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5/16/2006
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Minutes - 20060516
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\Board of County Commissioners\Minutes - Approved\2000's\2006
Proclamation - National Historic Preservation Month
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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 16, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ _q <br />SUBJECT: National Historic Preservation Month <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource <br />Conservation <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Resolution <br />2) Press Release from National Tnrst <br />President Richard Moe on National <br />Preservation Month <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dave Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Tina Moon, 245-2583 <br />Cathleen Turner, 732-7741 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim May as National Historic Preservation Month, <br />BACKGROUND: For years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has proclaimed a <br />single week in May as National Historic Preservation Week. Last year, the Trust extended the <br />program to include the entire month, On May 1, 2006, Richard Moe, President of the National <br />Trust for Historic Preservation launched the second annual National Preservation Month with <br />the theme, "Sustain America -Vision, Economics, and Preservation," (See Attachment #2 for <br />press release.) <br />National Preservation Month offers an opportunity for Orange County and local partners to <br />reflect on efforts to preserve the built environment and associated heritage, Historic <br />Preservation has contributed to the County's local economic development, The most visible <br />example is the Alexander Dickson House, which serves as the visitor center for the Town of <br />Hillsborough and the headquarters far the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. The new logo for <br />the Chapel Hill visitor center and the Orange County Economic Development Commission <br />features elements of symbolic historic buildings from the three municipalities -Chapel Hill, <br />Carrboro and Hillsborough. <br />Other examples of preservation activity, less visible perhaps but no less important, include: <br />• Emphasizing the importance of designing the new justice facility in a way that respects <br />the historic fabric of downtown Hillsborough, particularly the Greek Revival courthouse <br />attributed to John Berry and known throughout the state as an example of that style; <br />• Establishing the Quick Response Team, a partnership between the Historic Preservation <br />Commission (ERCD) and the Building Inspections Division (Planning & Inspections) to <br />document buildings 50 years or older before approving a demolition permit (Orange <br />County is likely the first county in the state to create such as program,); <br />
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