and how you can help. "Climate Change in New England" is a free, 5-part lecture series featuring a different topic and speaker each Tuesday. Free. Learn more.

Wednesday, October 16

5:30pm

Essex Heritage Hero Award

Join us as we honor Mrs. Joanne Holbrook Patton and the Patton family for their legacy of service and commitment to the Essex National Heritage Area, our state and our military. Tickets are on sale now. Learn More.

Heritage Happenings

Regional Happenings

Saturdays, thru October 6

17th Century Saturdays

September - October

Various Dates, Times, Events

COASTSWEEP - The Annual Statewide Beach Cleanup

Amesbury

Saturday, September 21

6:30 - 8:30pm

Celebrating Whittier

Andover