Canal Basin Park and Reiser House Visitor Center (2003 Bronze Award Winner)

Canal Basin Park and Reiser House Visitor Center (2003 Bronze Award Winner)
Allegheny Ridge Corporation/Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area
Public Infrastructure Projects
Innovative recreational development and adaptive re-use and redevelopment of a historic structure.
The Canal Basin Park and Reiser House Visitor Center serve as a visitor orientation facility and trailhead for a continuous greenway connecting communities throughout the Allegheny Ridge heritage area.  This project demonstrates an excellent, long-term commitment to revitalize an older community with heritage tourism, which encouraged additional river restoration, stream bank design, and watershed projects, and aided in the revitalization of the local commercial district.
2003
Silver Award