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2 Orange County Museum) to sponsor a photo contest, "Heritage Corridors". (Please see Attachment #1.) Leonard Vogel, a member of the HPC and the North Carolina Society of the American Institute of Building Design (AIBD) arranged for the ~AIBD to donate $300 for prize money. Contest winners were announced in front of the historic courthouse during the April "Last Fridays" event. The winning entries will remain on display in the Museum until June ~1. The HPC has also written an article based on an oral history project that will be published in The Herald Sun on Sunday, May 4, 2008. National Preservation Month also offers an opportunity for Orange County and local partners to reflect on successful efforts to preserve the built environment and associated heritage. The most visible example is the Alexander Dickson House, which serves as the visitor center for the Town of Hillsborough and the headquarters for the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. The logo for the Chapel Hill Visitor Center and the Orange County Economic Development Department features elements of symbolic historic buildings from the three municipalities -Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. Other examples of preservation activity include: • Setting up a booth at the County's first Energy Fair with materials on the green components of preservation; • Emphasizing the importance of designing the new justice facility in a way that respects the historic fabric of downtown Hillsborough, particularly the Greek Revival courthouse attributed to John Berry and known throughout the state as an example of that style; • Conducting a cultural and archaeological survey at the site of the new justice facility and revising the parking layout to protect resources discovered during the survey; • Sponsoring cultural and archaeological surveys of County park sites as part of the master design process, and developing new approaches to share the information from those surveys to the public; • Demonstrating a commitment to historic resource stewardship by recognizing that the existing buildings at County park sites are irreplaceable assets and pursuing the stabilization of those buildings for future use; • Including a chapter on cultural and archaeological resource protection as part of the Natural and Cultural Systems Element of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan; and • Publicizing and promoting the County's Local Landmark program, an honorary designation program for local properties with historic and architectural significance. These examples represent a sample of the County's efforts to promote historic preservation and to use preservation for local economic development and coalition building, demonstrating this year's theme, "This Place Matters". FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial ,impact associated with considering the proclamation. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign designating the month of May as National Historic Preservation Month with the theme, "This Place Matters", and that the Board to extend an invitation to the public to participate in the upcoming events.