From RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission website:
The 23rd Annual RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference
Saturday, April 12 in Providence's South Side and West End
Preservation Past, Present, and Future
The
year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the Rhode Island Historic
Preservation Act and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation &
Heritage Commission. The 23rd Annual Rhode Island Statewide Historic
Preservation Conference will use the anniversary as a starting point to
explore the past, present, and future of historic preservation in Rhode
Island.
In 1968, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted
legislation that expanded on the 1966 National Historic Preservation
Act. The RI Historical Preservation Commission was established to
direct a staewide preservation program that identifies historic
properties, reviews state and federal projects, and administers funds.
Heritage Programs were added in 1994.
Join the Annual
Conference in Providence to recall past preservation achievements, or
focus on current critical issues, from environmental sustainability to
economic development, affordable housing to heritage tourism. Choose a
historic resource--schools and mills, neighborhoods and villages, farms
and waterfronts, even Modern architecture--and pick up the latest
strategies to guide future practice.
Tour historic
neighborhoods around the Armory, Atwells, Broadway, Elmwood, and West
Elmwood, where homeowners, non-profits, and developers have completed
waves of revitalization and restoration projects. Visit mill rehabs
along the Woonasquatucket River, and sample the city's most exciting
artspaces. Travel through time to sites of "preservation's greatest
hits"--the Arcade, Masonic Temple, Benefit Street--and of its lost
battles--Eagle Square, the Gorham Plant, Wriston Quad.
On
the West Side and throughout Rhode Island, historic preservation is a
dynamic process. Join us on April 12 to explore the past, present, and
future of historic preservation in Rhode Island.
Click here for a 2008 Historic Preservation Awards nomination form, and visit our website in early March to check out the conference program. Questions? Contact Sarah Zurier.