Established by Danville voters in 1996, the Heritage Commission is an official town board created to serve the town, its residents and its organizations. Its mission is to identify those places in Danville that contain and embody the character, culture, and tradition handed down through generations to those of us who now reside in Danville.

The Commission also endeavors to educate residents about the importance of the town's history. To that end the Commission sponsors a History Board on various changing topics inside the Town Hall and periodically publishes articles about people, places and events from Danville's past in a local community newspaper.

One of the Commission's duties is to make recommendations for preservation and protection of the town's historical resources, sites and structures. The Commission has also been empowered by the voters to assume the composition, duties, responsibilities and powers of an Historic District Commission and as such, it oversees Danville's Historic District that was established by the voters in 1999. The Commission may also assist other boards with matters that involve the town's historic resources and has interacted in this role with the Planning Board in updating the Master Plan and developing zoning warrant articles that are relevant to the Historic District.

The Town's Heritage Fund is available for those who would like to make a monetary contribution towards preserving historic town-owned structures. The Heritage Fund is dedicated to public purposes and donations to the fund are therefore tax deductible under section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Arrangements for donations may be made by contacting the Heritage Commission.

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The Heritage Commission meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30PM.

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