Preservation in the News - March 10, 2010
Posted March 10, 2010
News for Tuesday, March 9
03/10/10
Outlet: Many Skies Blog
From March 9 - As we've seen on ACRA-L this week, Richard Moe thinks California SHPO is peachy keen; I am too out-of-date, in terms of working directly with them, to comment meaningfully on how fast stuff is moving through there, but I really doubt t...
Nourishing the soul isn't expendable
Lohmann, Bill 03/10/10
Outlet: Richmond Times-Dispatch
It has brought many talented musicians to public light, some of whom perform along The Crooked Road...which last month was named one of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Budgets are about n...
Endangered Properties
03/10/10
Outlet: Dean Farris Style Blog
In researching the internet and my library for this post, I discovered that Vizcaya and Bonnet House, here in Florida, are on the National Trust for Historic Preservation list "11 Most Endangered in the U.S." - due to encroaching development and the...
H is for Historic Preservation
03/10/10
Outlet: PlannersWeb Blog
The National Trust established a "National Main Street Center" to support local efforts to rehabilitate older commercial areas. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, Main Street programs generated more than $8 billion in physical reinvest...
'Distinctive' Chestnut Hill gets national recognition
03/09/10
Outlet: Metro
Technically, you'll end up in an area voted last month as one of America's "12 most distinctive destinations" by the National Trust for Historic Places, which annually rates the top towns in the country. In a vote on the National Trust's Web sit...
Historic LA County sites receive national preservation grants
03/09/10
Outlet: KPCC-FM
From March 9 - The Washington, D.C.-based National Trust for Historic Preservation announced today the L.A. County recipients of a dozen grants to preserve historic treasures for future generations. The grants range from $2,000 to $10,000. Mos...
P-O has opportunity
03/09/10
Outlet: Centre Daily Times
Not to mention, we are globally promoting heritage tourism in Philipsburg through Gozaic.com. In hearing about the Philipsburg-Osceola school district's building concerns, I started to think about the real issues here. As president of the Phi...
Society seeks money for mansion built by Washington's grandnephew
Belisle, Richard 03/09/10
Outlet: Herald-Mail
McGinnis told the commissioners that Claymont received a $150,000 federal Save America's Treasures grant through the National Park Trust in a 50/50 match. So far, the society has raised about $20,000. Any 190-year-old building, even one that covers...
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