[MainstreetTowns] Historic Preservation Week in OKC/Oklahoma's 29th Annual Statewide Preservation Conference

[Melvena Heisch]

HISTORIC PRESERVATION WEEK IN OKC AND STATEWIDE PRESERVATION CONFERENCE

DATES:
June 7-9, 2017

Location:
Civic Center Music Hall (Municipal Auditorium)
201 North Walker Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

To focus attention on the importance of the conference and on historic preservation's role in Oklahoma City's renaissance, Mayor Mick Cornett has proclaimed June 5-9 as Oklahoma City's first Historic Preservation Week. Preservation efforts in Oklahoma City are picking up steam as the City's Planning Department develops preserveokc, the City's first historic preservation plan. Preserveokc will identify goals and policies to enhance historic preservation efforts throughout Oklahoma City, building on a nearly 50-year legacy of historic preservation activity. These efforts will be featured in one of the concurrent sessions and in the opening plenary session on Wednesday afternoon, June 7.

Although online registration is now closed, register at the door for $75.00. View the complete program brochure at http://www.okhistory.org/shpo/conference.htm. On-site registration opens at 12:00noon on June 7 in the Civic Center Music Hall Atrium Lobby.

Continuing education credits are available for design professionals, planners, engineers, and land surveyors who attend the conference. Design professionals will earn HSW hours needed to fulfill requirements of the State of Oklahoma's Board of Governors of Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers. Planners will earn AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) Certification Maintenance credits, and engineers and land surveyors will earn Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors professional development hours. Details are found in the conference registration brochure.

Conference cosponsors include Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office; Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma Main Street Center; Preservation Oklahoma, Inc.; American Institute of Architects, Central Oklahoma Chapter; American Planning Association, Oklahoma Chapter; City of Oklahoma City; Civic Center Music Hall; Downtown OKC, Inc.; Okie Mod Squad; Oklahoma Arts Council; Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture; Stockyards City Main Street; and Urban Land Institute Oklahoma.

Melvena Heisch
Deputy SHPO
State Historic Preservation Office
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-7917
405/522-4484
mheisch at okhistory.org<mailto:mheisch at okhistory.org>



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