Courtesy of "bluegill"

Ever watchful, friend "bluegill" points us to this story in today's edition of The Evening News. His tip deserves elevation to prime position. Please give this news story your careful consideration.

Jeffersonville earns heritage award

These are the criteria for the award, as stated in Larry Thomas' article
- Initiating or pursuing significant preservation efforts within the past five years.
- Having a program in place to revitalize and restore a community's downtown. (emphasis added)
- Implementing planning and zoning that include billboard and sign ordinances (emphasis added), and guidelines to protect and preserve a community's special character (emphasis added).
- Having a shared vision of itself as a special place. (emphasis added)
- Hosting Historic Southern Indiana hospitality training.
- Having an active historical society, museum, archives or published history or histories.
- Hosts heritage-related festivals or other special heritage events.

Thanks, Jeffrey. Aspire, New Albany. We have some of it in place already and Election Day is only 28 months away.