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The mission of Heritage Consulting Inc. is to assist citizen groups and government agencies to preserve cherished landmark buildings and downtown districts and to grow high performing nonprofit heritage organizations to manage and sustain them.

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Heritage Consulting Inc.

Heritage Consulting Inc. is a certified woman-owned business in PA, DE, NJ and IL that provides award winning consulting services and highly valued training for nonprofit organizations and government agencies nationwide in three practice areas: downtown and commercial district revitalization, historic preservation and non-profit organizational development. Donna Ann Harris is the firm's principal and has more than thirty years of experience as an executive, program designer and trainer in the historic preservation movement.  Over the years, our clients have sought our assistance on a host of topics. Click on any of these to learn more about recent projects.

Strategic planning; Fundraising training on a wide range of topics; Facade Improvement program development; Heritage Tourism Assessments, Audience research: on-line surveys, focus groups and stakeholder interviews and Best practice research

Our practice began eight years ago and we are proud to have many long-standing clients who generously provide referrals and come back again and again to us for technical assistance and training assignments. There are 30 testimonials sprinkled throughout this web site.  Learn more about Heritage Consulting through this web site and blog, and then contact us.

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BookDonna's 2007 book New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses is called a "best selling classic" by AASLH. Click here to buy it as an e-book for all kinds of e-readers.

From The Blog

Donna Ann Harris


Heritage News

October 16, 2012

Case studies for Back on Track Illinois Main Street

Donna Ann Harris has published her fifth article for Main Street Now, the journal of the National Trust Main Street Center.  See the...

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Upcoming Engagements

April 16, 2013

I hate fundraising! Removing Anxiety and Boosting Board Participation

April 15, 2013

Authenticity as Economic Catalyst with Anthony Rubano
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Most Recent Project

I hate fundraising! Removing Anxiety & Boosting Board Participation handout


This is the handout for the presentation I will be doing in New Orleans at the Main Street Conference on April 16, 2013 at 3:30Pm.  Here...

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