We're looking for videos showcasing the unique way you Find Your Story! Get creative, have some fun while you #FindYourStory with your family and friends, then share your story to help us celebrate our 20th anniversary and the National Park Service Centennial. Take the Winter Challenge to enter to win a $150 gift card to Whole Foods Market, Swampscott and to nominate your favorite place to win $500 in support of their work! Learn more.

Meet Up!

Annual Spring Meeting on Thursday, April 14, in Newburyport

Essex Heritage will host our Annual Spring Meeting on Thursday, April 14, from 8 - 10 AM, at Newburyport City Hall. Join us! The agenda will include updates on current initiatives, the announcement of the Essex Heritage Partnership Grant recipients, and more! Learn more and RSVP.

Calling All Teachers

Park for Every Classroom Returns August 1-5

Our award winning Park for Every Classroom (PEC) workshop returns August 1-5! In partnership with the National Park Service, this workshop is a FREE professional development program for educators of all grade levels and disciplines based on the educational approach of Place-Based Service Learning.

Learn more and apply.

NEW Essex National Heritage Area Map

Insertion Order Deadline: April 8

The 2016 Essex National Heritage Area Visitor Map is a new direct marketing product designed to connect businesses and tourist destinations with some of the over 700,000 travelers who stop at the 13 Essex Heritage-affiliated visitor centers seeking information about what to do in Essex County. The map will help to guide them to your location! Read on.

Green Team Goes All Out!

Partnership Grant Spotlight

With the goal of fostering personal connections with the region's diverse ecological resources, Groundwork Lawrence coordinated a series of place-based learning activities for over 30 members of its urban Green Team. The high school-aged, peer leaders hiked Agassiz Rock Reservation in Manchester-by-the-Sea , Crane Beach in Ipswich, and Camp Denison in Georgetown. They took a boat to Bakers Island Light Station in Salem Sound, camped at Harold Parker State Forest in North Andover, and tried rock climbing at Metro Rock in Newburyport and Den Rock Park in Lawrence. Back home, the team applied the lessons learned during their community initiatives and hands-on improvement efforts throughout the city.

Trails & Sails 2016

September 16-18 & 23-25, 2016

Wanted: Trails & Sails Events

We're already thinking about Trails & Sails 2016! Now's the time to get creative and start planning events -- online event submission begins in April. Be part of it!

Essex Heritage extends a big huge THANK YOU to Eastern Bank for their generous commitment to sponsor Trails & Sails. Without their annual support and enthusiasm, Trails & Sails would not be possible.

Special Thanks to Our Corporate Members

Essex Heritage extends special thanks to our new and renewing Corporate Members!

Sustainer Circle


Supporter Circle

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