[MassHistPres] Rhode Island Historic Preservation Conference April 6

[Sally Zimmerman]

The Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission has a full slate of workshops and tours lined up for their annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference taking place on Saturday, April 6 in East Providence, R.I.

Tours will explore sports facilities at Agawam Hunt Club and the Indoor Tennis Court, visit the Crescent Park Carousel, and cruise the coastline to Pomham Rocks Lighthouse and the steamship graveyard at Green Jacket Shoal. Sessions will explore playful programming, preservation projects, recreation planning, Civil Rights, roadside architecture, and more.

The conference is a gathering for anyone interested in preservation, history, design, and community planning. Who attends? Stewards of historic sports and recreation facilities; club members and sports buffs; grassroots preservationists throughout Rhode Island and the region; professionals working in the field or allied fields (architects, planners, landscape architects, developers, curators, etc.); elected officials and municipal board members; advocates and activists; students and teachers.

Registration information is online at www.preservationconferenceri.com<http://www.preservationconferenceri.com>.

Sally Zimmerman
Senior Preservation Services Manager
Historic New England
Lyman Estate,
185 Lyman Street,
Waltham, MA 02452
617 994 6644

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