A New Name, A New Decade
August 8, 2002

It's official. The Allegheny Ridge State Heritage Park is now known as the Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area. By unanimous vote the Allegheny Ridge Corporation Board of Directors adopted the name change to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the heritage area and managing organization.

The vote passed in the form of a resolution during the second quarter meeting of the Allegheny Ridge Corporation board of directors. Board president Timothy Clapper and secretary Barry Velmar signed the resolution making the name change official. The tenth anniversary was celebrated in July by a weeklong series of community events aimed at education and outreach.

The Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area is part of a statewide Heritage Parks Program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Allegheny Ridge Corporation is a private, non-profit corporation charged with developing, interpreting and restoring the historic, cultural and natural resources of the Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area in central/western PA including Blair, Cambria, Somerset and Huntingdon Counties.

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