Preservation in the News - October 30, 2009

National Trust for Historic Preservation Gives Highest Award to Vincent Scully
10/30/09
Outlet: Yale University

From October 29 - "There is no candidate more worthy of the National Trust's highest honor for lifetime achievement than Professor Vincent Scully," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "He is a hero of mine, as...

House passes bill intended to avert agency closing
Taylor, Andrew 10/30/09
Outlet: Washington Post

From October 29 - The small, but heavily-earmarked Save America's Treasures program is designed to preserve 'irreplaceable' U.S. cultural and heritage resources such as Thomas Edison's lab notes and the bus in which Rosa Parks launched the Birmingham...

Dubuque Main Street presents awards
10/30/09
Outlet: Dubuque Telegraph Herald

The awards were celebrated over dinner with an address from visiting Keynote Speaker Patrice Frye, director of sustainability research for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Dubuque Main Street presented awards and recognition to a...

County Claims Wal-mart Opponents Lack Standing In Court
Boyd, Scott C. 10/30/09
Outlet: Civil War News

From the November issue - The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) were joined by six individuals as plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in Orange County Circuit Court. The Orange County Board...

Save the Wilderness Battlefield
10/30/09
Outlet: LandVoices Blog

Residents of Orange and Spotsylvania Counties joined with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Friends of Wilderness Battlefield today in filing a legal challenge against a proposed big-box development on the Wilderness Battlefield. Th...

Historical society wins grant for house
10/30/09
Outlet: Bay View Compass

The Bay View Historical Society announced Sept. 16 it has been awarded a $3,000 grant by the National Trust for Historic Preservation from the Charles Evans Fund. This seed money is a matching grant to help support the costs of the historic structure...

Laurel one of seven towns to get state and federal help with design of downtown area
Windsor, Tony E. 10/30/09
Outlet: Laurel Star

According to the Main Street program guidelines, "Main Street is a program of economic development whereby communities build on their downtown's unique character and assets including historic (buildings, landmarks, public areas) and natural assets (w...