PHASE ONE
PHASE TWO
PHASE THREE
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What is the Status of the Management Plan?
We are on a very fast track to complete the FFNHA management plan by February 2009. To see the steps that are involved in this process you can look at the FFNHA Management Plan Master Schedule. You can click on the links below to learn more about what has already been done in this management planning process. You can also look at the full scope of work for a more detailed version of the tasks outlined below, or at the components of a successful management plan outlined by the National Park Service.
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 1) Orientation session (February 2008)
At the February 2008 Partnership Team meeting, the management team discussed the management plan scope of work and provided and orientation session PowerPoint. Members of the management team led breakout groups for Civic Engagement, Interpretation and Education, Heritage Development, Resources/Information and Tourism & Marketing. The breakout groups also made additions to a working glossary of terms for the heritage area.
2) Establish Communications System for Planning Process and Public Engagement
The management team developed a Civic Engagement Plan (June 26th update) which outlines strategies to encourage public involvement in the management planning process.
3) Data Collection and Compilation
The management team collected existing data on cultural, historic and natural resources as well as economic and tourism data for analysis. In addition to collecting information about FFNHA, a collection of best practices was also compiled.
4) Visioning Session & Development of the Main Story
Through a visioning process in March and April 2008, a draft 20-year vision, guiding principles and goals was developed. A draft statement of national significance, themes and criteria for national importance inclusion was also developed in May 2008. The vision, principles and goals will be revisited during Phase Two of the planning process. The statement of national significance and themes have been approved by the Steering Committee.
5) Cultural, Heritage and Natural Resource Research
A comprehensive analysis report was developed as a baseline for future measurement.
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 6) Resource Management/Heritage Development Plan
The resource management/heritage development plan will include strategies to preserve, protect and manage resources, criteria for decision making, sample partnership agreements and maps of assets. It will also include strategies for prioritizing and providing preservation asssitance, suggestions for contributions of personal property or business services and color-coded map overlays of various assets.
7) Interpretation/Education Plan
The interpretation/education plan will include interpretive strategies for telling FFNHA stories to target markets, including schools and visitors. It also will include recommendations of specific tools for interpretation and education programs to enhance visitor experiences and guidelines for applying or selecting interpretive tools.
8) Tourism, Marketing and Graphics Standards Plan
The Tourism, Marketing and Graphics Standards Plan will include a unified brand for the FFNHA region, a marketing plan to affect desired change by targeted internal and external audiences, and criteria, guidelines and potential uses for graphics.
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9) Finalize the Vision and Set Performance Benchmarks
In this step, the vision statement will be finalized, benchmarks for measuring success will be set, and a prioritized list of short-term projects for implementation will be developed.
10) Business Plan with Preliminary Options or Alternatives
The business plan will include a 10-year budget, funding and partnership guidelines, defined roles and responsibilities for FFNHA, six local commitment letters, tools for communities and sites to set goals and prioritize activities, alternative approaches for resource development, preservation, management and marketing, evaluation methods to monitor and measure progress and an outline of the fiscal and human resource requirements for FFNHA’s long term sustainability.
11) Final Management Plan
Two drafts of the final management plan will be prepared. 20 hard copies of the final Management Plan and 50 copies of the Executive Summary will be provided along with a PowerPoint Presentation summarizing the final management plan. An electronic copy of the final plan, executive summary and the PowerPoint will also be provided on disk.
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