[MassHistPres] Local Preservation Update E-Newsletter-April 26, 2010

[Skelly, Christopher @ SEC]

LOCAL PRESERVATION UPDATE E-NEWSLETTER

Published by the Massachusetts Historical Commission

April 26, 2010

 

This e-newsletter from the Massachusetts Historical Commission
Preservation Planning Division has been prepared for local historical
commissions, historic district commissions and others interested in
historic preservation activities around the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.  It is published roughly every other week.  If you have
suggestions or items of interest for this newsletter, please contact
Chris Skelly at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us <mailto:Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us> 

 

PUBLIC MEETING - STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN 2011-2015

A reminder that the first public meeting on the 2011-2015 State Historic
Preservation Plan is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at
4pm at  238 Cabot Street, Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA.  There
will also be two additional meetings in eastern Massachusetts with
locations and dates to be determined.   

 

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN 2011-2015 QUESTIONS 

If you can't attend a public meeting but would like to offer some
thoughts, the Massachusetts Historical Commission would like to hear
your response to the five basic questions listed below:

1. What do you see as the most important historic preservation
accomplishments in Massachusetts over the past five years?

2. What do you see as the most important issues facing historic
preservation in Massachusetts during the next five years?

3. What do you see as the most important issues facing historic
preservation in your region or community over the next five years?

4. What are the historic preservation goals that should be included in
this five year state historic preservation plan and who should implement
them?  

5. With what tools could you be a more effective historic preservation
advocate?

Please email your responses to Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us
<mailto:Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us>  .

 

INACTIVE LOCAL HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS

As part of creating the State Historic Preservation Plan for 2011-2015,
the Massachusetts Historical Commission is reviewing the activity status
of local historical commissions throughout the state.  Although almost
every one of the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts has formally
established a local historical commission, some commissions are
currently inactive.  Commissions that have not submitted a membership
update form to our office within the past few years may be considered
inactive.  A goal to include in the plan is reactivating these
commissions.  For more information, contact
Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us <mailto:Christopher.Skelly at state.ma.us>  

 

NEW LISTINGS IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

New Bedford, Robert Ingraham School

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND DATES TO REMEMBER

April 27, 2010

State Historic Preservation Plan 2011-2015 Public Meeting.
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA.  4pm.  

May 8. 2010

Community Preservation Act Regional Workshop, Northampton.  For more
information, visit http://www.communitypreservation.org/index.cfm
<http://www.communitypreservation.org/index.cfm> .

 

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Please forward this newsletter on to others that may be interested.  If
you are receiving this as a forwarded message and would like to receive
it directly, please contact the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission also has a listserve, known as
masshistpres, specifically for historic preservation.  You can join this
listserve by visiting
http://mailman.cs.umb.edu/mailman/listinfo/masshistpres
<http://mailman.cs.umb.edu/mailman/listinfo/masshistpres> .  This
newsletter is posted on masshistpres directly and sent to local
commission members.  We welcome your thoughts on what you would like to
see in this newsletter.  The website for the Massachusetts Historical
Commission is http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcidx.htm
<http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcidx.htm> 

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