Council Bluffs Workshop: Researching and Preserving Historic Buildings--Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011

Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
600 E. Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 7, 2011
Contact: Jeff Morgan, 515-281-3858

Fall Speaker Series final presentation moved to Sunday
Presentation at WHTC focuses on researching and preserving historic buildings

The final presentation of the Pottawattamie County Historical Society’s Fall Speaker Series at the Western Historic Trails Center in Council Bluffs has been changed to 2 p.m. Sunday, November 13th. The discussion had been scheduled for Nov. 20, 2011.

“Preservation, Preservation, Preservation” will feature a panel discussion about historic preservation, including historic downtown districts, Haymarket Square, residential areas and the 100 Block of West Broadway.

The panel will include:

• Rose Brown, Council Bluffs Planning and Development Department representing the city’s Preservation Commissiom
• Jim Kieffer, president, Preserve Council Bluffs
• Arlo Burke, president, Main Street Council Bluffs
• Kori Nielsen, executive director, Historic General Dodge House
• Ralph Wright, Pottawattamie County Historical Society

The panel discussion is free and open to the public. Audience participation is encouraged and the discussion will include a question and answer period. WHTC is located at 3434 Richard Downing Avenue in Council Bluffs. Call 712-366-4900 for more information.

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is responsible for developing the state’s interest in the areas of the arts, history and other cultural matters with the advice and assistance from its two divisions: the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Arts Council. DCA preserves, researches, interprets and promotes an awareness and understanding of local, state and regional history and stimulates and encourages the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation in them. It implements tourism-related art and history projects as directed by the General Assembly and designs a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan with the assistance of the Iowa Arts Council to develop the arts in Iowa. More information about DCA is available at www.culturalaffairs.org.

Main Street Iowa

For those who are interested in learning more about Main Street Iowa, they hosted a webinar a while back that shared how the Main Street program works, the Four Points and Eight Principals of the copyrighted program and numerous examples of Main Street at work all across our state. We want to share the following Main Street Approach® WebEx recording with you.    Whether you come from a small town, from the state’s largest city, or from the hundreds of communities with struggling historic commercial districts, Main Street could be the right tool for your district. Feel free to forward this learning opportunity to anyone in your communities interested in learning more about the Main Street Four Point Approach®. To watch the webinar, click here.