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The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area is a special designation by the New York State Legislature. Participation in the statewide system of Heritage Areas provides opportunities for grants and technical assistance to accomplish goals and objectives set forth in the Long Island North Shore Heritage Area Management Plan.

The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area is a place which encompasses over 1000 square miles and almost one million people. See Boundary .

The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area presents a vision of coordinated public policy focusing on the preservation and economic vitality of the entire region. It offers a blueprint for a future in which the natural and manmade resources of the area are sources of pride and sustenance, communities are connected with their past and with one another, and future development and growth are rooted in established communities and traditional ways of life.

The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area Planning Commission prepared a Management Plan to implement this vision and encourages fellow Long Islanders to read the plan and join in our concern for preserving and protecting what makes our region unique, and in our desire to intensify pride in our shared heritage.

The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area is an opportunity to embrace a regional, comprehensive vision for the future. It is the objective of the Management Plan that as local governments and citizens implement this vision, the quality of life of the entire region will be supported and improved for current and future residents and visitors.

 

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