Stewards VISTA: Ohio's Hill Country Heritage Area Y1

This project, based in Appalachian Ohio, will serve low-income communities, unemployed individuals, low-income adults, low-income youth, and individuals/families experiencing homelessness. Ohio¿s Hill Country Heritage Area and the Ohio Winding Road project support communities to cultivate assets that bring people to the region to celebrate and experience authentic and sustainable tourism. Bike trails, streams and water trails, abundant hiking and exploration, a rich history of agriculture, mining and the labor movement, and amazing, fresh, nutritious food are all resources that we can share. The people of our region know our environment and have inherited vibrant and intriguing stories and culture. This project will mobilize a VISTA who can help organize community stakeholders, building awareness of how we can steward and sustain economies built around these resources, for the people who live here now and the generations to come.