Hargrove International

Formerly HTC Partners, Heritage Tourism Consultants · Cultural Heritage Planning · Assessment · Management · Marketing

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Virtual and Real Experiences

These are unusual times – difficult for so many organizations and people attempting to survive the COVID-19 crisis. While many of us remain sheltered in place, one great way to experience heritage sites is via virtual tours. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens (in Washington, DC) offers a series of digital offerings into the life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, her home and gardens, and personal collection of more than 20,000 objects. Other sites around the country also provide virtual windows to

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New Jersey’s Revolutionary War Sites: Site & Visitor Readiness Assessment

The Crossroads of the American Revolution Association and the New Jersey Historical Commission recognized the need for a baseline assessment to determine the visitor readiness and necessary enhancements of the state's 150 sites related to the American Revolution. Hargrove International teamed up with Clarke Caton Hintz and Hunter Research for a year-long project to assess site readiness, determine market potential, and recommend strategies (including the financial resources and technical

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New Report on Declining Historic Site Visits

Bad news is never welcome. Opening my inbox to read about a new report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project on declining visitation to historic sites was indeed disappointing, but not unexpected. The report, citing visitation from 1979 to 2012, found that "with each birth cohort Americans of all ages have been less likely to visit historic sites." The report also shared that "as people aged they were less likely to visit a historic site." Not an

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The Constitution Project (Washington DC): Strategic Plan

In 2013, The Constitution Project (TCP), a non-profit think tank in Washington DC whose goal is to build bipartisan consensus on significant constitutional and legal questions, engaged Hargrove International to facilitate its first comprehensive strategic planning process. During the course of the seven-month engagement, Hargrove conducted a detailed analysis of The Constitution Project’s finances, fundraising, and operations; interviewed key stakeholders; and benchmarked TCP against three other

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