[MassHistPres] Staffing questions

[Marcia Starkey]

This thread is helpful. Preservation expertise is, I suppose, rare in urban 
or rural planners serving municipalities. CPTC doesn't include it in its 
training for planning and zoning boards.

Is there a way to provide a training module for any Mass. town board that 
would like it? The N.H. Alliance has put many topics on a disk under the 
name "Preserving Community Character". Years ago, the observation was made 
that Massachusetts relies on support for historic preservation from its 
pioneering and important private historical organizations rather than public 
sector support appropriate to its resources.

Today, multi-disciplinary backgrounds are common, and preservation relates 
to affordable housing, environment and economic development but education is 
still our greatest challenge.

Marcia Starkey, Greenfield
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> Westport has no staff, no office, a budget of $539 and meets in the
> basement.  It acts as both Historical Commission and Historic District 
> Commission and
> oversees the Demolition Delay Bylaw.  It meets once a month  generally. 
> It
> has active volunteers and alternates.
>
> Betty Slade, researcher
> Westport Historical Commission
>
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