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Conference 07 Session
Schedule
Details current as of Saturday, May 12th. Check this site
for any last-minute changes
Thursday May 17
Registration & Reception: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm McLure City Center Hotel Exhibit Hall
If you will be arriving on Thursday evening for the conference then you don't want to miss The Dessert Spectacular! The Dessert Spectacular is the annual fundraiser for the Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley and is truly spectacular with desserts as far as the eye can see! Cookies, cakes, brownies, and pies-oh-my! Local restaurants, bakeries, and friends of the Museum donate desserts including the famous scones by pastry chef Kris Booker. The event takes place on Thursday May 17 from 5:30-8:00 at the Wheeling Artisan Center 3rd floor, 1400 Main Street. I would come early, the best desserts go fast! In addition to sampling the desserts this is an excellent opportunity to visit the Artisan Center, an early project of the Wheeling National Heritage Area. Constructed in 1855 the building was originally the List, Davenport, and Parks Wholesale Grocers and Pork Packers. The Italianate building is detailed with iron pilaster from the Sweeney and Co. Foundry of Wheeling, Virginia. The south portion of the building was constructed after West Virginia's statehood and so two pillars are juxtaposed showing Sweeney Foundry in both VA and WV (always makes for a neat photo!) The second floor of the Artisan Center is also home to The Emporium, a retail shop with a lively mix of arts and crafts showcasing the best of West Virginia and regional artisans plus a large selection of the state’s food products. Mixed into the Emporium is the Made In Wheeling exhibit, an interactive exhibit that showcases Wheeling industrial heritage. -- Jeremy Morris
Friday May 18
Registration: 8:00 am - 1:00pm McLure City Center Hotel Exhibit Hall
Wheeling Industrial Tour: 8:30 am - 11:45 am McLure City Center Hotel Lobby
Lunch: 11:45 am - 1:00 pm (on your own)
Opening Plenary: 1:00 pm Independence Hall Courtroom (1528 Market St.)
Conference
Welcome and Introductions: Jeremy Morris, Project Manager of
Wheeling National Heritage Area
Wheeling Welcome - The Honorable Nicolas Starachan, Mayor (yet
to be confirmed)
Opening Speaker - Dr. David Javersak,
Dean of Liberal Arts, West Liberty State
College
will speak on:
"Why Wheeling? A Perspective on Wheeling's place in the American
Industrial Landscape"
Workshops: 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm
West Virginia Works Track:
West Virginia Northern Community College
Lessons Learned from Revitalizing Industrial Landscapes
1710 Eoff St., Room 121 Education Center
Convener: Hydie Friend, Executive Director of the Wheeling National Heritage
Area,
Speakers:
Adam Meyer, Allegheny County Department of Economic Development in
Pittsburgh, PA.
Craig O’Leary, Regional Economic Development Partnership in Wheeling, West
Virginia.
T. Allan Comp, PhD, Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team with the Office of
Surface Mining in Washington, D.C.
Rick Moorefield, West Virginia University Extension Agent, Summers County, West
Virginia
This workshop session will provide participants with the lessons learned by economic development professionals who have made historic preservation a part of their mission. It will discuss problems and solutions from both urban and rural industrial landscapes with case studies of successful preservation projects. Discussion will include community engagement, project planning, project financing, the use of tax credits, and working with architects and developers.
Preservation Works Track:
Field Trip to Belmont Technical College Building Preservation Program
Belmont Tech Field Study House -
(travel by caravan/carpool - meet at Independence Hall entrance/front steps)
Presenter: James Galbraith, Director – Belmont Architectural Heritage Center (Belmont Technical College)
This presentation will focus on the preservation trades and the growing need for trades people who are knowledgeable and sympathetic to the unique issues of preserving or restoring older architecture. A qualified preservation technician should be part skilled craftsman, part historian and part artist committed to the overriding principles of preservation methodology. The session will include a tour of the facilities and workshops of the Building Preservation Technology Department at Belmont Technical College in St. Clairsville, Ohio. The department is nationally recognized as a leader in hands-on training for building preservation specialists. There will also be a visit to the department’s “Lab House” in nearby Morristown, Ohio, to examine an 1840s structure undergoing renovation.
Communication Works Track:
Navigating the Public Policy Arena
B&O Auditorium (1710 Eoff Street)
Convener: Karen Carper, Executive Director, Preservation
Alliance of West Virginia
Presenter: Patricia McGill,
Executive Director, Community
Development Partnership of West Virginia
Legislators Panel – area elected officials discuss issues and how to communicate
effectively with your representatives.
Democracy requires an
involved citizenry that gives input and feedback to policy makers about the laws
that they create, yet most of us are unsure about how to do this. You don’t have
to be a lobbyist to do grassroots advocacy. Learn how to shape your message and
navigate the public policy arena to more effectively communicate with policy
makers about issues that are important to you. A legislative panel will convene
after the 1.5 hr. educational session. Area elected officials will discuss
issues and answer questions about how to communicate effectively with
representatives.
Legislative Panel: Rep. Orphy Klempa
(D-Ohio), Sen. Andy McKenzie (R-Ohio), Rep. Tal
Hutchins (D-Ohio), Sen. Ed Bowman (D-Hancock)*,
Sen. Jeff Kessler (D-Marshall)*, Sen. Larry Edgell
(D-Wetzel)*
*invited but not confirmed
Reception: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friends of Wheeling Victorian Wheeling Landmarks Foundation
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
Capitol Music Hall (1015 Main Street)
Optional; reservations needed for special group rate.
Box Office Phone: 304-232-6191 or 800-395-9241
Due to the closure of the
Capitol Music Hall, the Wheeling Symphony has moved the May 18th performance
location to St. Joseph's Cathedral. The Cathedral is a much smaller venue and
therefore the Symphony has closed ticketing at the present time. They are
currently taking reservations for the waiting list.
Anyone who wishes to be on a waiting list should reply no later than Wednesday
at 2:00 pm. Seats will be available in the order that names are received. Please
send your request to jmorris@wheelingheritage.org or 304-232-3087. -- Regards,
Jeremy
Saturday May 19th
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS: 9:00 am – 10:45 am
West Virginia Works Track:
West Virginia Northern Community College
Blair Mountain – History and Preservation efforts
1710 Eoff Street, Room 304E
Convener: Karen Carper, Preservation Alliance of West Virginia,
Charleston, WV
Panelists:
Wess Harris, farmer, teacher, sociologist; Gay, WV
Barbara Rasmussen, coordinator, Public
History MA and Cultural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Program, West
Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
In 2006 the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Blair Mountain on
its list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since that time
members of Preservation Alliance, the National Trust and others have worked to
nominate and advocate for placing the site on the National of Register of
Historic Places. Historian Wess Harris will present a history of Blair Mountain
with some emphasis on recent studies and events. Dr. Barbara Rasmussen will
discuss the on-going National Register nomination process and issues surrounding
listing of the site.
Preservation Works Track:
West Virginia Northern Community College
Appropriate Storefront Rehabilitation
1710 Eoff Street, Room 306E
Convener: Jeremy Morris, Wheeling National Heritage Area,
Wheeling
Presenters:
Chris Knorr, assistant director, West Virginia State Historic
Preservation Office, Charleston, WV
Mike Gioulis, historic preservation consultant
The retail storefront of a commercial building is a feature that is particularly
subject to change over time, thus there is seldom an historic storefront to save
when a building is rehabilitated. Too often, however, the replacement storefront
becomes an inappropriate new feature that reflects little understanding of the
proportion, materials and design typical of historic storefronts. It is also
very likely to be a fragile piece with little durability. By looking at
materials, construction details, and actual historic storefronts from various
periods of history we can get a better sense of what constitutes a compatible
design that is consistent with the architecture of the building and worth
building well.
Communication Works Track:
West Virginia Northern Community College
Planning and Assessment
1710 Eoff Street, Room 306E
Convener: Phyllis Baxter, executive
director, Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Elkins, WV
Panelists:
Norm Schwertfeger, associate professor
and extension agent, WVU, Morgantown, WV
Trace Gale,
extension specialist, Community Resources and Economic Development,
West Virginia University
Steve Selin,
professor and program coordinator, Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Resources Program, WVU, Morgantown, WV
Whether you are starting a new effort, or preparing for a proposal or grant application, you need to have effective planning – and a way to evaluate and document your results. This session will give an introduction to some of the steps to develop a plan. It will also demonstrate different models of project planning, such as the logic model, and show elements of economic and community assessment including the West Virginia Cultural Heritage Tourism assessment effort.
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS: 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
West Virginia Works Track:
West Virginia Northern Community College
Computer Applications in Labor History and Industrial Heritage
1710 Eoff Street, Room 304E
Convener: Jeremy Morris, project manager, Wheeling National
Heritage Area
Presenter Dan Bonenberger,
president, National Road Alliance, Wheeling, WV and research associate,
Department of Geology and Geography, WVU, Morgantown, WV
From the earliest cave paintings we see the human desire to explain events through images. Advances in computer technology—especially recent gains in computer memory, graphics, and monitors—have revolutionized the way that we look at the past. This presentation discusses how these advances have affected the study of history and also historic preservation. We will focus on case studies in labor and industry in West Virginia, and ponder what the new technologies have to offer.
Preservation Works Track
West Virginia Northern Community College
Tax Credits for You
1710 Eoff Street, Room 306E
Convener: David McKinley, engineer and principal, McKinley Associates -
Architects & Engineers, Wheeling, WV.
Chris Knorr, assistant director,
State Historic Preservation Office, Charleston, WV
Dan E. Wilson, CPA, MBA, managing
partner, Bodkin, Wilson, & Kozicki, Weirton, WV
Mark S. Morton, general counsel
for revenue operations for the West Virginia Tax Department and Director of the
Tax Department Legal Division
Session emphasizing how to use West Virginia residential and commercial tax credits.
Communication Works Track
West Virginia Northern Community College
Listening to your Stories: Oral History collection and presentation
1710 Eoff Street, Room 308E
Dr. Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline, partners, Talking Across the Lines Productions, Elkins, WV
Award-winning folklorists, the Klines will share their experiences and tips for listening effectively
and
collecting oral history in the community. They will also show some of the heritage products that
can be developed using oral histories.
Luncheon: 12:30 pm Scottish Rite Cathedral (83 Fourteenth Street, 3rd Floor)
Preservation Alliance Annual Meeting - Phyllis Baxter, president
Keynote Speech Scottish Rite Cathedral (83 Fourteenth Street, 5th Floor)
Introduction: Hydie Friend,
executive director, Wheeling National Heritage Area
Keynote Speaker: Augie Carlino,
president and CEO, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
“Industrial Preservation in a New Economy”
Neighborhood Tour of Centre Market: 3:00 pm Market House (2200 Market Street)
Dinner and Entertainment: 6:30 pm Catholic Heritage Center (2000 Main Street)
| Session Details and Biographies Currently Available (Below) |
"Why Wheeling? A Perspective on Wheeling's place in the American Industrial Landscape"
Dr. David Javersak, Dean of Liberal Arts, West Liberty State College
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Dr. Javersak currently serves as a Professor of History and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at West Liberty State College. His research interests include Wheeling, Weirton, and the upper Ohio Valley. He has published ten entries in the West Virginia Encyclopedia, and a variety of articles on Wheeling and West Liberty in several state and local publications. Dr. Javersak is also the author of the 1999 work History of Weirton. Classes under his stewardship at WLSC include American survey courses and courses on the history of Wheeling, Victorian America, and African history. He is an Emeritus Member of the West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation board. |
Lessons Learned from Revitalizing Industrial Landscapes
Convener: Hydie Friend, Executive Director of the Wheeling National Heritage
Area, Speakers:
This workshop session will provide participants with the lessons learned by
economic development professionals that have engaged historic preservation as
part of their mission. It will discuss problems and solutions from both urban
and rural industrial landscapes with case studies of successful preservation
projects. Discussion will include community engagement, project planning,
project financing, the use of tax credits, and working with architects and
developers.
Presentation description:
"Issues Related to Historic Preservation in an Urban Context"
Issues related to advancement of historic preservation in the
context of the implementation of a redevelopment plan. The case study will be
the “Steel Valley Redevelopment Plan” which encompasses parts of three Borough
in Allegheny County, Homestead, West Homestead and Munhall. The project area is
located in a National Register District, and is adjacent to a contemporary mixed
use redevelopment of a former brownfield, known as “The Watefront’.
The redevelopment project has involved acquisition of structures and vacant
land, renovation of public infrastructure, and restoration of contributing
structures.
Issues/topics to be discussed include:
• Developing a strategy to advance historic renovation of buildings with a
particular emphasis on a successful methodology used when no public dollars are
involved
• Advancement of historic preservation and renovation in a financially
distressed with a weak local market covering methods employed to address the
added financial cost of historic restoration
• Educating the local community and investors of the value of historic
preservation
• The impact of public space improvenents
• Local tax incentives
• Façade easements
• Demolition of unsalvageable, but contributing, structures
• New construction in a historic setting
Craig O’Leary, Regional Economic Development Partnership in Wheeling, West Virginia. As Program Director he has overseen the redevelopment of the Wheeling Stamping Building, an award-winning adaptive re-use and the Stone & Thomas headquarters. Both buildings are now occupied by international corporations and serve as anchors in Wheeling’s strategy for economic revitalization. Mr. O’Leary will share his experience in using historic preservation tax credits, New Market tax credits, and working architects, builders and developers in revitalizing large industrial buildings.
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T. Allan Comp, PhD, Dr. Comp has received national awards for his work with the people of the Appalachian coal country, for his successful effort to engage the art and humanities in environmental recovery and for his remarkable choreography of multiple federal agencies working with rural mining communities. Recognized as an artist/thinker and a good speaker, Comp was once described as "a relaxed blend of John Muir, John Dewey and John the Baptist." He has been profiled by the Chicago Center for Arts Policy in its “Great Arts Innovators: Great Writers” series. An historian of technology with a deep commitment to cultural resources, community engagement and environmental reclamation, he is finding ways for VISTA and AmeriCorps Volunteers to create a pathway to greater community engagement in the recovery of the Appalachian coal country. Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team with the Office of Surface Mining in Washington, D.C. ACCWT provides VISTA volunteers to Appalachian communities to assist with making watersheds cleaner, healthier, and safer places to live and work. Start with a decimated historic site, acid mine drainage and an impoverished community; add a dozen years of community effort assisted by AmeriCorps and VISTA volunteers and the result is the AMD&ART Park, a blending of historic memory, AMD remediation and wetlands—a new source of pride and healing in coal country. |
Dr. Comp's
Presentation:
Start with a decimated historic site, acid mine drainage and an impoverished
community; add a dozen years of community effort assisted by AmeriCorps and
VISTA volunteers and the result is the AMD&ART Park, a blending of historic
memory, AMD remediation and wetlands – a new source of pride and healing in coal
country. Allan Comp is the Founder/Director of the AMD&ART Project.
Rick Moorefield, West Virginia University Extension Agent based in Summers County, W.Va. Moorefield provides leadership and technical assistance to facilitate community and economic development projects identified in strategic plans by the City of Hinton and Summers County. His service to the City of Hinton includes working with the city’s staff to oversee the physical rehabilitation of the Hinton Rail Depot and guiding a steering committee in developing business operations and marketing plans for the facility. Moorefield will discuss how the Hinton Rail Depot fits in the city’s overall redevelopment initiative, the status of the depot’s physical rehabilitation to date, and future plans for the depot.
Field Trip to Belmont Technical College Building Preservation Program
Presenter:
James Galbraith, Director
– Belmont Architectural Heritage Center (Belmont Technical College)
Preservation Alliance Conference, May 19, 2007 2:00 – 4:45
This presentation will focus on the preservation trades and the growing need for
trades people knowledgeable and sympathetic to the unique issues that arise when
preserving or restoring older architecture. A qualified preservation technician
should be part skilled craftsman, part historian, and part artist committed to
the overriding principles of preservation methodology. The class will include a
tour of the facilities and workshops of the Building Preservation Technology
Department at Belmont Technical College in St. Clairsville, Ohio; a department
that is nationally recognized as a leader in hands-on training for building
preservation specialists. There will also be a visit to the department’s ‘Lab
House’ in nearby Morristown, Ohio to examine an 1840’s structure undergoing
renovation.
James M.
Galbraith (M.Ed., B.S., A.A.S.),
director, Belmont Architectural Heritage Center (ARCH Center). Galbraith has
thirty years of experience in public education, professional leadership with the
Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers, and is a Fulbright Scholar. His
responsibilities at the ARCH Center include securing entrepreneurial projects
for Belmont Technical College’s Department of Building Preservation Technology.
Projects have included student-contracted restoration work on historic
architecture within the tri-state region; the development of a highly successful
educational program for real estate professionals; and site management for the
2005 International Trades Education Symposium and the 2005 International
Preservation Trades Workshop, held at Belmont Technical College.
Navigating the Public Policy Arena
Patricia McGill -
Executive Director Community Development Partnership of WV
Course Description:
Ever wonder “Who elected these guys anyway??” when reading about new laws passed
by the Legislature. Well, you did! And if they aren’t making good decisions, why
aren’t you telling them so?
Democracy requires an involved citizenry that gives input and feedback to policy
makers about the laws that they create. It requires that anyone who has an
opinion about an issue or knowledge that would improve public policy should be
sharing that information with elected officials. And yet most of us are unsure
about how to go about giving this feedback.
Grassroots lobbying is simply constituents contacting and establishing
relationships with their legislators and regulators regarding issues of
importance to them. With a citizen Legislature it is impossible for policy
makers to know everything about the issues that come before them. They depend on
lobbyists and constituents to tell them how laws impact their community and the
people who live in.
You don’t have to be a lobbyist to do grassroots advocacy. Learn how to shape
your message and navigate the public policy arena to more effectively
communicate with policy makers about issues that are important to you.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this workshop participants will:
1. Be able to identify ways that they can impact public policy issues through
their own advocacy efforts.
2. Be familiar with how public policy is developed and how policies are impacted
by the current political environment.
3. Be able to identify their advocacy goals and navigate their way through the
policy making process.
Patricia McGill, executive director, Community Development Partnership of West Virginia. CDP offers organizational development training and education to nonprofit groups in West Virginia. Before taking the lead at CDP, McGill was president and CEO of a public policy development and government relations consulting firm. Using her background in nursing and health care administration, she has served as vice president of Legislative Policy and chief lobbyist for the West Virginia Hospital Association. On the national level, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a lobbyist for the National Council of Community Hospitals, the American Nurses Association and the Association of Operating Room Nurses.
Blair Mountain – History and Preservation
Efforts
Panelists: Wess Harris and
Barbara Rasmussen
In 2006 the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Blair Mountain on its list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since that time members of Preservation Alliance, National Trust, others have worked to nominate and advocate for placing the site upon National of Register of Historic Places. Historian Wess Harris will present a history of Blair Mountain with some emphasis on recent studies and events.Dr. Barbara Rasmussen will discuss the on-going National Register nomination process and issues surrounding listing of the site.
Wess
Harris, farmer, teacher, founder and president of
Appalachian Community Services, Inc. ACS recently published When Miners March,
the history of West Virginia coal miners written by William C. Blizzard in the
1950s. Harris worked with the state Division of Culture and History to produce
the exhibit, Appalachian Portraits by Connie West, displayed at the Cultural
Center Sept. 8-Nov. 5, 2006. A union miner in the 1970s, he currently serves on
the board of the West Virginia Labor History Association. He has been an
exhibitor and presenter at conferences hosted by the Appalachian Colleges
Association and the Appalachian Studies Association. Harris raises beef cattle
on his 173-acre farm in Gay, where he also teaches a broad range of
college-level courses.
Barbara Rasmussen, coordinator, Public History MA and Cultural Resource
Management Graduate Certificate program at West Virginia University. Also a
preservation consultant, Rasmussen’s course offerings at WVU include
Introduction to Historic Preservation, Local Historical Research Methods,
Architectural History and American History. She is a Preservation Alliance board
member and chairs the Blair Mountain Focus Group.
Barbara Rasmussen
(click name at left for her website) is
Coordinator of the Cultural Resource Management
Graduate Certificate program and the MA in Public History program at West Virginia
University. She is also a preservation consultant. She will discuss the 21-year
long effort to nominate the Blair Mountain battle site to the National Register
of Historic Places. She chairs the PAWV focus group on the Blair Mountain
project.
Appropriate Storefront Rehabilitation
Presenters: Chris Knorr and Mike Gioulis
The retail storefront of a commercial building is a feature that is particularly subject to change over time, thus there is seldom an historic storefront to save when a building is rehabilitated. Too often, however, the replacement storefront becomes an inappropriate new feature that reflects little understanding of the proportion, materials and design typical of historic storefronts. It is also very likely to be a fragile piece with little durability. By looking at materials and construction details it is possible to build something that it not a maintenance nightmare. By also looking at actual historic storefronts from various periods of history we can get a better sense of what constitutes a compatible design that is consistent with the architecture of the building and worth building well.
Chris Knorr, assistant director, West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office. As structural historian, Knorr monitors architectural work on Development Grants projects and reviews Historic Preservation Tax Credit projects. He also provides services to historic landmark commissions throughout the state as the certified local government coordinator. Before moving to West Virginia, Knorr was employed at the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, where he coordinated and provided architectural services for the Illinois Main Street Program. In North Carolina, he was Vice Chair of the Asheville-Buncombe County Historic Resources Commission and sat on the board of directors of the Asheville-Buncombe County Preservation Society
Michael Gioulis, historic preservation consultant. Gioulis has been active in historic preservation in West Virginia for more than 24 years. He served as historic architect for the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and as assistant director of the Historic Preservation Unit. While there he was involved in a number of programs, including Survey and Planning grants, historic resource surveys, review of construction grant projects, and tax certification applications. In private practice he has been involved in rehabilitation projects and design assistance programs for downtown structures. Gioulis has completed a number of successful tax certification applications and has participated in individual rehabilitation and restoration projects. As the design consultant for the Main Street West Virginia Program since 1988, he has assisted in downtown commercial rehabilitation in over 25 communities in the state.
Planning and Assessment Session,
Strategic Planning for Scenic Byways and Historic Restoration
Whether you are starting a new effort, or preparing for a proposal or grant application, you need to have effective planning – and way to evaluate and document your results. This session will give an introduction to some of the steps to develop a plan, different models of project planning, and elements of economic and community assessment including the West Virginia Cultural Heritage Tourism assessment effort.
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Convener - Phyllis Baxter Phyllis Baxter, President of Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, has been involved in preservation and heritage tourism for more than 15 years. She is Executive Director of Appalachian Forest Heritage Area -- an 18-county heritage tourism initiative in the highlands of West Virginia and western Maryland. She is also President of Historic Beverly Preservation and Treasurer of Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Alliance. Baxter holds a MA in American History from University of Texas - Austin, and a Certificate in Public History from West Virginia University. |
Panelist 1 -Norman Schwertfeger, WVU Extension Agent, Wellsburg, WV
This presentation is intended to help the participant understand the planning
process involved in developing a scenic byway project or planning for a historic
restoration project. We will review steps to take in preparing for a project.
The presentation will also help the participant to consider the community
benefit and need for the project. The presentation will also discuss the value
in establishing collaborative efforts when working on a project.
Participants will benefit from this course in the following ways:
• Gain a better understanding of the planning stages before undertaking a
community project.
• Learn some advantages for advance preparation and collaboration with grant
seeking and proposal preparation.
• Consider the sustainability of a project.
Topics Include:
• Research your project
• Who are the stakeholders of this project?
• Political vs. business stakeholders
• What to do before you begin writing a proposal
• Obtaining community support for a project
• Will the project need a work team to tackle specific tasks?
• Research the Application Requirements
• What are the follow-up plans if proposal is not approved?
Seminar Tips:
• Make sure your project is compatible with the funding agent
• Establish a compelling problem and clear need in your proposal
• Lay out your capacity to measure the projects objectives in the proposal
• Organize your project team before tackling the proposal
Norm Schwertfeger, West Virginia University Associate Professor and Extension Agent serving the four northern panhandle counties of West Virginia. Schwertfeger has worked for the past six years providing Community, Economic and Workforce Development. He was previously employed as an administrator with Community Behavioral Health for 20 years, supervisor with Youth Advocates for three years and county commissioner for 18 years. Schwertfeger has extensive experience in grant writing and program development. He and his wife Jeannie have 3 sons: Jacob, a missionary in Zambia, Africa; Zachary, a chemical engineering major at WVU and Cody, an 8th grader at Wellsburg Middle School.
Trace Gale, Ph.D., M.B.A., extension specialist, Community Resources and Economic Development, West Virginia University. Gale is the founder and president of Patagonia Learning Adventures, LLC, a West Virginia-based sustainable tourism curriculum and consulting company. PLA incorporates service learning and sustainable development principles into a natural resource-related curriculum offered to North American colleges and universities for study abroad programs. Founded in 2004, the company has worked as an independent consultant for a variety of tourism research and business development projects around the world.
Steve Selin, professor and program coordinator of the Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Resources Program at West Virginia University. Selin has been very active in supporting community-based conservation and development projects throughout West Virginia during his 15 years at the university. He served on the steering committee of WVU’s Community Design Team and was a coordinator of the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area project initiated by WVU.
West Virginia Works Track:
Computer applications in labor history and industrial heritage
Presented by Dan Bonenberger
From the earliest cave paintings we see the human desire to
explain events through images. Advances in computing technology have
revolutionized the way that we look at the past, especially recent gains in
computer memory, graphics, and monitors. This presentation discusses how these
advances in computer technology have affected the study of history and also
historic preservation. We will focus on case studies in labor and industry in
West Virginia, and ponder what the new technologies have to offer.
To understand the impact of cutting-edge computer technologies, we begin with a
brief overview of preservation and documentation techniques of the 19th and
early 20th century that include delineation, photography, and written
descriptions, physical models and full-scale reconstruction. In the 1960s
photogrammetry arose as a major preservation tool along with quantitative
methods, which revealed new insights into working class history and the
humanities. By the 1990s computer-aided drafting (CAD) and geographic
information systems (GIS) were gaining ground in preservation. In the mid-1990s
digital library initiatives were in full swing and the first VRML models of
historic structures were posted on the Internet.
Growth in computing power over the past decade offers many new opportunities for
documenting, analyzing, preserving, marketing, and understanding historic
places. The talk will provide an overview of the latest techniques becoming
available including virtual tours, terrestrial laser scanning, 3-D modeling,
augmented reality, virtual reality, role-play learning, gaming engines, and
exploratory spatial data analysis. Beyond the initial “wow” factor, what are the
benefits and drawbacks in the use of these technologies? Case studies will
include the coal mining town of Kaymoor in the New River Gorge, the urban growth
of Grafton West Virginia from the 1890s to 1920s, and working class and
ethnicity in nineteenth century Wheeling.
Dan Bonenberger, president, National Road Alliance. A research associate for the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University, Bonenberger develops and oversees new research initiatives applying geospatial technologies to history and the humanities. From 1998 to 2005 he served as associate director of the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, including two years as its chair. Over the past 15 years he has directed or contributed to a wide range of preservation products completed to the highest standards of the federal government including numerous HABS/HAER level I documentation sets, National Register of Historic Places nominations including multiple property and National Historic Landmark nominations, and a wide range of basic cultural resource documents and special resource studies such as the Historic Structure Report, Cultural Landscape Report, Historic Resource Study, and Corridor Management Plan. With deep roots in working class Wheeling, Dan brings special insights into the emerging field of virtual heritage and what it has to offer studies of American labor and industry.
Preservation Works Track
Tax Credits for You
Chris Knorr came to the West Virginia State Historic
Preservation Office in January of 2003, and was appointed Assistant Director of
the office in July of 2004. As Structural Historian he monitors architectural
work on projects awarded Development Grants, reviews Historic Preservation Tax
Credit projects, and as Certified Local Government Coordinator, he provides
services to historic landmark commissions throughout the state.
Before moving to West Virginia, Chris was employed at the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, where he coordinated and provided architectural services
for the Illinois Main Street Program. He also volunteered on the Design and
Image Council for Downtown Springfield Incorporated. Previous to that, Chris
worked for a private architectural firm in Asheville, North Carolina. While in
North Carolina, he was Vice Chair of the Asheville-Buncombe County Historic
Resources Commission and sat on the board of directors of the Asheville-Buncombe
County Preservation Society.
Chris received a Bachelor of Architecture degree with an emphasis in historic
preservation from the University of Tennessee in 1991.
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Dan E Wilson, CPA, MBA, is a managing partner at Bodkin, Wilson, and Kozicki in the Weirton office. He graduated from Wheeling College in 1977 and obtained an MBA West Virginia University. Mr. Wilson concentrates in the area of taxation and is also significantly involved in business consulting and in the firm's audit practice. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants and is also licensed to practice in the state of Ohio. |
Mark S. Morton, general counsel for revenue
operations for the West Virginia Tax Department and Director of the Tax
Department Legal Division. Morton is a graduate of West Virginia University with
a BS in Business Administration (accounting major) and the WVU College of Law.
He has been an attorney with the West Virginia Tax Department since 1983.
Listening As Preservation: Collecting and Sharing Oral History
Presenters:
Michael and
Carrie Nobel Kline
This workshop is designed for anyone wanting to learn more about the
relationship between story gathering and community building. With many available
models from the past forty years including Foxfire, Goldenseal Magazine, The
Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, Appalshop Media Collective
in Whitesburg, Kentucky, and the Augusta Heritage Arts Center in Elkins, we are
eager to explore with participants in this workshop how they can develop
profound listening skills and approaches to interviewing which get beyond the
mere informational listings of greats and dates generated by traditional oral
history and genealogical disciplines.
Sharing multi-media examples from our own work talking across class, gender and
racial lines, we will underscore the crucial importance of listening for a
change in our own communities. We will tune in voices not usually heard in
discussions of public policy or community values in an effort to redefine and
reinvent cultural texts for our own, increasingly rootless times. We will show
how listening to the stories of our elders, while an intrinsically valuable
pastime, exposes us to practical social and environmental models rooted in
traditional values of family and community. We will talk about the intersections
between folkloric and preservation issues, tapping into local wisdom and memory
about management and stewardship of land and structures.
We will demonstrate the variety of products which can be made from good
recordings, from magazine articles to documentary radio productions and audio
supplements to museum interpretations. We will show the benefit of grounding all
of our cultural heritage and story-gathering work in community collaborations.
Our goal is for participants to leave the workshop with a rekindled awareness of
the power of the spoken word, a better understanding of the complexities of
active listening and a determination to get more involved in story-gathering as
a key to community preservation and cultural revitalization
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES:
Zeitlin, Steven J. A Celebration of American Family Folklore. Yellow Moon Press, P.O. Box 1316, Cambridge, MA 02238.
Thompson, Paul. The Voice of the Past, Oral History. Third Edition. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York. (2000) Chapter 7, “The Interview”
Panos. Giving Voice: Practical Guidelines for Implementing Oral Testimony Projects. Oral Testimony Program, Panos, 9 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PD, UK. fax: +44(0)171 287 0345
Michael and
Carrie Nobel Kline, award-winning folklorists. The Klines
met through of love of singing, old-time
music and the oral tradition. Since 1992 they have made a life together
gathering stories and documenting the experiences of new immigrants and more
established residents of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West
Virginia. They have each been published in the Oral History Review as well as
Goldenseal, West Virginia' s magazine of traditional life. Michael holds a Ph.D
in Folklore from Boston University and Carrie an M.A. in American Studies from
SUNY/Buffalo. They have produced more than a dozen recordings including audio
tours, audio histories and musical recordings all for sale on their website.
Together they received the 1999 Media Arts Award through the West Virginia
Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the 2005 Oral History Association’s
Non-Print Award for their multi-layered documentary, Born and Raised in Tobacco
Fields: Portrait of a Changing American Landscape, and the 2006 Spirit of West
Virginia Division of Tourism Award for the Pendleton County Heritage Travels
Project. The Klines each gained admission for two of their photographs in the
2006 Mid-Atlantic Artists Show sponsored by Randolph County Community Arts
Center where Carrie won honorable mention and Michael 2nd place. In 2001 Carrie
received a Rockefeller Fellowship and was Scholar-in-Residence at Marshall
University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Huntington, West
Virginia. Michael received a Ford Fellowship for his work documenting the lives
of Hampshire County farmers. The Klines are engaged in folklife research and
cultural heritage tourism contracts in several states. In central West Virginia
they are embarking on a historic preservation initiative gathering oral
testimonials and music to produce CDs telling the stories of the western side of
the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike.
Please see www.folktalk.org
for more details on Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline’s work through their
enterprise Talking Across the Lines, LLC.
PAWV Annual Meeting Keynote Address:
“Industrial Preservation in a New Economy”
For more than 100 years Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania was the
industrial heart of America. At one time, more steel was produced in Allegheny
County, PA than the total combined output of England and Germany. Many local,
national and global factors lead to the decline of the steel industry in our
neighboring city to the East. Hear how that decline gave rise to the Rivers of
Steel National Heritage Area and their learn about their efforts to incorporate
industrial preservation in brownfield revitalization, community redevelopment
and heritage tourism strategies throughout the region.
 AUGUST R. CARLINO President & CEO Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area The Bost Building 623 East 8th Avenue Homestead, PA 15120 Tel: 412-464-4020, ext. 63 Fax: 412-464-4417 Email: arcarlino@riversofsteel.com Website: www.riversofsteel.com |
Augie Carlino
administers the
overall operation of SIHC and Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
Based in Homestead, Pa., SIHC is the managing entity for Rivers of
Steel. Under his direction, the coalition has grown from a small task
force to a regional non-profit community/heritage development company
with a staff of 14. |
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