VIEW AND DOWNLOAD SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS AND HANDOUTS
Wednesday, January 16
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| Curating a Lone Star State of Mind: Present and Future Directions in the THC’s Curatorial Facilities Certification Program | Bradford M. Jones, Texas Historical Commission |
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| Main Street 101: Orientation for New Main Street Managers and Board Members | Texas Historical Commission staff from the Texas Main Street Program and Town Square Initiative |
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| Elements of Successful Philanthropy: Building a Comprehensive and Sustainable Development Program | Anjali Kaul Zutshi, Friends of the Texas Historical Commission and Angela Reed, Texas Historical Commission |
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| Historic Preservation Officer Basics | Madeline Clites and Lorelei Willett, Texas Historical Commission |
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| Certified Local Government Workshop | Roman McAllen, City of Denton; Amber Rojas, City of Tyler; and Justin Newhart, City of Fort Worth |
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| Historic Tax Credits How-To: Everything You Need to Know About Utilizing Historic Preservation Tax Credits | Caroline Wright, Valerie Magolan, Kylie Woodlock, and Gregory Smith, Texas Historical Commission; Bill Franks, not affiliated; and Amy Miller, City of Elgin |
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| Round Robin Sessions | Staff of the Texas Historical Commission, Texas Department of Transportation, and Texas Heritage Trails Program |
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Opening Keynote and Reception A Journey Through the History of Texas Film |
Charles Ramirez Berg, The University of Texas at Austin |
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Thursday, January 17
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| Breakout 1B: Come Home to Downtown | Dr. Gary Jennings, historic downtown developer; and Douglas Moss, Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture |
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Breakout 1C: Silent No More Expanding the African American Narrative Through Archeology and 19th-Century Public Records |
Shannon Smith and Hal Simon-Hassell, Texas Historical Commission; Samuel Collins, III, Historian |
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Breakout 1D: You’ve Been Here How Long? How the Texas Treasure Business Award Helps Businesses |
Chay Rees Runnels, Stephen F. Austin State University |
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| Breakout 2A: Plaster Restoration in Your Historic Building | Burt Wagner, D&B Lath and Plaster, Inc. and Brit Barr, Texas Historical Commission |
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| Breakout 2C: Funding Opportunities with National Park Service Grants | Cara Bertron, City of Austin |
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| Breakout 2D: Open the Door: Interpreting Historic Churches and Sacred Spaces | Ted Lee Eubanks, Fermata, Inc. |
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| Breakout 2E: Making Places Real and Measuring Success in Public Projects | Therese Huffman, Signature Design |
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| Of the Community, By the Community, For the Community | Nina Simon, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History |
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| Breakout 3A: Maintaining Magnificence: Help in the Form of a Courthouse Maintenance Handbook | Nancy McCoy, FAIA, FAPT, and Nicky DeFreece Emery, AIA, McCoy Collaborative Preservation Architecture |
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| Breakout 3C: Doesn’t it Belong in a Museum? Accessing Archeology for Local Preservation and History | Bradford M. Jones, Texas Historical Commission |
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| Breakout 3D: Creative Placemaking + Arts/Culture Planning | Lynn Osgood, Civic Arts |
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| Breakout 4A: Let’s Keep it Dry: Basement Leak-Prevention and Waterproofing | Jeff Acton, P.E. and Erika Bonfanti, P.E., Acton Partners Consulting |
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| Breakout 4B: Cultural Landscapes: Methods for Heritage Conservation and Community Engagement | Julie McGilvray, Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
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| Breakout 4C: Lost in Interpretation: Telling Undertold Stories at Texas State Historic Sites | Emiliano “Nano” Calderon and Machelle Wood, Texas Historical Commission |
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| Breakout 4D: Public Engagement for Downtown Revitalization | Lynda Humble, City of Bastrop and Chad Patton, Baker Hotel Development Partners |
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Friday, January 18
| TITLE | SPEAKER | DOWNLOAD |
| Dowling Street to Emancipation Avenue: Community Revitalization in Houston’s Third Ward | Curtis Davis, Emancipation Community Development Partnership |
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| Breakout 5B: From Emancipation to Excavation: Stories from Archeological Investigations at Ransom Williams Farmstead | Doug Boyd, Prewitt and Associates, Inc.; Maria Franklin, University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Anthropology; and Deborah Gray, Curriculum Specialist |
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| A Passion for Craft | Brent Hull, Hull Historical |
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