Courtesy of Preservation Piedmont’s Preservation Week Committee:
Preservation Week 2009 will commence with a lecture, an exhibition, and an opening reception at the Charlottesville Community Design Center on Friday, April 3, 2009. Following the opening reception, historic house tours, a bus tour of work by Milton Grigg, and neighborhood walking tours will be offered over the weekend. The keynote speaker, Richard Moe, Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will speak on Monday, April 6th about the convergence of historic preservation and sustainability. The remainder of the week will be dedicated to educational sessions including: how to make your historic house more energy efficient, how to research your historic house, and how to preserve your house using tax credits.
Preservation Week is an opportunity for local and regional organizations and citizens interested in historic preservation, history, sustainable community development, and green design to come together to encourage public dialogue about local preservation and to promote our region’s historic resources as defining elements integral to our community’s current well-being and future development.
