Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc

“PART III 4(a): HISTORY Anacostia Trails Heritage Area is the primary convener of, PGC250, a special regional initiative that meet monthly in 2025 to plan to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the United States and the signed on the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. Heritage Area staff have planned genealogy workshops, bike tours, and a festival along with updating historical information on existing markers, exhibits, and websites. Specific historical research and public interpretation was conducted on Civil Rights history, the Battle of Bladensburg, and paleontological findings in the County. TRAILS Anacostia Trails Heritage Area is the primary organizer of Trolley Trail Day, a day-long activation of the Rhode Island Trolley Trail annually in June in Prince Georges County. Thousands of riders, rollers, and walkers participate in activities along the trail, like group rides and live music. Heritage Area staff also continue to work on extending the Trolley Trail to the DC-line through planning, advocacy, and placemaking and hosted a Slow Roll Sunday. Work continues on coordinating the design and construction of the Dueling Creek Heritage Trail in Colmar Manor. OUTREACH Anacostia Trails Heritage Area is a megaphone for cultural tourism in Prince Georges County and in 2025 was featured on Fox5 news, USA Today special editions, and many local online news sites. In addition to in-person outreach, the organization distributes more than 25,000 brochures annually on public history like the Prince Georges Civil Rights and an recreational tourism like the Trolley Trail and the Anacostia River Tributary Trail system, and an annual professional photographed calendar to 5000 people.”

“PART III 4b: Public History: Coordinating the research, writing, and sharing of public history focused on Prince Georges County history specifically major events through time including the War of 1812, construction and suburbanization around Washington, DC, and along U.S. Route 1, as well as 20th Century history of the Womens Suffrage Movement and the Black Civil Rights Movement. These projects typically result in new historical research written for the public audience (not academic audiences) and presented via interpretive signs, printed brochures, and through the ATHA website.”

“PART III 4c: Grantmaking: ATHA distributes grant funding for public history and heritage tourism projects and programs, like research, exhibits, tours, and events, which build upon the historical themes and major milestones of history in Prince Georges County and Maryland. Successful projects result in increased visitation to the region and cultural understanding through that experience. In FY21, ATHA accepted, reviewed, and awarded seven grants totaling $25,000 to projects in Prince Georges County.”

“The organizations process to review form 990 - the executive director reviews the form 990, then gives it to the executive committee for final review and approval prior to filing.”

“Enforcement of conflicts policy: each director, principal officer, and committee member is required to sign an annual conflict of interest statement. An annual review is conducted to ensure compliance.”

“Compensation process for top official: an annual review is conducted to determine whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable based on competent survey information and arms length bargaining.”

“Compensation process for officers: an annual review is conducted to determine whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable based on competent survey information and arms length bargaining.”