The visitor readiness assessment of New Jersey's Revolutionary-era historic sites was released as part of Crossroads of the American Revolution's April 24 Annual Meeting. Held online due to New Jersey's COVID19 social distancing mandates, the 90 minute session was hosted by Crossroads Board President Ira Jersey and Executive Director Janice Selinger, with more than 100 participants logging in.

 

Following a brief update on Crossroads' 2019 community outreach, education and development results, the Visitor Readiness assessment team shared key findings of the yearlong study. Presenters included John D.S. Hatch of architecture, and historic planning firm Clarke Caton Hintz, Cheryl Hargrove of strategic planning and tourism marketing firm Hargrove International, and Patricia Madrigal of cultural resources consultants Hunter Associates.

 

Their findings and recommendations include a broad estimate of costs to prepare the state's sites, suggested heritage tourism themes and the market potential of the sites assessed in the study.

 

Visit our website to download an executive summary of the findings, plus the full report, supporting appendices and list of assessed sites and their market potential.