We have pretty big news to share! At the very end of the last Congress the National Heritage Area Act (S. 1942) was passed and then signed into law by the President. The act ensures the National Park Service will continue working with The Last Green Valley and other national heritage areas for the next 15 years. Our region will always be a national heritage corridor. What authorization means is the ability to work with the National Park Service and receive funding from the National Park Service. In a huge bipartisan vote, far more than a majority of congress agreed that the heritage area was something worthy of supporting. Here in The Last Green Valley National Heritage Area we have been able to turn every $1 of NPS funding into $5 of benefit for the region. We can only do that with the support of our members, partners, volunteers and folks like you who support our work. The Congressional delegations of Massachusetts and Connecticut were instrumental in helping pass the National Heritage Area Act. TLGV is grateful to U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern and Richard Neal of Massachusetts and Joe Courtney of Connecticut also played critical roles in ensuring the legislation was passed. ... See MoreSee Less

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