HISTORIC
VERMONT
An
On-line News Journal about the Preservation of Vermont’s
Historic Architecture and Landscape
Number
42, March 2006
In This
Issue....
News
from the Preservation Trust
- 2006
Annual Historic Preservation Conference: June 9
- Preservation
Grants Awarded
- Leahy
Secures $750,000 To Restore And Preserve Historic Vermont
Buildings
- River
Arts and the Morrisville Grange
- Vermont's
11-Most Designation Update
- The Great
Travel Raffle 2006
- Make a
Contribution Today
Vermont
News
- Big
Box Developers Would Have to Fund Impact Studies
- Vermont
Communities Receive Preserve America Grants
- National
Register News
- Kellogg-Hubbard
Library Wins Support on Town Meeting Day
National
News
- Lobby Day
2006 a Big Success!
- New Urban
and Historic Parks Website
Commentary
- Making
the Right Choice by Meg Campbell
- Vermont
Gathering Places
- Vermont
Directory of Foundations, 2006 Edition, Now Available
- PreservationOnline.org
E-Newsletter
- Applications
Available for VCRD’s Creative Communities Program
- Save
America's Treasures
Education,
Training & Employment Opportunities
- 2006
Preservation Retreats at the Grand Isle Lake House
- Shared
Field Service Representative Job Opening
NEWS
FROM THE PRESERVATION TRUST
2006 Annual Historic
Preservation Conference
Heritage So Rich, 1966-2006: Celebrating 40 Years of Preservation
This year's annual historic preservation conference will
take place on Friday June 9th in St. Albans, Vermont.
More details to follow soon!
Preservation Grants Awarded
Since 1994 the Freeman Foundation and the Preservation Trust of
Vermont have had a partnership to support preservation
projects. Over $8 million in grants have been awarded to
help more than 323 projects in
communities throughout the state. These grants have played a key
role in over $90 million
in total rehabilitation work. The last two rounds of grants
include:
Wilder Block, Brattleboro:
$40,000: In December
2004, the Wilder Block in downtown Brattleboro suffered a
devastating fire. The Preservation Trust, local officials, and
other interested parties responded quickly and devised a plan to
rescue the building. The Brattleboro Area Community Land Trust
agreed to take on the task of coordinating the $2.5 million
rehabilitation of the landmark building. When complete, the
building will house eight units of affordable housing, six
office/studio units, and two ground floor commercial spaces.
This grant will enable them to fully restore the façade of the
building.
Colodny Building, White River
Junction, $15,000:
The 1929 Moderne Style Colodny block, owned by the
Vermont Housing Authority, houses the Center for Cartoon
Studies, plus eight units for elderly tenants on the upper two
floors. This downtown retail landmark had been vacant
since the mid-1980s, when the Housing Authority rescued the
building. The Center has been rehabilitating the main floor and
basement for classrooms, studios, production lab, and a
gallery. They welcomed their first class in September
2005. CCS is now raising funds to restore the storefront. A
grant of $15,000 will allow them to uncover and restore a
boarded-over glass transom that was designed to maximize light
directed into the store interior. The project includes repairing
the masonry surrounding that holds the window in place, and
installing a new awning.
Worcester White School, $25,000: The Worcester
Historical Society is working hard to restore their two-story,
1892 Queen Anne-style, White School. This past year, they
listed the property on the National Register of Historic Places,
hosted story-telling events, and hosted with the Grange a
community dinner that raised $1,000. This small community
of 500 is very involved in the project, including the 4th
graders, who created a PowerPoint presentation on the history of
the building. They have raised a total of $12,000. This
grant will allow them to fix the leaking roof, begin window
restoration, and paint the building.
United Methodist Church, Middlesex, $20,000: This
side-tower Gothic-style church enters its centennial year in
January 2006. Over the past ten years, the congregation
has been working hard to raise over $100,000 to build an
addition to house a meeting room and handicap accessible
entrance. Construction began this past summer and is now
nearly complete. As part of the capital project, the
church is also addressing maintenance needs for the historic
building. They have already replaced half of the
roof. This grant will help fund repairs on the other half
of the roof, repair flashing and woodwork on the bell tower,
conserve windows, repair the paneled front doors, rebuild the
chimney, and paint the building.
Old Stone Church, North Bennington, $30,000:
Constructed in 1834, this vernacular Greek Revival building
features a prominent neo-classical portico, three-stage tower,
and Gothic-arched sanctuary windows with art glass panels. The
Old Stone Church is a Bennington landmark but has been without
regular use and at risk for over a decade. A new congregation
has acquired the building and is working toward its restoration.
In 2005, the congregation undertook repairs to the parsonage and
began planning the rehabilitation of the church building. During
the 2006 season, the congregation will make foundation repairs
to the portico, repair the slate roof, augment the sanctuary
floor frame, replace walks and steps, improve site drainage,
conserve windows, doors, and sanctuary finishes, and add an
accessible restroom. This grant will help cover the cost
of professional construction oversight, expert training in
each of the trades, and construction materials.
Leahy
Secures $750,000 To Restore And Preserve Historic Vermont
Buildings
Sen. Patrick Leahy announced recently that he has secured
nearly $750,000 in federal funds for use in partnership with the
Preservation Trust of Vermont to help preserve historic buildings
throughout
Vermont
. The funding will be granted to help Rochester, Ferrisburgh,
Richford, Pawlet, Bradford, Sudbury, West Rutland, Worcester and
Groton renovate and restore historic buildings in their village
centers, including town halls, meeting houses, libraries and a
mill.
Leahy partnered
with the Preservation Trust of Vermont to create the Village
Revitalization Fund, which allows
Vermont
’s small communities access to federal funds that would
otherwise be unavailable to relatively small, community-based
projects. Last year Leahy included a similar grant for the
Preservation Trust of Vermont for $600,000. To date, Leahy
has secured $1.35 million for the Village Revitalization Fund.
The
following projects will receive funding under Leahy’s provision:
-
$100,000:
Rochester Pierce Hall
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$100,000:
Ferrisburgh Grange Hall
-
$100,000:
Richford
Sweat-Cummings
Building
-
$75,000:
Pawlet
Town Hall
-
$75,000:
Bradford
Library
-
$75,000:
Sudbury
Meeting House
-
$75,000:
West Rutland
Vermont
Carving Studio
-
$50,000:
Worcester
Town Hall
-
$54,900:
Groton
Village
Restoration
River Arts and the
Morrisville Grange
Each year the Field Service staff work with over 150
historic preservation projects. Most projects take several
years from start to finish. All of the projects involve very
special people working to make their community a better
place. River Arts efforts to save Morrisville's Grange
building is a case in point.
In 2004, we received a call from a Morrisville Grange member with
a familiar story of dwindling membership and a building that
needed work. The Grange owned an 1847 Greek Revival style
academy building in Morrisville historically known as the poor
People's Academy (to distinguish it from academies for the
affluent with tuition, room, and board).
Typical of building projects, we developed a road map for the
building with the help of a $250 Robert Sincerbeaux Fund matching
grant to hire a preservation architect to do a condition
assessment that laid out priorities and costs. The Town provided
the match. Heidi Krantz, the Downtown Coordinator and new
Preservation Trust Board Member, convened a meeting with members
of the Grange, town officials, members of the neighboring VFW, and
representatives from River Arts--a non-profit organization of
community volunteers and teaching artists who offer arts programs
in Morrisville.
That meeting eventually led to a remarkable solution. River
Arts agreed to buy the building from the Grange for half of its
appraised value. In return, they agreed to make the building
available to the Grange for monthly meetings. The State
Grange will use the proceeds to support other chapters across the
state. River Arts is working to raise $780,000 to
rehabilitate the building, making it fully accessible, and to
build an endowment. They are midway in their capital campaign and
have received grant support from the Vermont Housing and
Conservation Board, the A.H. Copley Foundation, the Preservation
Trust of Vermont in partnership with the Freeman Foundation; a
Cultural Facilities Grant; Downs, Rachilin & Martin; and the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
For more information about this project, please visit the River
Arts web site http://www.riverartsvt.org
or contact President Joanne Harrison at 888-1261 or joanne@riverartsvt.org.
Vermont's 11-Most
Designation Update
In 2004, the National Trust for Historic Preservation
named Vermont one of 11-Most Endangered Historic Places because of
the threat of mega big boxes and Wal-Mart's desire to build seven
new 150,000 square foot stores around the state.
The Preservation Trust has been
at the forefront of those battles along with members of the Smart
Growth Collaborative including the Vermont Natural Resources
Council, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Vermont Forum on
Sprawl. Here's an update on two of those battles:
On January 12, the Northwest
Regional Planning Commission's (NRPC) Policy and Project Review
Committee issued a report stating that the proposed 160,000 sq.
ft. St. Albans Wal-Mart does not conform to the regional plan.
If NRPC's board agrees, Wal-Mart's Act 250 state land use permit
could be in jeopardy. Developers are hoping to build the
Wal-Mart on a 108-acre tract at the north end of town. The
project received local Development Review Board approval last
June. One fear was that Wal-Mart would attract other big
boxes. Before permits have even been secured, that
prediction came true with a Lowe's application to build a big
box store.
In Bennington, on January 17,
the Development Review Board approved with conditions an
application to expand Wal-Mart's store in Monument Plaza to
112,000-square-feet, more than twice the size of the current
one. With the support of the Preservation Trust of Vermont
and VNRC, the Citizens for a Greater Bennington are appealing
the local decision. The project still needs a State Act
250 permit.
The Great Travel
Raffle 2006
The Preservation Trust's annual Travel Raffle has now
become a tradition!
For $100, your name will be put
into a drawing to receive an all-expense paid National Trust for
Historic Preservation Study Tour or $10,000 in cash.
Runner-up prizes include a $250
gift certificate to the Inn at Shelburne Farms; a trio of limited
edition prints of Bellows Falls, Bennington, and St. Albans
inspired by early 20th century travel art by Vermont Artist
Charlie Hunter; tickets for two to the August 1, 2006 Vermont
Mozart Festival concert at the Grand Isle Lake House including
dinner and overnight; tickets for two to the August 16, 2006 Music
and Dance Event at the Grand Isle Lake House including dinner and
overnight.
The drawing will take place
Friday evening June 9th at the reception following our annual
statewide Historic Preservation Conference in St. Albans.
To purchase a ticket, contact meg@ptvermont.org
or call (802) 442-8951.
Make
a Contribution Today
The Preservation Trust was
founded to assist the on-going effort to help save and use
Vermont's rich collection of historic architectural, cultural, and
community resources.
To accomplish this critical goal, the Preservation Trust provides
technical assistance to communities and groups, provides financial
support to local preservation projects in partnership with a
variety of funders, undertakes local and statewide education and
recognition programs, and works with partners to pass legislation
and galvanize local advocacy to strengthen Vermont's downtowns and
village centers.
You can now make a contribution to the Preservation Trust through
our secure website. Please visit our website and make your
contribution today: http://www.ptvermont.org/how_i_can_help.htm
Your contribution
will be used to support our work throughout Vermont.
VERMONT
NEWS
Big
Box Developers Would Have to Fund Impact Studies
By Louis
Porter Vermont Press Bureau
Developers of very large retail stores would be required to pay
for independent local-impact studies under a bill that won
preliminary approval Thursday, March 16th by a wide margin in the
Senate.
The studies would examine issues such as whether cities and towns
would likely spend more to provide municipal services than would
be covered by increased property taxes, said Sen. Vincent Illuzzi,
R-Essex/Orleans, a key supporter of the legislation.
Developers who want to build stores larger than 75,000 square feet
first would have to fund such studies, which would be done by a
consultant selected by the town.
To read the Full article in the
Rutland Herald, please visit: http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS/603170328/1004
Vermont
Communities Receive Preserve America Grants
In a ceremony held on Capitol Hill on March 9, Mrs. Laura
Bush, First Lady of the United States and Honorary Chair of Preserve
America, announced the first round of Preserve America
Grants totaling nearly $3.5 million and acknowledged a number of
new Preserve America Communities, including the first
five Preserve America Community Neighborhood
designations.
Three communities in
Vermont were among the grant recipients. They are:
Barre City
Downtown Marketing Program
Barre, VT
Funded at $22,410
The grant will be used to develop marketing materials to promote
Barre’s historic downtown, arts, and cultural attractions.
Estey
Organ Factory Heritage Tourism Master Plan
Town of Brattleboro, VT
Funded at $32,500
The grant will create a master plan for the rehabilitation and
adaptive reuse as a heritage tourism destination, the south-east
portion of the former Estey Organ factory complex, and a history
museum focused primarily on the national industrial heritage of
the Estey Organ Company as its central attraction.
Destination Historic
Poultney
Town of Poultney, VT
Funded at $25,000
Funds will be used to develop a brochure to be available
through State and regional tourism offices, lodging, and
retail establishment in the area that will focus on the town’s
historic resources. Develop Web-based resources focusing on
Poultney’s history, museums, historic buildings, and sites.
Produce a walking tour CD of Poultney’s downtown historic
district and the East Poultney historic district. Develop a
history exhibit for the new Visitors Center.
For more information
about the Preserve America program, visit: http://www.preserveamerica.gov/
National
Register News
The National Park Service has recently listed the following
Vermont properties on the National Register of Historic Places:
Gould’s Mill Bridge,
Springfield
This single span,
steel, Baltimore through truss bridge built by Boston Bridge
Works in 1929 and has ten 16 foot panels that create a160 foot
span over the Black River. It is 26 feet 6 inches wide and is
currently closed to traffic but will be rehabbed for continued
highway use as well as a bike path. The bridge originally had
a dual function; the easterly half used by the Springfield
Terminal Railway Company-an electrified urban railroad
important to the town’s industrial development, and a
standard one lane highway. The bridge has a skewed alignment
to accommodate the railroad. The bridge was built as a result
of the destruction of the 1927 flood and illustrates many of
the innovations and characteristics typical of bridges of this
era. Baltimore trusses are rare in Vermont, a few continue to
serve Vermont’s rail systems and only two remain on the
state’s highway network. The bridge was nominated under the
Metal Truss, Masonry, and Concrete Bridges in Vermont MPDF and
meets the Registration Requirements for metal truss bridges.
Camp Billings, Thetford
First opened in 1907, this children’s camp is located on
the north end of Lake Fairlee. The camp embodies the nationwide
YMCA camp movement that focused on child development and
represents a period when Vermont’s children’s camping
movement was at its developmental peak. It consists of 32
buildings constructed in a traditional rustic style between 1904
and 1954. 19 buildings are contributing and 13 are
noncontributing. The buildings include several structures that
were originally private camps, as well as a many structures
specifically built for camp use. The buildings reflect
architectural styles that were popular during the early to mid
20th century for children's summer camps and private
cottages-the Queen Anne, Bungalow and Adirondack Rustic styles.
Unique to this camp is a c. 1921, 40 foot high, shingled,
Bungalow style clock tower with a flared base located on the
camp’s central green. The camp was nominated under the
Organized Summer Camping in Vermont MPDF.
Bridge 27 (Lover’s Lane
Bridge), Berlin
This single span, steel
Warren pony truss bridge was built in 1918. The 17 foot, 6 inch
wide bridge has an 85 foot span carrying Lover’s Lane over the
Dog River and continues to carry traffic. The bridge is an
excellent example of a truss type that had become common by 1900
and remained popular after World War I, especially in locations
with wide spans such as this. Its moderate width is reflective
of a transitional period of bridge construction during the years
just prior to the onslaught of automobiles in Vermont. The
bridge was nominated under the Metal Truss,, Masonry, and
Concrete Bridges in Vermont MPDF and meets the Registration
Requirements for metal truss bridges.
District 6 Schoolhouse, Lyndon
Center
This building, built in
1857, served as a one-room schoolhouse until 1900. From that
time until its recent restoration, it was used as a garage to
store cemetery maintenance equipment. The one story,
clapboarded, gable front building with double front entries,
sits on a stone foundation and is embellished with Greek Revival
features such as a molded cornice with returns, corner
pilasters, and 6/6 windows. Recently restored both inside and
out by the local historical society, the school was nominated
under the Educational Resources of Vermont MPDF.
Lucy Ruggles House, Burlington
This building is
located on South Prospect Street, two blocks south of the
University of Vermont green. It is a c. 1857 Italianate style, 2
½ story gable roofed brick house with a large, 3 story
rectangular mansard roofed tower and two rear ells. An
associated c. 1940, 1 ½ story, two bay, gambrel roofed, wood
frame detached garage is included on the site. The house is
embellished with paired cornice brackets, bay windows, windows
with arched heads, and highly decorative porches. The center ell
was built c. 1820 and its original fireplace with beehive ovens
and 6/6 windows remain. The main block retains striking interior
woodwork, changes that reflect the property’s ownership from
1868-1878 by Mial Davis, a wealthy Burlington lumber baron. The
home served as a single family residence for 70 years before its
purchase in 1927 by Dr. Carl Robinson who kept an office and 24
bed sanitarium there. In 1935 he developed the rear portion of
the property into Robinson Parkway, a neighborhood of
residential homes. He sold the house to the Ruggles Foundation
in 1930 and it was opened in 1932 as a home for retired women
teachers. The building served as a retirement home until
recently renovated, using the RITC, for use as elderly housing.
215 School Street, Shoreham
Located just south of
the Shoreham Common, this small, c. 1795 Federal style Cape Cod
house includes a 1 1/2 story, 5 X 2 bay, eaves front, wood frame
main block with an early 19th century single story
wing. The house retains its original form and massing, and a
floor plan from the first half of the 19th century
after the removal of its original center chimney. Many historic
finishes remain including plaster, interior doors, both molded
and flat door and window surrounds, horizontally oriented beaded
wide board wainscoting in one room, vertical boarding on some
walls, and wide board flooring. The building is associated with
Job Lane Howe, a noted house wright working at the turn of the
19th century in the Shoreham area. He built a number
of high style Federal houses and the c. 1800 Shoreham
Congregational Meeting House, which is no longer standing. The
house was owned by the locally prominent Bush family for one
hundred years. The building was rehabbed using the RITC and is
now rental housing.
National Clothespin Factory,
Montpelier
This c. 1918,
three story, flat roofed, rectangular, wood frame factory
building, with prominent elevator shaft, is located along the
Winooski River and railroad tracks in a traditionally industrial
section of Montpelier. The building is an excellent example of
small, family run factories that were significant in the
development of the city and region. It is the last remaining
clothespin factory in the United States, an industry that
traditionally was focused in the northeast where wood and water
power were abundant. The building’s simplicity, rectangular
plan, multiple large windows, and open floor plan is
representative of early 20th century New England
industrial buildings where raw materials entered one end of the
building and moved through the building from one floor to
another, with the finished product exiting at the other end of
the rectangular structure. The building is being rehabbed using
the RITC and will become artists studios.
Spaulding Bridge, Cavendish
This single span, pin
connected, Parker pony truss built in 1905, crosses the Black
River. It spans 98 feet, 6 inches, is 16 feet, four inches wide
and continues to carry traffic. The bridge is a rare example of
a pin connected design-fewer than 6 remain standing in the
state. It is an outstanding example of a small category of metal
truss bridges purchased and erected by towns before Vermont’s
legislature authorized state aid for local bridge projects in
1912 and before state engineers began influencing the design of
local bridges after federal aid became available in 1916. This
bridge is typical of the designs towns purchased directly from
manufacturing firms prior to 1916. The was nominated under the
Metal Truss, Masonry, and Concrete Bridges in Vermont MPDF and
meets the Registration Requirements for metal truss bridges.
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
Wins Support on Town Meeting Day
The Kellogg-Hubbard Library asked voters in Montpelier to
increase their support for the library on Town Meeting Day. In
2005, the voters approved $99,600 and the library petitioned for
an additional $96,000 in 2006. The library’s ballot item passed
with support of 60% of the voters and the popular library was also
successful in the five other communities in its service area.
The Kellogg-Hubbard Library was
built in 1895 and it is an impressive presence in Montpelier’s
downtown. The building is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. The library received a Better Communities grant
from the Preservation Trust and the Burlington Free Press in
2000. Since an addition was completed in 2001, circulation
at the library has increase over 50% and it has the second highest
circulation of public libraries in Vermont. Strong demand for
library services has created a "problem of success,"
which necessitated the increased request to voters.
Kellogg-Hubbard is a gracious
building, filled for constant activity. Visit http://www.kellogghubbard.lib.vt.us/
for more information and library hours.
NATIONAL
NEWS
Lobby Day 2006 a
Big Success!
The
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Offices and
Preservation Action held their annual meetings on March 12-14, and
held their annual Lobby Day on Capitol Hill with the National
Trust, NATHPO and the National Alliance of Preservation
Commissions to make Congress aware of and garner support for
historic preservation's policy agenda. This was an "off
year" for the National Trust, with meant Trust Advisors, as
well as Statewide and Local Partners, held meetings in their
regions in lieu of coming to DC as they did last year to
lobby. For those who did participate, Hill visits were made
to congressional delegations in support of issues such as historic
rehab tax credit amendments, a new authorization for the Advisory
Council and Historic Preservation Fund, and full funding for the
Save America's Treasure's (SAT) program.
http://www.nationaltrust.org/advocate_better_policies/PPWB03172006_final.pdf
New
Urban and Historic Parks Website
The
City Parks Alliance and the National Association for Olmsted Parks
have launched a new website to share experiences and lessons
learned and provide a network for those interested in urban and
historic parks.
http://www.parkspractices.org
http://www.cityparksalliance.org/
http://www.olmsted.org/
COMMENTARY
Making
the Right Choice
by Meg Campbell
Wal-Mart's
distinctive blue sign, with a star in the midst of its name,
has become the most recognizable emblem of discount consumer
goods in America. Its low prices and the breadth of
merchandise have attracted shoppers in hundreds of American
communities. Unfortunately, what shoppers don't see are the
many ways these stores actually cost the community money -
demonstrably, more money than is saved through the stores'
discount prices.
Bennington has had a Wal-Mart
since 1995, a small one by the company's standards (52,000
square feet) but a size that represents a good compromise:
Consumers have had access to the merchandise and prices that
have made Wal-Mart famous, but the community has not had to
endure the costs and impacts that the larger stores present.
Now, however, Wal-Mart
proposes to double in size, and those impacts will be
substantial.
While the project has sparked
a healthy and constructive dialogue in our community - what do
we want for our town, and how can residents' consumer needs
best be met - the formal process for reviewing and
conditioning the proposal has not provided for a full airing
of the issues.
We are only going to get one
chance to do this right. It is our obligation - to ourselves,
our neighbors, our children and their future - to make sure
that if there is a larger Wal-Mart, it is the right size for
our community, it fully pays its own way and integrates
successfully with our existing commercial sector. If it
doesn't, the effect could be a cumulative loss of jobs, a
depressed standard of wages and workers' benefits, lower
property tax revenues and loss of character that makes
Bennington Bennington.
Above all, the development
could end up imposing costs upon Bennington's taxpayers that
would more than erase the increased taxes generated by the
project.
Last April, voters overturned
a bylaw that had been adopted, after careful study and
consideration, by the Planning Commission and Select Board,
revealing that they do not want a size cap on new retail
development. (The campaign against the bylaw was funded almost
entirely from Wal-Mart promotional money.) Later, the Select
Board passed - unanimously and unchallenged - a requirement
that all applicants seeking to develop more than 50,000 square
feet of retail space must complete a community impact study,
which will provide critical information to evaluate future
proposals.
However, BLS of Bennington
submitted its plans for a 112,000-square-foot Wal-Mart after
the size cap was defeated but before the community-impact
evaluation was required. Therefore, this proposal - which is
really what the community conversation about large retail
development has been all about - is in danger of sliding
through without the public scrutiny it deserves.
We can't let that happen.
Take a look at what happened up north in Williston after a
114,000-square-foot Wal-Mart (almost precisely the size of the
store proposed for Bennington) was approved by local officials
in the late 1990s. The company agreed to pay the costs of a
scaled-down traffic mitigation plan, but those road
improvements proved to be vastly inadequate. Taxpayers are
paying for the rest of the needed roadwork. As development
continued, Williston's crime has increased, as have traffic
accidents. A community once served by a single constable now
supports 11 police officers. Town services have grown
exponentially, to the point where Williston had to impose a 1
percent local sales tax to meet the burdens generated by the
development at Tafts Corners (See www.vermontwalmartwatch.org).
Citizens for a Greater
Bennington has been participating in the Wal-Mart application
process not because we want to prevent Wal-Mart from having a
store here, but to urge, and assist, the Development Review
Board to be thorough and thoughtful as it considers the
proposal. We are now appealing because we believe the proposal
deserves a complete review. We care about our town. We care
about our merchants and wage-earners, our taxpayers and our
children.
Let's be certain to make the
right choice. This is our only chance.
PUBLICATIONS
& RESOURCES
Vermont Gathering Places
In celebration of Preservation Trust of Vermont’s 25th
Anniversary, Peter Miller has produced an exquisite photography
and essay book entitled Vermont Gathering Places.
The book includes over one hundred images of gathering places in
communities around Vermont, including village stores, post
offices, local restaurants, libraries, churches, art centers,
community halls and Main Streets. Many of these places have been
directly supported by Preservation Trust grants.
The book is the third in a Vermont Trilogy by the author and
photographer. His first two books, Vermont People and Vermont
Farm Women, are recognized as state classics and have won
three national awards.
"Vermont Gathering Places is about where Vermonters
meet," said the author, "from town meetings to country
stores, fairs, church suppers and farmer’s markets. It is a
book about community and the personal interactions that are so
important to Vermont, and make our state unique."
Miller photographed and reported on gathering places in every
Vermont county. Two of the largest chapters are on country
stores and town festivals and parades. Vermont Gathering
Places is available in Vermont bookshops, through the
Preservation Trust of Vermont (802-658-6647) or can be ordered
through the secure site www.silverprintpress.com
Vermont
Directory of Foundations, 2006 Edition, Now Available
All
updated, many new listings, with notes and guidance from the
foundations themselves.
To
purchase a copy, please send $50 includes postage and handling
to CPG Enterprises, Inc., PO Box 199, Shaftsbury, VT
05262.
You can download an order form
at www.cpgfundraising.com,
and send it with your check or simply send a check with your
name, organization name and address on a separate sheet.
Please include 6% tax if you are not a tax exempt
nonprofit! Sorry, no credit cards accepted.
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Applications
Available for VCRD’s Creative Communities Program
The next deadline for applying to the Creative
Communities Program at the Vermont Council on Rural Development
(VCRD) is Friday, April 21st. Participants receive
technical assistance for strategic planning around their
community’s creative economy. Applications are available
online at http://www.sover.net/~vcrd.
In 2005, the Vermont Council on
Rural Development (VCRD) launched its Creative Communities
Program and started work with an initial group of towns and
cities, selected through a competitive application process.
Hardwick, Rockingham, Rutland City, City of St. Albans and
Windsor were the first to receive strategic planning assistance
to develop innovative projects that turn their ideas about the
creative economy into tangible successes. A second application
round, with an April 21st, 2006, deadline, will
select the next group of participating communities.
VCRD bases its creative economy
work on the premise that we can sustain a vigorous economic
environment through encouraging a healthy interplay of commerce
and culture, and valuing individuals’ creative skills. The
strategic planning accomplished through the Creative Communities
Program sets the stage for capturing the value of new ideas in
any field. Our process brings all potential partners in economic
development to the table, including non-traditional partners,
such as arts, heritage, place-based, and other (usually)
not-for-profit organizations. An outside facilitator organizes
the process so that it can invite far-reaching participation
while also moving quickly from broad ideas into concrete next
steps.
Participants in the Creative
Communities Program are part of a much larger network of
communities interested in the creative economy. They will have
access to the resources of towns that have completed successful
creative economy projects in the past as well as the expertise
of individuals around the state who are dedicated to advancing
Vermont’s creative economy.
The Creative Communities
Program application is available on VCRD’s website at http://www.sover.net/~vcrd
or by contacting the program director Helen Labun Jordan at
(802) 223-3793 or via e-mail at ccp@sover.net.
Save America's Treasures
Applications are available for Save America's Treasures
grants to fund the preservation and/or conservation of
nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and
collections and nationally significant historic
properties. Administered by the National Park Service in
partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the
National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and
the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Deadline is April 18.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/
EDUCATION,
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
2006 Preservation
Retreats at the Grand Isle Lake House
Please mark your calendar for the 2006
Preservation Trust of Vermont Retreats at the Grand Isle Lake
House:
- May 22-23: Community
Preservation Projects
- June
19-20: Designated Village Centers
- July 25-26: Community
Preservation Projects
- August 14-15: Community
Preservation Projects
- Sep 11-12: Arts &
Performance Venues
- Oct 23-24: Churches
The retreats are designed for
groups working on an historic preservation or community
revitalization project. Each group presents a 10 to 15 minute
case study about a challenge they’re facing related to their
project followed by group discussion and brainstorming…cross
mentoring. The whole idea is to learn from one another and the
collection of case studies. We try to bring people
together from around the state who are working on an interesting
collection of projects in order to take advantage of the
collective experience and thinking. In addition, we have
resource people at each retreat to help find solutions.
All inclusive cost for the
retreat is $85/ per person for a shared room. $115 for a
single (first come basis). Reservations should be made as
early as possible to give us time to invite specific resource
people. Deadline is two weeks before each retreat date.
Check-in at the Lake House is 2:30 and we begin at 3:00 and
finish by 2:00 the following afternoon.
For reservations, please
contact one of Preservation Trust's Field
Representatives:
For a preview of the Lake
House, please see our web site: www.ptvermont.org
Shared Field Service
Representative Job Opening
New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and National Trust for
Historic Preservation Northeast Office
The NH Preservation Alliance
and the NTHP are seeking an individual to represent both the
Preservation Alliance and the National Trust, provide direct
services to local organizations and communities which are
actively involved in historic preservation efforts, and to build
a strong ongoing presence for preservation in communities
throughout New Hampshire.
Needed are strong leadership, administrative, written and verbal
communications skills; the ability to work collegially with a
wide variety of interests, work independently, juggle many tasks
and responsibilities. Substantial experience in community
organizing, preservation, fundraising, law, planning,
development, government, journalism, and/or
advocacy. Must have willingness to travel. Undergraduate
degree in preservation or related field preferred. Masters
degree desirable.
Considering both full-time and part-time applicants.
For more information, contact Jennifer Goodman, Executive
Director, New
Hampshire Preservation Alliance, P.O. Box 268, Concord, NH
03302 or
admin@nhpreservation.org.
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