[OR_Archaeology] HIST PRES TOPICS FOUND THROUGHOUT EXTRAVAGANZA

[Susan White]

PRESERVATION TOPICS FOUND THROUGHOUT EXTRAVAGANZA

Panels, workshops and other activities will keep people with an interest in historic preservation busy April 15-18 at the Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza in Portland.

Among historic preservation topics at the conference are "Being Green Isn't Easy: Balancing Sustainability and Historic Preservation;" Northwest architectural history; dealing with potentially historic, yet recent structures; the Main Street program; and the National Register nomination process. 

Workshops will cover masonry matters and window repair.

Historic preservation tours will also include the Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve, historic Edgefield, and the Columbia Gorge highway. In addition, the Extravaganza coincides with the 11th annual kitchen revival tour sponsored by the Architectural Heritage Center.

The Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza, includes the 2009 Oregon Heritage Conference, the Pacific Northwest History Conference and the annual meetings of the Northwest Archivists and the Northwest Oral History Association.
 
The conference hotel will be the Holiday Inn at the Portland Airport. For reservations made until March 23, the hotel will offer a special Extravaganza/Conference rate for lodging during the event.  To make a reservation, contact 1-800-315-2621 and ask for the Oregon Heritage Conference/Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza rate.

The conference website, which includes complete session information and a registration form, is located at http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml 

Information about the kitchen tour is available at:http://www.visitahc.org/content/kitchen-revival-tour-2009