For anyone who might be interested, the Red Oak Strategy Plan from 2002 has been posted to the downloads section of the web site. This plan provided a basis for current Master Plan efforts.
You can also link directly to the plan by clicking here.
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Showing posts with label rehabilitation. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
National Trust grants; applications due Feb. 1
Applications are now being accepted for grants from the National Trust Preservation Fund, the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns, the Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation, and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors. The application deadline for all four programs is February 1, 2012. Guidelines and links to applications can be found at the website below. (Please note: the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns uses the general National Trust Preservation Fund grant application. Grants from the Hart Fund are awarded to projects in communities with populations of 5,000 or less.)
If you have questions about our grant programs, staff in our grants office will be happy to assist you. Any questions can be sent to grants@nthp.org.
http://www.preservationnation.org/forum/newsroom/applications-now-being.html
If you have questions about our grant programs, staff in our grants office will be happy to assist you. Any questions can be sent to grants@nthp.org.
http://www.preservationnation.org/forum/newsroom/applications-now-being.html
NEWS: 118,000 Iowa cultural resources mapped and now on-line
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
600 E. Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 21, 2011
Contact: Jeff Morgan, 515-281-3858
Aerial views, information about 118,000 cultural resources now on-line
Iowa Site Inventory features architectural properties, historic districts and cemeteries
DES MOINES – The Department of Cultural Affairs today announced information about nearly 114,000 historical and architectural properties, 280 National Register districts, and 3,500 cemeteries have been mapped and are now available on-line.
DCA has mapped and uploaded information from its Iowa Site Inventory to I-Sites Public, an online Geographic Information Systems (GIS) site co-hosted by Iowa State University’s GIS Support and Research Facility and the Office of the State Archaeologist in Iowa City. The I-Sites Public web page is at http://ags.gis.iastate.edu/IsitesPublicAccess/.
“This is important because it marks the first time the statewide inventory of Iowa’s cultural resources is available to the public in this format,” DCA Director Mary Tiffany Cownie said. “This means anybody from historic preservationists to archaeologists to the general public can visit this site on-line and research places and properties in Iowa that have historical, archaeological and architectural significance or value.”
The Iowa Site Inventory files contain information about more than 123,000 architectural, historical and National Register-listed properties around the state. Information in each property file varies in scope from a single photograph to a full National Register nomination, newspaper clippings and project reports.
Each property is given a unique site number and basic information about the property is entered into the computerized Iowa Site Inventory database. This searchable information includes location details, property names, historic and current functions, building materials, architect and builder (if known), architectural style and National Register status.
The database also cross-references properties to photographs and 1,900 architectural and historical reports in the State Historic Preservation Office collections.
More information is available by contacting SHPO’s Berry Bennett at berry.bennett@iowa.gov or 515-281-8742.
The principal activities of the Office of the State Archaeologist Geographic Information Services (GIS) include managing the Iowa Site File, which is the master inventory of archaeological sites in Iowa. GIS disseminates information from the Iowa Site File to the professional and avocational archaeological community, as well as to agencies and developers. The Iowa Site File is also used as a data source for research projects on the use of Iowa’s landscape by past cultures.
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.
600 E. Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 21, 2011
Contact: Jeff Morgan, 515-281-3858
Aerial views, information about 118,000 cultural resources now on-line
Iowa Site Inventory features architectural properties, historic districts and cemeteries
DES MOINES – The Department of Cultural Affairs today announced information about nearly 114,000 historical and architectural properties, 280 National Register districts, and 3,500 cemeteries have been mapped and are now available on-line.
DCA has mapped and uploaded information from its Iowa Site Inventory to I-Sites Public, an online Geographic Information Systems (GIS) site co-hosted by Iowa State University’s GIS Support and Research Facility and the Office of the State Archaeologist in Iowa City. The I-Sites Public web page is at http://ags.gis.iastate.edu/IsitesPublicAccess/.
“This is important because it marks the first time the statewide inventory of Iowa’s cultural resources is available to the public in this format,” DCA Director Mary Tiffany Cownie said. “This means anybody from historic preservationists to archaeologists to the general public can visit this site on-line and research places and properties in Iowa that have historical, archaeological and architectural significance or value.”
The Iowa Site Inventory files contain information about more than 123,000 architectural, historical and National Register-listed properties around the state. Information in each property file varies in scope from a single photograph to a full National Register nomination, newspaper clippings and project reports.
Each property is given a unique site number and basic information about the property is entered into the computerized Iowa Site Inventory database. This searchable information includes location details, property names, historic and current functions, building materials, architect and builder (if known), architectural style and National Register status.
The database also cross-references properties to photographs and 1,900 architectural and historical reports in the State Historic Preservation Office collections.
More information is available by contacting SHPO’s Berry Bennett at berry.bennett@iowa.gov or 515-281-8742.
The principal activities of the Office of the State Archaeologist Geographic Information Services (GIS) include managing the Iowa Site File, which is the master inventory of archaeological sites in Iowa. GIS disseminates information from the Iowa Site File to the professional and avocational archaeological community, as well as to agencies and developers. The Iowa Site File is also used as a data source for research projects on the use of Iowa’s landscape by past cultures.
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.
Monday, November 7, 2011
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:
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.
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.
Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service--New Website!
Dear Iowa CLGs and Preservationists,
Please take an opportunity to reacquaint yourselves with the great information available on the redesigned Technical Preservation Services website.
Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, is pleased to announce the launch of our expanded and redesigned website at www.nps.gov/tps . In the new site, you will find:
The new site features expanded information on Sustainability and Historic Preservation, including the recently-published Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Also included are links to research and studies on energy efficiency and historic buildings and to sustainability resources for home owners, historic districts and communities and Federal agencies.
Case studies highlighting successful tax incentives projects and projects that combined historic rehabilitation and green building practices rotate on the home page and in several sections of the site. A Site Map has also been added, at www.nps.gov/about/site-map.htm , to help users navigate the site.
Technical Preservation Services develops historic preservation policy and guidance on preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings, administers the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program for rehabilitating historic buildings, and sets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Be sure to bookmark this website for future reference!
Paula A. Mohr, Ph.D.
State Historic Preservation Office
State Historical Society of Iowa
600 East Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0290
(515) 281-6826 (phone)
(515) 282-0502 (fax)
paula.mohr@iowa.gov
Please take an opportunity to reacquaint yourselves with the great information available on the redesigned Technical Preservation Services website.
Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, is pleased to announce the launch of our expanded and redesigned website at www.nps.gov/tps . In the new site, you will find:
- Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines; information about the historic preservation tax incentives; all of our publications, including the Preservation Briefs and Tech Notes;
- Guidance on meeting the Standards in rehabilitation projects;
- Information on the Historic Surplus Property Program and the Historic Preservation Internship Training program; online training; and much more.
The new site features expanded information on Sustainability and Historic Preservation, including the recently-published Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Also included are links to research and studies on energy efficiency and historic buildings and to sustainability resources for home owners, historic districts and communities and Federal agencies.
Case studies highlighting successful tax incentives projects and projects that combined historic rehabilitation and green building practices rotate on the home page and in several sections of the site. A Site Map has also been added, at www.nps.gov/about/site-map.htm , to help users navigate the site.
Technical Preservation Services develops historic preservation policy and guidance on preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings, administers the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program for rehabilitating historic buildings, and sets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Be sure to bookmark this website for future reference!
Paula A. Mohr, Ph.D.
State Historic Preservation Office
State Historical Society of Iowa
600 East Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0290
(515) 281-6826 (phone)
(515) 282-0502 (fax)
paula.mohr@iowa.gov
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Recap : Redevelopment Public Input Meeting
Approximately 20 downtown property owners, interested citizens of Red Oak, and community leaders attended the fourth of five public input meetings at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 1st at the Green Hills Area Education Agency Victory Conference Center in Downtown Red Oak. Daric O'Neal and Mike Thompson with Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture presented concepts and ideas related to Redevelopment Opportunities in Study Area. Items discussed including parking, second story housing, vacant or empty lots, and vacant buildings. Those in attendance had an opportunity to ask a lot of questions and engage in dialogue related to the subjects.
If you were unable to attend, the presentation can be viewed by clicking here, or it can be found in the "Downloads" section of this web site.
If you were unable to attend, the presentation can be viewed by clicking here, or it can be found in the "Downloads" section of this web site.
Preservation Iowa: Most Endangered Program Deadline
This is a friendly reminder that the postmark deadline for nominations to Preservation Iowa’s Most Endangered Properties program is quickly approaching! The postmark deadline is November 14th! While you may not be aware of any properties that should be or are going to be nominated you may have constituents that do know of properties. Please help get the word out and remind others that the deadline in November 14th.
The nomination forms can be downloaded by going to: http://www.preservationiowa.org/programs/endangered.php.
If there are any questions regarding the process, please contact:
Sheriffa M. Jones
(712) 262-2083
Preservation Iowa, Vice-President
The nomination forms can be downloaded by going to: http://www.preservationiowa.org/programs/endangered.php.
If there are any questions regarding the process, please contact:
Sheriffa M. Jones
(712) 262-2083
Preservation Iowa, Vice-President
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Financial Incentives for Historic Properties Workshop in Council Bluffs
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: PRESERVE COUNCIL BLUFFS TO OFFER PROGRAM ON FINANCING THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES
Contact: President Jim Kieffer, Preserve Council Bluffs (712-256-0923) or JKiefferJr@cox.net
Preserve Council Bluffs (aka Council Bluffs Historic Preservation Alliance) will host a program on financial incentives for the rehabilitation of historic commercial and residential buildings on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7 pm in the first floor meeting room of the Council Bluffs Public Library, 400 Willow Avenue, in downtown Council Bluffs.
Presenter of the program will be Vincent Lintz, president of Preservation Iowa – the statewide nonprofit dedicated to historic preservation which exists to build partnerships that enhance Iowa’s economic and cultural future through the preservation of Iowa’s historic resources. He comes with more than 30 years of experience working with communities promoting affordable housing and economic development on local, state, regional, and national levels.
Mr. Lintz’s responsibilities with Preservation Iowa include implementing the programs and policies of Preservation Iowa with emphasis on the Main Street Development Loan Program; networking with national, state, area agencies, and other organizational partners to further the mission of Preservation Iowa; and guiding the development of additional funding mechanisms for preservation activities throughout Iowa.
The program is for owners of historic buildings that lie within the designated boundaries of historic districts or are independently designated; those considering purchasing or investing in such buildings; realtors; anyone involved in city government, its boards and commissions; attorneys and CPAs; chambers of commerce, and anyone interested in historic preservation.
President Jim Kieffer, who welcomes all who are interested in attending, says: “This program furthers the mission of our organization, which is to promote and preserve the heritage of Council Bluffs through its architecture, sites, and people.”
The program is open to the public. There is no charge for admission.
Re: PRESERVE COUNCIL BLUFFS TO OFFER PROGRAM ON FINANCING THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES
Contact: President Jim Kieffer, Preserve Council Bluffs (712-256-0923) or JKiefferJr@cox.net
Preserve Council Bluffs (aka Council Bluffs Historic Preservation Alliance) will host a program on financial incentives for the rehabilitation of historic commercial and residential buildings on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7 pm in the first floor meeting room of the Council Bluffs Public Library, 400 Willow Avenue, in downtown Council Bluffs.
Presenter of the program will be Vincent Lintz, president of Preservation Iowa – the statewide nonprofit dedicated to historic preservation which exists to build partnerships that enhance Iowa’s economic and cultural future through the preservation of Iowa’s historic resources. He comes with more than 30 years of experience working with communities promoting affordable housing and economic development on local, state, regional, and national levels.
Mr. Lintz’s responsibilities with Preservation Iowa include implementing the programs and policies of Preservation Iowa with emphasis on the Main Street Development Loan Program; networking with national, state, area agencies, and other organizational partners to further the mission of Preservation Iowa; and guiding the development of additional funding mechanisms for preservation activities throughout Iowa.
The program is for owners of historic buildings that lie within the designated boundaries of historic districts or are independently designated; those considering purchasing or investing in such buildings; realtors; anyone involved in city government, its boards and commissions; attorneys and CPAs; chambers of commerce, and anyone interested in historic preservation.
President Jim Kieffer, who welcomes all who are interested in attending, says: “This program furthers the mission of our organization, which is to promote and preserve the heritage of Council Bluffs through its architecture, sites, and people.”
The program is open to the public. There is no charge for admission.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
State Historical Society of Iowa : Historical Preservation
Below is a link to the Historic Preservation Section of the State Historical Society of Iowa's web site. On the left side of their page are additional links to the National Register of Historic Places, Tax Incentives for Rehabilitation, and Local Preservation Programs and Certified Local Governments.
Check it out here.
Check it out here.
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