Agenda - 02-16-2023 Work Session; 1 - Boards and Commissions – Annual Work Plan Summaries

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27 enhanced revenue while embracing community values. • The HPC's major activities (Local Historic Landmarks, historic resource inventory and mapping and education/public programs) provide support and input for a range of planning and heritage tourism initiatives that help ensure that historic preservation continues to be integrated into the county's planning process to protect historic resources. • The Historic Resources Book will have a significant impact on cultural resource and heritage tourism in the county. The promotion and sales of the new book can be used to highlight our many historic resources, attractions and sites of cultural significance. The timing of this publication will coincide with the approach of the America's 250' celebration, helping to promote our local historic and cultural resources for visitors. Goal Five: Create, preserve, and protect a natural environment that includes clean water, clean air, wildlife, important natural lands and sustainable energy for present and future generations. Priority 15: Complete stewardship and management plans for Lands Legacy. • The HPC has been actively involved in the stabilization and ongoing preservation work of the historic buildings at the County's park sites, with a special focus on Blackwood Farm Park. The collective expertise of HPC members and staff are of great value in helping the County preserve its important historic structures parks and elsewhere. Identify any activities this commission expects to carry out in 2023 as they relate to established BOCC goals and priorities. If applicable, is there a fiscal impact (i.e., funding, staff time, other resources) associated with these proposed activities? • Promote diversity in the Landmark and National Register Programs: The HPC will continue its aggressive effort to recognize more diverse historic resources through the Local Historic Landmark and National Register programs, with special focus on African American sites and other overlooked or threatened historic resources. The HPC seeks to generate at least two new landmark and/or National Register applications per year (No fiscal impact—already budgeted in the Lands Legacy program funding) • Historic Resources Book Project: The HPC plans to complete its historic resources book, in partnership with the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough, to be printed in late 2023. The text is now completed. The Alliance has contracted with a book designer to handle the book production work. The Alliance and the HPC are working together to raise the balance of the funds needed for the printing costs. (No fiscal impact—county share budgeted in past years) • County Historic Marker Program: The HPC formed a subcommittee to explore possible ways to develop a County Historic Marker Program, to create both physical and digital markers modeled on other successful marker programs, to be enhanced with map-driven programs linked to web sites and phone apps (No fiscal current impact during planning stages) • North Carolina Celebration of the USA 250th Anniversary: The HPC will participate in state and local planning efforts to prepare for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in 2025-2026. The HPC will coordinate with other local historic sites and museums. • Increase focus on Archaeological Resources: Our county possesses a wealth of historic and pre-historic archaeological resources that illuminate the history and culture of all our people, from the Indian cultures to our earliest African and European settlers. The HPC will pursue projects to raise public awareness about these significant resources (No fiscal impact) • Old Courthouse Historical and Architectural Research: the HPC will continue its long-range -3 -