2004 Projects/Clients
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.
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