An application to select the North Country for a new Rural Heritage Development Initiative pilot project has been named one of four semi-finalists.
Two regions will be selected as pilot projects by The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is sponsoring the initiative using the same model that has proven so successful with its Main Street Program.
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