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The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is underway with a number of exciting initiatives. One project that we have been working on for several years is our Lincoln Highway Experience attraction, which will be located at the intersection of Routes 30 and 259 in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, PA. Due diligence called for us to do a number of preliminary studies/tests at the site, which was a former biker bar and filling station. The tests were not exciting, but necessary: Property and topographic survey; Phase One Environmental Site Assessment; Hazardous Materials Testing; Wetlands Investigation/Delineation; PNDI Inventory; Historic Property Boundary Definition Report; Lead Based Paint Analysis; Cultural Resource Survey; Property Title Certification; Site Characterization Report; Remediation Action Plan for the PA Department of Environmental Protection; Soil Vapor Sampling and Analysis Report; Groundwater Table and Flow Pattern Report; Business Plan; Interpretive Plan; and a few different master site plans.

With all those tests/studies behind us, we are able to move forward with a new site plan, a conceptual design of main building, and conceptual design of interior spaces and interpretive exhibit areas. To guide us through these phases, the LHHC has contracted with a most creative team: The Maude Group from Chicago, IL; Venturi Scott Brown Associates from Philadelphia; and Kissiloff Associates from New York City. Requests for Proposals were sent to 21 different firms, with five being interviewed. After several site visits, the team conducted a brainstorming session in January with the seven-member Lincoln Highway Experience Committee. It is good to see our programming ideas transformed into real exhibits, and to see our property site transformed into a new bustling attraction where the national story, the Pennsylvania story, and the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor story will all be told in an engaging way.

Another PA Artisan Trail ~ Handmade along the Highway jury netted a dozen new artisans to join our participating 30. From an amazing fiber/quilt artisan who kicks her products up a notch with funky fibers and threads, to a dynamic duo who creates fantastic and colorful glass products. To learn more about the program and where you can purchase the fine crafts, visit www.handmadealongthehighway.org

The LHHC office located at 114 South Market Street, Ligonier, PA.

The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor (LHHC) was designated in 1995 by former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. From its earliest beginnings as the Forbes Road and later the Pennsylvania Road, the Lincoln Highway became America’s first improved road that crossed the entire country – stretching from New York City to San Francisco. Renamed U. . Route 30, this overland transportation route was a major factor in the growth of automobile tourism and contains an unusual concentration of historic, cultural and scenic resources. The LHHC works primarily in Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, and Adams counties – a 200-mile Corridor – to improve resident quality of life, but also to advance regional tourism.

The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is a private, nonprofit organization that encourages economic development through tourism, and guides the protection and enhancement of natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources. The LHHC is one of twelve special heritage areas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; this statewide network is Heritage PA. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources administers Pennsylvania’s heritage areas program.

The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor publishes a number of helpful guides: a 70-page Lincoln Highway Driving Guide that takes motorists on the original alignments of the old Lincoln and points out interesting stops along the way; a quarterly 20-page newspaper, the Lincoln Highway Journal; a Lincoln Highway Motorcycle Guide; and a Lincoln Highway Bicycle Guide. These publications are in addition to a 125 other different Lincoln Highway gift items that can be purchased online or at the LHHC office at 114 S. Market Street, Ligonier, PA. Friends of the Lincoln Highway enjoy a 10% discount.