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Geoffrey Plant interviews Contessa Trujillo and Jessica Stern about the Cultural Treasures Project, a community initiative to catalogue and preserve Taos's cultural identity.

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus This week on “Voices of Taos,” editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Contessa Trujillo, project manager of the Cultural Treasures Project, and Jessica Stern, director of the Taos County Economic Development Department and director of the Cultural Treasures Project. The Cultural Treasures Project is a community-led initiative that works to catalogue the places, practices, and people that define the region’s identity. Through surveys, interviews, and focus groups, community members can help to identify and preserve what makes Taos so special. Through community engagement, the Cultural Treasures Project team is working to identify and map cultural assets, such as acequias, cultural venues, stories, lost places, language, cultural practices, art forms, and anything else that residents may find valuable to the local community. This data will then eventually be used to help create policies and educational tools to guide responsible sustainable tourism and growth, safeguarding Taos County’s unique cultural and natural heritage. Fill out the Cultural Treasures Project Survey Read more about the Cultural Treasures…

People in this episode

Host: Geoffrey Plant

Guests: Contessa Trujillo, Jessica Stern

Topics covered

• Cultural Heritage
• Community Engagement
• Sustainable Tourism
• Local Identity
• Cultural Assets

Keywords

• Cultural Treasures Project
• Taos
• Community-led initiative
• Cultural assets
• Sustainable tourism

Sponsors

NCRTD Blue Bus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cultural Treasures Project, Taos County Economic Development Department

Places: Taos, Taos County

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