Parks Canada - Atlantic Region.  Provide a 5-day interpretive master planning course for regional (and out-of-region) Parks Canada Staff members responsible for developing individual National Park interpretive master plans.  Halifax, Nova Scotia - December, 2004.

  Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network.   Develop the Interpretive Plan for the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network new regional "Welcome Center", located on the museum campus of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michael's, MD.  November-December, 2004.

Frederick Douglas Isaac Myers Maritime Park, MD.  In association with the NPS Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, provide interpretive planning consultation services. November, 2004.

Thomas Point Lighthouse, MD.  In association with the NPS Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, provide interpretive planning consultation services for this histroic site, including consultation on seasonal boat tours to the lighthouse. November, 2004.

The Thomas Point Lighthouse.

Huron-Clinton Metroparks, Michigan. Provide Interpretive Exhibit Planning consultation services for the new Indian Springs Metropark Discovery Center.   November, 2004.  You can visit this site at: http://www.metroparks.com/education/education_center.php

  Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network.   Develop the Interpretive Plan for the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network new regional "Welcome Center", located on the museum campus of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michael's, MD.  November-December, 2004.

Annapolis Maritime Museum, MD. In association with the NPS Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, provide interpretive planning (exhibit planning and walking tour planning) consultation services. October, 2004.   You can visit this site at: http://www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org/

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michael's, MD. In association with the NPS Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, provide interpretive planning consultation services.  October, 2004.  You can visit the museum at: http://www.cbmm.org/

Oberlin Heritage Center, (Oberlin Historical & Improvement Organization), Oberlin, Ohio.  Develop the interpretive master plan for the Heritage Center.  This project will  begin in late October, 2004.   You can visit this organization at: http://www.oberlinheritage.org.   The historic Monroe House, and OHC main office is shown below.

Route 12 Heritage Trail & Southwestern Michigan Commission, Benton Harbor, MI.  Provide a workshop on "Interpretive Planning Needs and Strategies for Heritage Trails and Corridors", August, 2004.

Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center/Preserve,  MD.  Develop the Interpretive Master Plan for the preserve, and Interpretive Exhibit Plan for the Battle Creek Nature Center.  The project will begin in October, 2004.  You can visit this site at: http://calvert-county.com/cypress.htm.

Skocjanski zatok Nature Reserve/DOPPS- BirdLife Slovenia.  Provide interpretive planning consultation for future Reserve interpretive development.  Kopar (near by), Slovenia.  September 2004.  You can visit this site at: http://www.skocjanski-zatok.org.

Secovlje Salina Nature Park (near Portoroz, Slovenia).   Provide interpretive planning consultation services, September, 2004.  You can visit the Nature Park at: http://www.kpss.soline.si/slo/index.php. This park also is the location for over 600 years of salt production, still being produced in the tradition way.  Visit their web site for more information.

Korean National Park Authority and Exhibit Planning Companies, ( SigongTech, EXCO, and Digital Kookyoung Co., Ltd).   JVA, in association with Dr. Ju-Hee Lee, Teagu University, has been contracted to present several Interpretive Exhibit Planning workshops sponsored by the agencies and exhibit firms noted above.  Workshops were conducted at Mt. Chiri and Sorak National Parks, and at other locations, August 4 - 12, 2004, in South Korea.

28th Annual Southeastern State Parks Program Seminar, November 29th - December 3rd, 2004, Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Kentucky.   Contracted to present two 1/2 day seminars (Interpretive Program Planning and Interpretive Planning for Outdoor Panels and Nature Center Exhibits) for the SSPPS.

Preble County Historical Society, Eaton, Ohio.  Develop an Interpretive Master Plan for the 200 acre+ site that includes historic buildings, natural areas, interpretive trails, exhibits building and proposed new Interpretive Center and Environmental Education Area.  June - September 2004.  You can visit this site at: http://pchs.preblecounty.com/.

Wye Grist Mill, MD.  Interpretive planning focus workshop session and development consultation.  July 2004.  Built in 1671 this small mill has a remarkable history including supplying grain to the George Washington's Continental Army (1775-1783).  Big stories sometimes come in small packages.

Historic London Town and Garden, Edgewater, MD.  Visitor Center interpretive planning consultation, July, 2004.   You can visit this site at: http://www.historiclondontown.com/

St. Clement's Island County Parks, Museums Division, MD.   Interpretive Planning consultation services. July, 2004.  The County Museums Division manages several sites, including the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and park (below). You can visit this site at: http://www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums.

Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve, VA.  Interpretive Planning consultatin services and focus workshop.  July, 2004.  You can visit them at: http://www.hofflercreek.org/

First Landing State Park, VA.  Interpretive Planning consultation services and focus workshop session.  July, 2004.  You can visit them at: http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/1stland.htm.

Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton, MD.   Interpretive Exhibit Planning consultation services.  August, 2004.  You can visit them at: http://www.pickeringcreek.org/

Belle Isle State Park, VA.  Interpretive Planning consultation and focus workshop session.  August, 2004.  You can visit them at: http://www.ohwy.com/va/b/belislsp.htm.

USDA Forest Service - Calcasieu Ranger District, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana.  Provide interpretive planning consultation services for the District, June, 2004.

Pemberton Historical Park, Salisbury, MD.   Interpretive planning focus workshop session for the park, as part of the NPS Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network consultation service.  March, 2004.

April 27th - 28th, Interpretation for the new millennium - an interpretive training experience.  Presented by John Veverka & Associates and Interpretive Concepts Inc. This two-day course  presented the state-of-the-art in interpretation planning and design, with hands-on experiences in interpretive planning for exhibits and outdoor panels.   Host site was the Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida.

Norfolk Tourism, Norfolk, England.   Conduct a variety of interpretive training workshops and site visits/critiques for regional Norfolk heritage sites/attractions, coordinated by Norfolk Tourism. May 2004.

Chester Zoo, Chester, England.  Conducted a three-day interpretive training course.  This course was held at the zoo, and open to other zoos and wildlife parks/attractions throughout the UK.  September, 2004.

Snowdonia National Park Training Center, Wales. Conducted a 3-day course on "Interpretive Master Planning", May, 2004.   Conducted a 3-day course on "Planning and Design for Interpretive Panels", September, 2004.

Oil Heritage Region, Inc, Oil City, PA.  JVA, serving as a sub-contractor to ICON Architecture (http://www.iconarch.com) will provide the interpretive planning review for the Update of Management Action Plan for the Oil Heritage Region.

The National Trust of N. Ireland - Castle Ward.  JVA was recently contracted to develop the interpretive master plan for this large castle and estate.  This project will begin in February, 2004. You can find out more about this heritage site here: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&PROPERTYID=166  

Canada and World Pavilion, Ottawa, Canada.  Provide a course on Interpretive Exhibit Planning, and provide related interpretive exhibit planning consultation services.  April, 2004.

Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, St. Leonard, Maryland (Maryland Dept. of Housing and Community Development, Division of Historical and Cultural Programs).  Develop an Interpretive Master Plan for the total property and museum.  Dec. - Feb 2004.  You can visit this site at: http://www.jefpat.org.

Allegan County Tourist & Recreation Council, Michigan.  Contracted to develop a Self-Guiding Auto Tour  CD for the Allegan County Heritage Driving Tour, a 100 mile + driving route which encircles the County, interpreting its cultural and natural history.

US Army Corps of Engineers - Interpretive Services Course.  JVA was awarded the contract to teach the annual   Interpretive Services Training Course for the Corps through 2006.  The contract also calls for rewriting/updating the course training manual, lesson plans, and all course handouts in 2004.  Training courses for 2004 will be in February and March at the COE National Training Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network - a system of parks, refuges, museums, historic sites and communities, and water trails in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Managed by many different partners, these sites each tell a part of the Bay story.  The National Park Service coordinates the Gateways Network in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Program and all of the partner sites.  JVA will provide a variety of interpretive planning, training and individual site interpretive consultation services for the Network over the next several years in an open-ended contract.   For more information on the Network visit their web site at: www.baygateways.net.

Fells Point Maritime Museum ( a satellite museum of the Maryland Historical Society) Fells Point, Maryland..  As part of the NPS Chesapeake Bay Gateways Program, provide an interpretive planning and focus workshop session, with emphasis on objective based, and theme based interpretive exhibit planning.  April, 2004.

New York State Governor's Tourism Conference, 28 September - 1 October, 2004, Lake Placid, New York.  Invited speaker to present a session on regional interpretive/heritage tourism assessment strategies for  developing regional "mass customization" marketing and heritage tourism product development.

Calvert County Parks, MD.   Develop several pre-production interpretive panel designs (text and layout) for the park system (Spring 2004).

Republic of Slovenia, National Environmental Agency.  JVA was asked to present an interpretive training workshop on an introduction to interpretation and interpretive media planning and design strategies.  The training course was presented September6-8th, 2004.  Over 100 participants attended the first day general session with approximately 40 participants for the total 3-day training course (see group photo below). To learn more about Slovenia, visit A Guide to Virtual Slovenia at: http://www.matkurja.com/eng/country-info/

     Participants in Slovenias first General interpretation training course, September, 2004.

Huron-Clinton Metro Parks, Michigan.   Conduct an interpretive workshop on "Interpretive Exhibit Planning" for metro-parks interpretive staff.  April, 2004.