Route 6 Alliance names Warren Heritage Community of the Year
Warren is the Route Six Alliance Heritage Community of the Year.
The designation, part of the annual “Do 6” awards, is one of several recognitions made by the alliance at its annual meeting this month that take note of areas along the Heritage Corridor that made a difference in 2017.
Award categories include Heritage Partnerships, Leadership, Tourism, Artisan of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, and Community of the Year.
To win Heritage Community of the Year, a city must “embrace their Heritage Tourism Workplans and implement worthwhile projects” that show impacts and results, according to the Alliance website.
According to City Planning Director David Hildebrand, projects in Warren that contributed to the win included kiosks that punctuated the Walkable Warren route, entrance signs which are planned for the east and west entrances to the city directing travelers off the bypass and onto Business Route 6, completion of a strategic plan for the city, and the River Landing at Warren project, which was approved at Monday night’s City Council meeting.
The 2016 winner of Heritage Community of the Year was the Borough of Tunkhannock, which is where the annual conference was held earlier this month. Hildebrand, who attended the conference, said that while Warren has a population of about 8,000 more residents than Tunkhannock, “we can take some cues from them,” as they have a similar position relative to Route 6 and face similar challenges in driving people into their downtown.
Also like Tunkhannock, Warren is situated on this year’s River of the Year.
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