[HistoricCemeterieslistserv] Workshops, awards dinner next week

Wed Apr 27 15:34:30 PDT 2016

SEPARATE WORKSHOP SIGNUPS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK

Several heritage workshops taking place next week can be attended without paying the full registration fee for the Oregon Heritage Conference that takes place simultaneously. A smaller workshop fee will be charged.

The workshops include:

Advocacy: Local and Beyond, May 4.  Join this interactive and hands-on workshop to help you build public support, identify priority issues and develop strategies to communicate effectively. Public officials and veteran advocates will present their experiences and tips about advocacy. You will leave knowing basic things you can do to be an advocate every day and to balance advocacy with nonprofit status. The workshop includes both morning and afternoon sessions. People may attend one or both portions.

Heritage Tourism: Making Your Organization Part of the Draw, May 4. This interactive workshop will help you identify the opportunities you have and provide real-life examples of success heritage tourism projects.  Representatives from Travel Oregon, Oregon Travel Experience and other organizations will also give information about heritage programs and grants available to communities.

Developer for a Day, May 4.  In this crash course on adaptive re-use, you are going to roll up your sleeves and take a 7,000 square-foot building on a 40,000-square foot lot and envision how to turn it into a micro enterprise ecosystem serving low-income entrepreneurs. And while making this plan, you will learn the basics of redevelopment that every jurisdiction needs to know to leverage their existing historic infrastructure to create stronger towns.

Historic Cemetery Marker Cleaning and Repair Workshop, May 7. Learn how to assess monument condition to prioritize treatment. Then practice marker cleaning, leveling and minor repair.

To register for the workshops, use the Heritage Conference website and registration form<http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/Pages/Conference.aspx>.

EXCELLENCE AWARDS EVENT TICKETS AVAILABLE

A limited number of tickets remain for this year's Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards dinner on May 5 in Salem. The dinner takes place in conjunction with the Oregon Heritage Conference but can be purchased separately.

The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations for outstanding efforts on behalf of Oregon heritage and raise the quality of heritage-oriented activities. Nominations are encouraged for exceptional and meritorious work. Special consideration is given to the development of new ideas, approaches and innovations.

The social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. Order tickets through the Excellence Awards website<http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/Pages/award_info.aspx>.

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