VERMONT
Congratulations to Michael Monte of
Burlington, Vermont!
Michael Monte is the grand prize winner of the 1st annual
Preservation Trust of Vermont's Great Travel Raffle. His
name was drawn from a pool of nearly 300 pink tickets on
Wednesday August 20th and the Sterling Weed Dinner Dance at the
Grand Isle Lake House.
Michael has chosen not to take any of the
historic preservation travel trips, but instead has chosen to
collect the $10,000 cash. Beyond sending a little bit to
his mother and his starving artist son, Michael's big plans are
to remove the aluminum siding from his Charlotte Street House
and restore the original wood clapboard siding. Go
Michael!
Michael Monte is the Director of the Community
and Economic Development Office in Burlington.
A big thank you to all of those who braved the
odds and bought a ticket for the raffle. The event raised
about $16,000 for the Preservation Trust!
New! Special Places in Vermont
Publication
With your help, the Preservation Trust of Vermont is going to
build a collection of Special Places in Vermont. Our
goal is to publish a series of short paragraphs written by
residents describing the off-beat, the undiscovered, and the
historic spots that help to make Vermont a special part of our
world.
Initially we will publish the collection on
our website, and may in the future publish a book.
Contributions can be varied -- from a walk through a village
district or former marble quarry, to a meal at a restored hotel
or breakfast at an historic diner, to the experience of a
service in an 1850 church, or a swim in a pond above an historic
crib dam. The possibilities are endless, and the more we all
enjoy and appreciate these special places, the more we will all
work to maintain them.
We welcome contributions of all kinds.
If you have some place you'd like to share, please email meg@ptvermont.org.
Please describe the site and tell us why it's important to
you. Keep in mind that we would like to include your name
and the town where you live in the future publications.
Thanks for being a part of our project!
Downtown Winooski and Island Pond
Village Center Receive Designation
Governor Jim Douglas announced that the Vermont Downtown
Development Board has approved Winooski as Vermont’s newest
designated downtown and Island Pond as a village center.
With these new designations, there are now 15 designated
downtowns and 11 designated village centers in the state.
The Board also awarded almost $70,000 for the
extension of Burlington’s Lake Street to support the
development of the Depot Street Triangle Housing project,
bringing 40 new housing units to the lakefront. Finally, the
Board awarded $25,000 in tax credits to help rehabilitate two
buildings in downtown Springfield, and $16,500 in tax credits to
help install sprinklers in a downtown St Johnsbury building.
For more information on the Downtown and
Village Center programs, please call Joss Besse or Jane Lendway
at the Vermont Downtown Program at 828-3211.
Bethel-Lympus Church
Built in the 1830s, this remotely located, vernacular, white
clapboard church remains remarkably intact with no heat or
electricity. The church is used seasonally. Trustees
contacted us through their legislator in 2000 because the
foundation and summer beam were failing. Following a site
visit in January 2000, Ann Cousins recommended a Project
Development Grant to hire a preservation contractor familiar
with traditional building techniques to do a condition
assessment. In May 2000, Doug Porter's report provided a
roadmap to fix the problem using traditional materials and
methods.
Following over a year of intense fundraising,
the project was awarded a $20,000 Preservation Grant as well as
a grant from the Division for Historic Preservation. Doug,
who had just been hired as the PTV/NTHP circuit rider, helped
shepherd the project through an RFP process. He helped
review the proposals and interview applicants. Work was
completed in July 2003, and rededicated at a Sunday service to
celebrate its rehabilitation. The sense of community
surrounding this building is widely felt.
Weston Landmark Re-Dedicated
On August 3, 2003, a Rededication Celebration was held in a
Weston landmark building. The trustees of the 1838
"Church on the Hill" celebrated with the town
the end of a four-year capital campaign which resulted in a
complete restoration of an extraordinary building. Built in 1838
by a Baptist Society, it was reclaimed and restored 100 years
later, after the dissolution of the society, to become the
non-denominational Weston Community Church. Sixty-five
more years of Vermont weather left it in need of extensive
repairs, and on August 3 the total inside-and-out restoration
was completed and a beautiful historic treasure was rededicated
to another generation of service. The Weston church
project was aided by a Preservation Grant from the Freeman
Foundation and the Preservation Trust.
Sterling Weed at the Grand Isle Lake
House
The Grand Isle Lake House was alive with the swing sounds of
Sterling Weed and his Imperial Orchestra August 20th at a
Preservation Trust fundraiser dinner dance. Weed, at 102,
is reputed to be the oldest orchestra leader in the United
States, having joined his brother and Weeds' Imperial Orchestra
in 1928. A native of St. Albans, the centenarian's gift to
Vermont goes beyond his music; Weed was instrumental in helping
to save the historic Enosburg Opera House from the wrecking
ball. The Opera House is now beautifully restored, and on
occasion, the Imperial Orchestra returns to play.
Debanville's General Store
Visitors to Bloomfield will notice the flurry of construction
going on in the center of the village at the intersection of
Vermont Routes 105 and 102. Debanville Store that once
stood on the corner was a stopping place for gas and convenience
items. But when the store closed a year ago, the community
realized it was something more -- it was a place where neighbors
would happen to meet and get caught up on the news.
Recognizing the loss, Sherry and Darlene Belknap decided that
the only way to re-capture the heart of the community,
Debanville's Store needed to reopen. After months of
planning and securing funding, they are purchasing the property
and rebuilding the store, adding tables for light meals and
specializing in Vermont products, including Walking Boss
Suspenders, Darlene's own specialty product. If all goes
well, the store will open mid-November. The project is a
deliberate effort to strengthen Bloomfield's village center --
something that's not new to the Belknaps. Sherry was the
primary force behind the rehabilitation of Bloomfield's
stick-style Town Hall, which is located across the street from
Debanville's General Store.
Governor Announces Backing for Winooski
Downtown Revitalization
Governor Jim Douglas today threw his support behind efforts to
redevelop downtown Winooski and with that support comes loan
guarantees from the state that the federal government and
developers have said are essential to the project's success.
The Governor said that he believes the
Winooski Falls Riverfront Redevelopment Project can work, and
that he expects to be able to provide the guaranty required by
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the
approximately $22 million loan that HUD will make to Winooski
for affordable housing.
"The City of Winooski has been
working very hard for many years to realize its vision for a
revitalized downtown," Governor Douglas said.
"I, too, share that vision and since coming to office in
January have worked with city officials, and others to assist in
transforming that vision into reality."
Douglas said that the downtown revitalization
project is important to him for three primary reasons, fighting
sprawl and creating affordable housing and hundreds of new jobs.
This project is a complete reinvention of an
urban area in the core of Vermont's oldest industrial
center. In total, this $175 million project will have $40
million in state loan guarantees and grants, infrastructure
improvements or tax credits from entities such as Vermont
Housing Financing Agency when it is completed.
This will be the largest downtown
revitalization project in Vermont's history. VSAC will
have a new headquarters. The historic Champlain Mill will
be rehabilitated into a mixed residential and commercial
building. Riverfront condominiums will be built. Two
rental-housing complexes will also be built.
In total, 600 units of housing, 125 of which
will be affordable will be constructed. Additional
commercial and neighborhood retail space will be constructed and
downtown Winooski will benefit from more than 100 acres
of public recreation areas and open space.
Community Presentation on the Rockingham
Digital Historic Resource Survey
The Rockingham Historical Commission invites the public to
attend a presentation on the Rockingham Digital Historic
Resource Survey and Database. With the help of the Vermont
Division for Historic Preservation, about 250 historic buildings
in Rockingham, mostly in Bellows Falls, will be surveyed. This
survey will become part of a digital historic resource database,
the first of its kind in Vermont! The database will include
building locations, architectural descriptions, building
histories and significance, and permitting/regulatory
information. The database will be linked to map locations via a
Geographic Information System (GIS), and there will be digital
photos of each building. Once the project is complete, all
of this information will be available on the internet.
The presentation will take place September 8th
at 6:30 PM in the 3rd floor conference room of the Rockingham
Town Hall, which is on The Square in Bellows Falls. State
Architectural Historian Nancy Boone and Rockingham Historic
Preservation Coordinator Paula Sagerman will be discussing the
project and answering questions. Volunteers are still needed for
the project, so this event will also be a good opportunity for
those considering assisting with the project to learn more about
it.
For more information, please contact Paula
Sagerman at (802) 463-3456 or rbfprsrv@sover.net.
National Register News
The National Park Service has recently listed the following
Vermont properties on the National Register of Historic Places:
Brock Hill Schoolhouse, Newbury
This is a rural one room, clapboarded, Greek Revival style
school built c.1850 with an adjacent c. 1864 combination
woodshed/privy with two three seat facilities. This
school building served the educational needs of farm families
on Brock Hill until 1913 when it closed. The building is
a good example of a district school building that didn't
undergo the many changes typically made to these buildings
after 1904 when school improvement standards were established
by the State Board of Health. The associated woodshed/privy is
a property type that is frequently lost. The buildings
were restored in 2001 based on historic photographs and oral
histories. The property was nominated under the Educational
Resources of Vermont MPDF.
Park Farm, Grafton
This farm is an example of a very well preserved detached
farmstead with a c. 1820 Cape Cod house, wing, and
attached carriage shed as well as a collection of late 19th
century farm buildings along both sides of the road.
Sixty-five acres of hay fields, orchard, pasture and woodland
defined by stonewalls and lines of sugar maples are included
in the nomination as well as a stone culvert and two
wells. The farm represents the evolution of the
diversified Vermont hill farm and has been owned by only two
families since 1842-currently owned by the 11th generation of
the Park family! The property was nominated under the
Agricultural Resources of Vermont MPDF.
COMMENTARY
Elderly Driver
Crashes: What are Our Options?
By Neal R. Peirce
© 2003 Washington Post Writers
Group
You can see it coming: efforts across the
50 states to test aging drivers, to reduce horrors like 86-year
old Russell Weller apparently confusing his brake and
accelerator and plowing through a farmer's market in Santa
Monica, Calif., killing 10 people and injuring dozens of
others. Nine days later, Louis Nirenstein, 79, a polio victim
who uses a wheelchair when not driving, lost control of his
station wagon and careened into another outdoor market, this one
in Flagler Beach, Fla. Despite injuries, no deaths were
reported.
What's sure is that we can
expect more incidents. Fatalities among drivers aged 70 or
older have jumped 27 percent in the last 10 years. Elders
drive an average of 37 minutes a day, 28 percent more than a
decade ago, according to the Washington-based Road Information
Program.
What's more, as baby boomers
age, a virtual tsunami of older drivers is headed for our
roads. By 2030, more than one in five Americans will be 65
or older and one in 11 of those individuals will be 85 or
older. Waning physical alertness and response is virtually
inevitable at advanced ages.
So what to do? Brad
Kahn, co-director of the Active Living Network sponsored by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, poses the critical question:
"If we, as a nation, are going to consider taking licenses
away from unfit elderly drivers, what are we offering as an
alternative to the car?"
Thousands of American
communities, notes Kahn, are so completely designed around the
automobile that "taking away driving privileges is akin to
a prison sentence."
Is there a way out?
Perhaps. Provide
elderly Americans with what the American consumer economy is
supposed to be so good at: choice. We'll need more and
more alternative ways for aging Americans to get around.
Ride-sharing, community buses, radically improved public
transit.
And we'll surely need a
concerted, nationwide effort to redesign the suburbs where so
many aging Americans live, so that they're more walkable and
bikable, more compact, with parks and sidewalks and accessible
town centers. So that homes, stores, restaurants, offices
aren't zoned into isolated "pods," but are integrated
in the intelligent mixed-use formula of the historic, pre-World
War II American town.
We'll just have to
change. Because we've spent 50 years engineering ourselves
into almost total dependency on a single transportation form,
notes Ann Canby, president of the Surface Transportation Policy
Project, "older Americans are reluctant to give up driving
simply because they have no other choice."
But try to tell that to the
Republican majority in the U.S. House. In a truly shocking
vote July 24, the House Appropriations Committee chose to
emasculate the very provision of federal transportation law --
the so-called "transportation enhancements program" --
that's provided the only significant flow of national support
for such road-building alternatives as pedestrian walkways, bike
paths, rails-to-trails projects, landscaping and scenic
protections.
Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.),
chair of the Appropriations Transportation subcommittee, said
the enhancement funds should be diverted to a backlog of regular
highway building needs. He prevailed, 33-29, in a largely
party-line vote of the full Appropriations Committee -- a clear
victory for the highway lobby.
The vote has triggered
outcries from groups ranging from the U.S. Conference of Mayors
to the American Planning Association. Even the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials wants
to protect the enhancement monies, which must show strong local
support and in fact have become very popular since they were
first inserted into federal transportation law, with the
enlightened leadership of the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
in 1991.
The enhancements will be part
of a September House floor debate focused on renewing the
federal transportation law that's set to expire this
autumn. And it's not just enhancements that are in peril:
the Republican House leaders seem intent on starving Amtrak of
the funds it needs to stay in operation. They want to
choke back "new starts" for local transit systems, and
to fund the remaining ones a 50-50 federal-local basis, not the
80-20 percent split allowed for highways.
None of this makes any sense
in a rapidly greying nation. Increasingly separated from their
grown children, today's elderly are tending to "age in
place" in the homes they've occupied for years. Many have
moved to new sprawling "senior suburban growth
centers" in the Sunbelt. Small (and declining)
numbers are using transit, biking or walking. Without
non-driving alternatives, it's inevitable that millions will be
stranded, their lifestyle independence destroyed.
Instead of
shoveling still more billions into roads, the federal government
should be stimulating a national debate about our mobility
options and community lifestyles as we grey. The rising
toll of crashes by seniors behind the wheel is just the latest
warning signal.
GRANTS &
FUNDING
Cultural Facility Grant
Now in it's 15th year, the Cultural Facilities program is
administered by the Vermont Arts Council in conjunction with the
Vermont Historical Society, the Vermont Museum & Gallery
Alliance, and the Vermont Division of Historical Preservation.
The purpose of this grant program is to
enhance, create or expand the capacity of an existing building
to provide cultural programming. Improvements such as wiring,
heating, ADA accessibility features (e.g. bathrooms and ramps),
lighting, and stage work are eligible.
Guidelines and forms will be available on the
Arts Council's website after July 16th -
www.vermontartscouncil.org.
Printed guidelines are also available upon
request by contacting Heather at (802) 828-5425 or hpipino@vermontartscouncil.org.
Postmark Deadline is Monday, September 29, 2003
In addition, if you would like a copy of
"Accessibility for Historic Buildings: A Field Guide"
-- please contact Nancy Boone, Vermont Division for Historic
Preservation, National Life Building, Drawer 20, Montpelier, VT
05620-0501, (802) 828-3045.
Heather Pipino, Grants Manager
136 State Street, Drawer 33
Montpelier, VT 05602
Voice: 802-828-5425
Fax: 802-828-3363
EDUCATION &
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Preservation Retreat: Only one
left!
The Preservation Trust cordially invites community groups to
join us for the final Grand Isle Lake House retreat of the 2003
season, October 14th and 15th.
Participating groups should be prepared to
present a 10- to 15-minute case study about a particular
challenge or project they're working on, and to use the case
study to frame a questions or problem that needs to be addressed
in order to move a project along. The retreats are for
sharing ideas, solving problems, and getting together with
others who are working on similar kinds of projects.
Check-in is at 3:00 and we finish by 2:00 the following
afternoon. Cost is $50/person for a shared room, $75 for a
single, and includes 3 meals. (There are a limited number
of single rooms available on a first-come basis.) We are
very grateful to the Gannett Foundation and Burlington Free
Press for their generous support of the Grand Isle Lake House
Retreats.
For more information or to talk about a
possible project of case study, please e-mail. ann@ptvermont.org
or doug@ptvermont.org.
For a preview of the Grand Isle Lake House, visit our Web
site http://www.ptvermont.org/grand_isle_lake_house.htm.
Connecticut River Valley Educational
Events
Three educational events are planned in Connecticut River Valley
communities under the direction of several regional historic
preservation organizations during the second week in September.
On Sunday, September 7th, The Preservation
Education Institute (PEI) continues its popular series, "Exploring
Architecture Near and Far," with a walking tour of the
architectural gems comprising the Dartmouth College
campus. Hanover, N.H. native and second-generation
architect Jay Barrett will lead the tour. Costs for this
two-hour program are $10 for members of PEI, $5 for Dartmouth
College students, faculty and staff and $12 for others.
This event is sponsored by the architectural firm of Church and
Barrett and the Dartmouth College Facilities Planning
Department.
A historic barn workshop will be held
Saturday, September 13th at the Lebanon Opera House in
conjunction with the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and
PEI. The day-long program begins at 8:30am with
registration and features slide-illustrated lectures about
caring for historic barns by experienced preservation
craftspeople and contractors. The afternoon features barn
tours of four Lebanon, N.H. area barns. Tour leaders
include John Porter, Arnold Graton, Jr. of Graton Associates,
Stephen Bedard of Henry Page House Restoration, Richard Thompson
of Sunrise Woodworks and more. The barns included on the
tour were constructed between 1790 and 1875. Participants will
take home a packet full of barn preservation information and
ideas about how to pay for such projects.
Judy Hayward, executive director of PEI,
noted, "This is the third workshop that Historic Windsor's
Preservation Education Institute has conducted in partnership
with the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance. The past two
have sold out. The Lebanon Opera House will permit more
participation, but we must limit the tours to the first 120
participants. So sign up early!"
The information provided at this workshop will
serve the needs of Vermont and New Hampshire barn owners and
building professionals interested in working on them. Ms.
Hayward said, "We are placing a special emphasis on
assessing problems inherent in barns, planning for routine
maintenance, and phasing repairs over time."
"Our barn workshops are a very important
and extremely popular part of our barn preservation work. The
demand for information and resources reinforces for us that
barns are an 'endangered species' and lots of people want to
reverse the trend of barn decay and demolition," said
Jennifer Goodman, the Preservation Alliance's executive
director.
Each organization worked to secure funding and
co-sponsorship for this event. The Connecticut River
Joint Commissions provided a grant through its Partnership
Program. Additional support is provided by Cobb Hill
Construction, Inc., Littleton Millworks, J. Jill, and Stonyfield
Farm. The Preservation Trust of Vermont is a co-sponsor as
well.
Cost for members of PEI/HWI and the New
Hampshire Preservation Alliance is $30; $40 for others. Lunch is
available by reservation for an additional $10.
On Sunday, September 14th, the New Hampshire
Preservation alliance will conduct behind-the-scenes tours of
historic Haverhill Corner and Lyme Center.
Local experts drawn from Haverhill Heritage, Inc., the Haverhill
Historical Society, and the Lyme Historians will lead the tours.
The cost for the Haverhill/Lyme Tour is $15 for member of the
Alliance and $25 for others. An optional lunch for $10 is
available.
Ms. Goodman noted, "The behind-the-scenes
tour is designed to be both fun and inspirational." She
added, "It highlights impressive restoration and
revitalization work by community groups and individuals that we
want to share with others."
Either organization is accepting registrations
for the day-long workshop on barn repair. Registration for
the Dartmouth Campus Tour is done through The Preservation
Education Institute and registration for the Haverhill/Lyme Tour
is made through the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.
For more information, please contact:
The Preservation Education Institute
PO Box 1777
Windsor VT 05089-0021
802-674-6752 phone
802-674-6179 fax
Planning Celebration, November 7, 2003
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 a.m., Capitol Plaza Hotel, Montpelier
This biennial event highlights the great community improvement
work taking place throughout Vermont and celebrates examples of
successful local and regional planning. Attend workshops
to learn about exemplary projects from communities large and
small, hear engaging speakers consider land use changes in the
past, present and future, and applaud the winners of the 2003
Vermont Planners Association awards. Check back for more
details coming soon.
For more information, please contact: Sue
Minter, Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Planning
Division, (802)828-3119, sue.minter@state.vt.us
Vermont Historical Society Events
Saturday, September 13, 9:00 a.m.- 2:00
p.m.
Vermont Historical Society Annual Meeting. Entertainment
will be provided by Margaret MacArthur, the eminent folksinger
from Marlboro, Vermont, who performs on mountain dulcimer and
harp zither. Vermont History Center, Barre.
Call (802) 479-8500 to register.
Saturday, September 20, 10:00 a.m.-
3:00 p.m.
Genealogy 101: Using the Resources of the Vermont Historical
Society. Vermont History Center, Barre. $25 for members /$30
for non-members, includes lunch. Call (802) 479-8500 to
register.
Wednesday, September 24, 7:30 p.m.
Pavilion Building, Montpelier
Great Discoveries in Vermont Archeology Lecture: Imagining the
Past: The Archaeology of a 4,000-year-old Native American
Community on the Walloomsac River, Bennington Vermont.
Sponsored by Hartgen Archeological Associates. Free
Thursday, October 23, 7 p.m.
Terror in Town! The Strangest Tales from Vermont’s
Local Histories
Joe Citro. Vermont History Center. Free. Sponsored
by Community National Bank
Lunch Talks are informal, free talks by experts on various
topics in Vermont History. Bring your own lunch, beverages
provided. Held in the Community Room of the Vermont History
Center in Barre. Sponsored by the Community National Bank.
Thursday, October 2, Noon
The Western Abenaki
Jeanne Brink
Thursday, October 9, Noon
Ira Allen: A Hard Founding Father to Love
Kevin Graffagnino
Thursday, October 16, Noon
The Civil War Hospital in Montpelier
Michael Sherman and Nancy Boone
Thursday, October 30, Noon
The Granite Workers of Barre
John Johnson
International Preservation Trades Workshop
The Preservation Trades Network (PTN) will hold its 7th annual
International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW 2003), October
9-11, 2003 at the Blandair Farm historic site near Ellicott
City, Maryland. IPTW 2003 is co-sponsored with PTN by the
Howard County Department of Parks and Recreation. See dozens of
demonstrations by highly-skilled preservation crafts persons,
seminars and exhibits. More information about this year's
IPTW is available at www.ptn.org,
by e-mail at info@ptn.org, or
by writing to Preservation Trades Network, Inc., PO Box 10236,
Rockville, MD20849-0236. IPTW 2003 affords a unique hands-on
opportunity to learn about historic preservation from the
perspective of the traditional craftsperson.
A National Conference on Smart Growth
and Sprawl
October 9th, Radisson Hotel, Burlington, VT
Vermont Smart Growth Collaborative presents: The State of the
States on Smart Growth, Progress Report on State Investments and
Policies
Presenting an assessment of Vermont and other
states' investments and policies that support smart growth or
sprawl. Speakers include Vermont Governor Jim Douglas and former
Maryland Governor Parris Glendening. Co-Sponsored by the Growth
Management Leadership Alliance
www.vtsmartgrowth.org
Vermont Downtown Program 5th Annual
Conference Oct. 30, 2003.
The fifth annual Vermont Downtown Program conference will be on
Thursday, October 30 in Montpelier at the Capital Plaza. Keynote
speaker will be Kennedy Smith of the National Main Street Center
addressing the latest downtown business trends, plus we'll hear
from Lew Feldstein, Chair of the New Hampshire Charitable
Foundation on developing social capital for successful
communities. Stacy Mitchell and Paul Bruhn will tell us more
about the homegrown economy, the subject of the Preservation
Trust of Vermont's publication to be released in September. We
will have a full day of sessions and "best practices"
in all aspects of downtown revitalization - design, marketing
and promotion, economic restructuring and organization. Look for
further information after Labor Day at our website: www.historicvermont.org.
Moldings: the Building Blocks of
Classical Architecture
November 8 – 9, 2003, Chaplin Hall, Norwich University,
Northfield, Vermont
Identification, design, and construction of classical moldings
will be the subject of this workshop. All architectural
styles make use of moldings. Therefore, a solid
understanding of their significance is important for anyone
involved in the repair or replication of historic
buildings. Carpenters and plasterers in particular will
benefit immediately from this program of study. Through
slide-illustrated lectures and drawing exercises, students will
learn about molding profiles, terminology, significance, period
characteristics and function. A field trip to look at and
draw moldings is planned.
Instructor: Martin Brandwein,
architect, has been in private practice in NYC since 1994.
A graduate of the Univ. of VA, he has taught drawing classical
orders for the National Academy of Design. Martin received
the Lucy G. Moses Award for the preservation of a brownstone
building in NY from the NY Landmarks Conservancy in 1997.
Cost: HWI member/government staff: $170
Others: $190. Required: Sketchbook, pencils,
erasers, compass, ruler and protractor. Basic drawing skills are
helpful, but not required
Preservation Education Institute: Other
Workshops at a Glance
www.preservationworks.org
- September 13 Barn Repair
- November 8 & 9 Moldings-- the Building
Blocks of Classical Architecture
- Date Pending
Preservation Philosophy for People Who Maintain Old
Buildings
- Date Pending
American Building Design and Technology
- Date Pending
Repointing Brick Masonry
THE PRESERVATION EDUCATION INSTITUTE
A Division of Historic Windsor, Inc.
PO Box 1777, Windsor, VT 05089-0021
802-674-6752 (Voice/TTY), 802-674-6179 FAX, e-mail: histwininc@valley.net
OPPORTUNITIES
for EMPLOYMENT & VOLUNTEER WORK
Director of External Relations,
Fairbanks Museum
The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (www.fairbanksmuseum.org)
seeks a full-time Director of External Relations to lead its
development and marketing functions. The successful
candidate will have resource development, marketing, and public
relations experience in the non-profit sector, with preference
given to those with experience in museums, or other cultural
and/or educational institutions. The 112-year-old
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium is in a period of significant
growth, with a new Master Plan and a capital construction and
endowment campaign in the planning stages. The Director of
External Relations must possess outstanding writing and
interpersonal skills, a passion for science and history,
knowledge of donor management software systems, and grant
writing experience.
Inquiries by e-mail or letter only to: Charles
Browne, Executive Director, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium,
1302 Main Street, St. Johnsbury VT
05819-2224 cbrowne@fairbanksmuseum.org
Art Sales and Exhibitions Coordinator,
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Position Opening: September 2003
The Art Sales/Exhibitions Coordinator is primarily responsible
for the display, promotion and sale of artwork. This
position requires sales experience, knowledge of art and strong
computer skills. A professional appearance and an ability
to work with the public a must.
Since the installation of exhibitions is
physically demanding, the applicant must be in good physical
condition as well as able to multi task in a fast paced
environment. The Art Sales Coordinator is also responsible
for facilitating the receiving and shipping of artwork.
This position reports directly to the Executive Director.
Hours: 9:30-5:00 pm
Tuesday-Saturday. Some evening openings will be involved
Benefits: Individual health insurance. Salary commensurate
with experience.
Please send cover letter, resume and three
professional and two character references. Please no phone
calls. Contact: Executive Director, Christopher Madkour,
Southern Vermont Arts Center, PO. Box 617, Manchester VT. 05254
