[Heritage] Oregon Heritage Reflects on 2022

INFO Heritage * OPRD Heritage.Info at oprd.oregon.gov
Sat Jan 7 13:04:49 PST 2023 

Oregon Heritage Reflects on 2022
First of all, Happy belated New Year from Oregon Heritage staff!
At the beginning of each year, Oregon Heritage staff takes some time to reflect on the heritage preservation work that was accomplished throughout the previous year. Our primary goal at Oregon Heritage, which includes the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), is to provide the tools, technical assistance, grants, mechanisms, and opportunities to help the awesome on the ground preservation work that all of YOU are doing across the state. We use our Oregon Historic Preservation Plan and Oregon Heritage Plan to help guide that work and provide a path forward.
As always, this list in not exhaustive of all of the work but it provides some highlights and hopefully some inspiration for the new year.
Project Review

  *   296  Archaeology permits were issued and  1234 compliance review letters were issued to help determine if a project will have impacts on properties of historic significance thus protecting these resources.
  *   9 Memorandum of Agreements and 3 Programmatic Agreements were signed allowing partners to complete preservation, education, and documentation projects that address or minimize negative impacts to historic resources while also streamlining processes.
Document

  *   5879 historic sites were documented. Of the 5879 sites, 5646 were archaeology sites which are not available to the general public to view in the database in order to protect cultural resources. 233 were built sites that have been added to the Historic Sites Database<http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/> that the public is able to view. For an update on how the Oregon SHPO continues to improve the historic sites database, visit here<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2022/02/04/oregon-shpo-continues-to-improve-the-historic-sites-database/>.
Designation

  *   Oregon had 16 listings in the National Register of Historic Place including:
     *   Historic Residential Resources of Redmond, Oregon Multiple Property Document (MPD)
     *   Rex Theater & Dallas Cinema, two historic theaters that were recipients of an Oregon Heritage Historic Theater grant, a special pass through grant Oregon Heritage received through a National Park Service grant.
     *   Salem Civic Center Historic District, The district represents the ideals of Salem's community planning and development in the late 1960s/early 1970s and is an important local example of Brutalism architecture.
     *   State Library of Oregon was listed within the New Deal MPD<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2022/12/22/oregon-wpa-era-properties-added-to-national-register/>
     *   Mt Olivet Baptist Church, Golden West Hotel and Dean's Beauty Salon and Barber Shop are all African American Historic Resources that were listed using the groundwork of the African American Resources in Portland MPD.
     *   Sarah Helmick State Park, Oregon's first State Park
  *   Oregon Main Street<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/OMS.aspx> added 8 new connected communities making the network total 100 communities and Klamath Falls became a Nationally accredited Main Street community.
  *   Oregon Main Street piloted a new Rural Regional Main Street structure with the tri-county Oregon Frontier Chamber of Commerce to provide an avenue for very small towns to connect with OMS.
Engagement

  *   Oregon's heritage preservation now have three additional reports to help them illustrate the value of their work: Oregon Main Street Impact Report<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/oms.aspx#five>, What's Up Downtown?<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/TechnicalResources.aspx#Upper_Stories> A Playbook for Activating Oregon's Upper Stories report and tools, Economic Impacts and Value of Oregon's Heritage Organizations and Events & Communication Tool<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/tools.aspx#economicimpact>
  *   Oregon Main Street Hosted first in-person conference since 2019 which included the first Open Door Pitch contest to assist a community in moving forward a project on their workplan that helps their organization or downtown be more inclusive and welcoming
  *   Even though the 2022 Oregon Heritage Conference shifted to virtual, attendees were still able to enjoy two awesome plenary speakers and had a blast with the variety of virtual networking opportunities. If you want to start this year inspired, be sure to check out Willie Richardson's Plenary speech here<https://youtu.be/fp4i10_H49s>.
  *   The Oregon Heritage Commission, the State Advisory Committee on Historic Presentation, and the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries all shifted to hybrid meetings. To see upcoming commission and committee meetings visit www.oregonheritage.org<http://www.oregonheritage.org> and scroll down to the calendar widget.
  *   Northwest Digital Heritage<https://nwdh.dp.la/> launched a new interface to increase search results related to northwest history and collections by topics such as the Vanport Flood, Women's Suffrage, Japanese American Oral Histories, and more.
  *   The Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog had the highest number of views in 2022! You probably saw the list of top five most viewed blog posts in 2022 in the last edition of the news. But speaking of engagement, check out this blog<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/archaeology-at-the-willamette-heritage-center-and-willamette-university/> on a project that engaged faculty and students at Willamette University and feature some great partnership work in preservation.
Preserve

  *   2 federal tax projects completed
  *   As part of the Northwest Digital Heritage<https://www.northwestdigitalheritage.org/> initiative, digitization kits were piloted. Three scanner kits and three camera kits will be available in 2023 to be reserved by heritage organization to digitize their collections.
  *   Second approved permit was issued for work in the Camp Polk historic Cemetery
  *   Oregon Heritage was able to award a total of $5,433,322 through the following grant programs:
     *   Oregon Main Street grant program awarded $5,000,000 to 28 projects in Main Street communities for building projects that encourage economic revitalization. (check out this blog<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2022/02/15/refreshing-a-block-of-buildings-in-downtown-stayton/> for a past recipient of this grant)
     *   Historic Cemeteries grant program awarded $63,700 to 19 historic cemetery projects.
     *   Oregon Museum grant program awarded $75,722 to 12 museums throughout the state (check out examples of museum grant projects here<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/tag/museum-grant/>)
     *   20 grants totaling $293,900 were awarded for historic properties and archaeology projects. Six of the grants were awarded in the Diamonds in the Rough category (see some examples of projects here<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/tag/diamonds-in-the-rough/>). This grant funds façade enhancements that restore the historic character of the property. The other 14 grants were in the Preserving Oregon category for properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places and for archaeology projects.
  *   The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office embarked on gathering public input for the next Oregon Historic Preservation Plan<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/tools.aspx#2024presplan>. Keep your eyes out for the draft in 2023 and be sure to comment on it.
  *   The Oregon Heritage Commission began outreach for the three year evaluation of the 2020-2025 Oregon Heritage Plan<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/2020_Oregon_Heritage_Plan.pdf>. Thank you to all those participating!
Celebrate

  *   Awarded 12 Excellence on Main Awards<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/awards.aspx> including the first Open Door Award which was awarded to Lebanon's Family Pride Day<https://youtu.be/NbDndO-7vkY>
  *   Awarded 3 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/awards.aspx> and recognized 18 Standout Heritage Volunteers<https://youtu.be/h31W8wYxnyM> across the state
  *   At least two Oregon projects were recognized nationally:
     *   The Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project was an American Association for State and Local History Leadership in History Award winner. (see a video of the project here<https://youtu.be/Urw4LYYoBO8>). AASLH is currently accepting nominations for this award now so check it out<https://aaslh.org/programs/leadership-in-history-awards/> and feel free to connect with katie.henry at oprd.oregon.gov<mailto:katie.henry at oprd.oregon.gov> if you want discuss a potential nomination.
     *   Salem Historic Landmarks Commission received an National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Award for best practices protection.
Geez, that is A LOT of awesome work across the state. Hopefully all of you took some time the past week to celebrate the successes of your organizations and the work you have accomplished.
Before we forget, save the date April 27-28 for the 2023 Virtual Summit: Investing in Your Volunteers: Engage, Sustain, Value to help you build you build your volunteer base back up.
Again, happy new year and we look forward to working with all of you in 2023 to get even more preservation work done!

As always, you can find information on our website about programs mentioned above at www.oregonheritage.org<http://www.oregonheritage.org>.


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