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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;font-weight:normal">Good afternoon. Below is bio of Donovan Rypkema, and what he will discuss Tuesday evening and Wednesday
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Donovan D. Rypkema</span></strong><span style="background:white"> is principal of <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">PlaceEconomics</span></em>,
a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The work of the firm is at the nexus of historic preservation and economics. He has undertaken assignments for public and non-profit sector clients in 49 US states. He also teaches
a course on the economics of historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania where he received the 2008 G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching. Rypkema was educated at Columbia University receiving a Master of Science degree in Historic
Preservation. He is author of several publications including <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Community Initiated Development</span></em>, The <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Economics
of Rehabilitation</span></em>, and the <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Feasibility Assessment Manual for Reusing Historic Buildings</span></em>. Rypkema’s book, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The
Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leaders Guide </span></em>is widely used by preservationists nationwide and has been translated in to Russian and Korean. Rypkema has worked with such groups as the Urban Land Institute, the Mayors Institute
on City Design, the American Planning Association, Smart Growth America, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the International Downtown Association. Federal Government clients have included the U.S. Army, the Department of State, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Interior, and the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation for whom he prepared a report entitled <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Measuring Economic
Impacts of Historic Preservation</span></em>. In the fall of 2012 Rypkema received the Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Crowninshield Award is the nations highest preservation honor and awarded for lifetime
contribution to historic preservation in the United States. </span>Mr. Rypkema also lectured at the 2013 Placemaking Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by The University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities on April 3, 2013. Please enjoy the
link - <a href="http://iqc.ou.edu/2013/05/10/donovanrypkema/">http://iqc.ou.edu/2013/05/10/donovanrypkema/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, August 7th @ 6:00PM: Public event with a presentation that focuses on economic and historic preservation findings from various Main Street programs. Feel free to invite board members, city officials, and interested citizens.<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, August 8th @ 8:30AM: Interactive session for Main Street Executive Directors titled “Measuring Your Downtown.”
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a good day,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buffy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif">Buffy Hughes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">State Main Street Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oklahoma Department of Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E: Buffy.Hughes@okcommerce.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P: 405.815.5249<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C: 405.664.1260<o:p></o:p></p>
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