About Landmark Towns of Bucks County
Landmark Towns of Bucks County is a regional revitalization initiative of four boroughs along the Delaware Canal and River—Bristol, Morrisville, New Hope and Yardley, PA—that have traditional downtown business districts. The Landmark Towns project is designed to help these small towns breathe re-newed economic life into their business districts, while preserving and enhancing the industrial and cultural heritage they share. All of these boroughs have exhibited the will and interest to improve their quality of life, preserve historic resources, and enhance economic conditions.
Since early 2006, representatives from each community have worked with the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc., to develop and implement a regional revitalization strategy following the National Trust for Historic Preservation Four Point Main Street® approach for downtown revitalization and the PA State Heritage Park Program. Resources are shared that would otherwise be unavailable to these small communities.
In 2008 the Landmark Towns Board of Directors hired a regional coordinator to assist volunteers and undertake activities identified in the plan. Program funding has been contributed from the D&L, the Commonwealth of PA, and each participating municipality.
Photo: January 24, 2008 – Landmark Towns was officially designated a Regional Main Street Community by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. Pictured in photo, left to right: Elissa Marsden Thorne (D&L NHC, Inc.), Bill Fontana (Pennsylvania Downtown Center), Dee Dee Bowman (New Hope Representative), Ken Klothen(PA DCED), Pete Krauss (Keystone Heritage Group), Commissioner James Cawley (Bucks County), Judy Borger (D&L NHC, Inc.), Toni Crawford-Major (PA DCED)