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February 15, 2008 | | Jean Carroon, AIA, LEED, to Discuss Sustainable Design and Historic Preservation at Roger Williams University 
The School of Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation presents architect Jean Carroon, of the Boston-based firm Goody Clancy, on Wednesday, February 20, at 6:00 PM in the School of Architecture. The lecture is sponsored by the Historic Preservation Endowed Events Fund. The event is free and open to the public.  Jean Carroon leads Goody Clancy's extensive preservation and renovation practice. She is a LEEDS Accredited Professional and has received national recognition for her special expertise in applying sustainable-design technology to historic buildings. Ms. Carroon is responsible for the design and implementation of high-performance projects for institutional clients such as Havard University, Yale University, the National Park Service, and the General Services Administration.
 Her work is focused on the renovation of significant National Landmark structures. She was the Consulting Principal for Goody Clancy's $45 million exterior restoration of the Massachusetts State House and the Managing Principal for the renovation of H.H. Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston, a project which included the development of a new undercroft space below the church and the installation of six geothermal wells for a heat-pump system. Currently she is working on projects for the University of Michigan, Yale's Hall of Graduate Studies, and Byerly Hall at the Radcliffe Institute. Her achievements in the field of sustainable design for historic buildings led to an invitation to serve on Boston Mayor Menino's Green Building Task Force, as well as a nomination to the U.S. Green Building Council's Board of Directors. She has introduced new courses to the National Preservation Institute, the Boston Society of Architects, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design in order to educate others about the importance of appropriately integrating sustainable design with historic structures. She lectures frequently, and has presented at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, the National Preservation and the National AIA Conferences. In addition, she has shared her knowledge through design charettes conducted in association with the National Park Service. She has also authored various publications including a National Trust Forum article, "Green Design for Historic Buildings." Jean will explore the relationship between historic preservation and sustainable design in a talk entitled "Old Buildings and New Buildings Learn From Each Other". | | Brown University's JNBC hosts workshop on Interpreting Cultural Heritage Telling Your Story: Interpreting Cultural Heritage in Your Community 
Tuesday, February 26, 10:00am to 3:00pm
Amy Webb, Director, National Trust for Historic Preservation's Heritage Tourism Program
John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street, Providence
Making sites and communities come alive for visitors is the focus of this one-day workshop. The workshop will include instruction on how to tell the story of your site or community effectively using creative examples from across the U.S. Participants will learn how to attract and engage visitors and how to choose appropriate interpretive tools such as brochures, driving tours, walking tours, museums, exhibits, audio tours, and tour guides that meet both your needs and your budget. Participants are encouraged to share their own interpretive challenges or successes as part of the workshop.
The Heritage Tourism Program began in 1989 when the National Endowment for the Arts provided a challenge grant to implement the nation's first heritage tourism demonstration program. The cornerstone of the initiative and all subsequent work by the Heritage Tourism Program is facilitating the collaboration among local stakeholders that is necessary for successful and sustainable heritage tourism programs. Through the program, the National Trust for Historic Preservation created a heritage tourism development model using five guiding principles and four basic steps for successful and sustainable heritage tourism programs. These principles have been used by the National Trust and other organizations to develop heritage tourism programs across the country as well as in several locations abroad. For more information visit the Heritage Tourism Program's Web site, or www.culturalheritagetourism.org, a Web site for cultural heritage tourism practitioners managed by the National Trust's Heritage Tourism Program. Download the registration form here For more details visit the JNBC website | | Nominations for National Preservation Awards due March 1, 2008  The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation seek exemplary historic preservation efforts accomplished through federal partnerships with at least one non-federal entity for the combined award presented at the National Trust's annual conference. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2008. View the Nomination Form here. A jury of preservation professionals from the National Trust and the ACHP review nominations, and a winner will be honored in October 2008 at the National Trust's annual preservation conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For more information call Patricia Knoll at 202-606-1385 or pknoll@achp.gov. Past winners include:
2007 - Bureau of Land Management's Anasazi Heritage Center and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument for numerous multi-faceted partnerships that have significantly broadened the scope of preservation and advocacy in the Four Corners region of the United States.
2006 - General Services Administration and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office for the Amy Biehl High School project in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2005 - Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona Site Steward Program for its Arizona-wide project of enlisting volunteers to monitor and protect archaeological sites.
2004 - National Park Service and the Alliance for National Heritage Areas (Homestead, Pennsylvania) for the more than two dozen National Heritage Areas nationwide.
2003 - General Services Administration, along with numerous other federal and state agencies, organizations and companies, for ensuring the protection of Governors Island, New York Harbor.
2002 - An unprecedented collaboration among Navy, Coast Guard, and numerous federal and state agencies, private-sector organizations, corporations and individuals for the discovery, raising, restoration, and interpretation of the Confederate submarine H.L.Hunley off Charleston, South Carolina.
| | Grant Writing Workshop in Cranston on April 8 & 9th  Cranston Public Library and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grant writing workshop in Cranston, April 8-9, 2008. Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. Purchase orders, checks and cards are welcome. Multi-enrollment discounts are available. Tuition payment is not required at the time of enrollment. Tuition is $425 and includes all materials: workbook and accompanying 220MB resource CD that's packed full of tools and more than 200 sample grant proposals. Seating is limited, online reservations are necessary, walk-ins are not allowed.
For more information including venue location and maps, graduate testimonials and instant, online enrollment, please visit http://GrantWritingUSA.com For more information please contact Cathy Rittenhouse, Grant Writing USA, 800.814.8191 or cathy@grantwritingusa.com or Eileen Dyer, Cranston Public Library, 401.943.9080 x119 or eadyer@cranstonlibrary.org | | 23rd Annual Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference Save the Date!  This year's conference will showcase "Preservation Past, Present, and Future" in Providence on Saturday, April 12. Richard Longstreth, Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at George Washington University will deliver the keynote address, "Never Done: New Challenges for the Preservation Field." He will consider Rhode Island's leadership in historic preservation in a national context and forecast what new challenges we face. Topics include understanding and protecting the built environment of the more recent past (since World War II) and the concept of cultural landscape as a means of assessing complex environments and of developing strategies for preservation. Because 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, the day-long conference will feature several sessions and tours that look back to the origins of preservation in Rhode Island, survey the current scene, or envision new directions. The program includes a retrospective on preservation in the 1960s, a lightning round showcase of six victories and six losses from around the state, a tour that takes in Providence's "Greatest Hits" and sorest spots from PPAC to the ruins of the Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse, a panel on Modern architecture, and two conversations about the future of the field. Other sessions will consider topics like preservation tax credit projects, innovative youth programs, and historic landscapes. Tours will also visit industrial sites and recreational facilities along the WoonasquatucketRiver and historic neighborhoods from Elmhurst to Elmwood.  The conference is a great opportunity to learn about new developments and to network with experts in the fields of historic preservation, planning, and neighborhood revitalization. The registration fee is $40, which includes morning coffee and snack, lunch, and the closing reception. For more information about the conference, organized by the RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, please visit their website or contact the Conference Coordinator Janet Balletto at (401)732-1009 or janetballetto@cox.net. Conference programs will be available in early March.
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