|
|
Preservation Successes
PAWV ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2003 (left) Old Stone Church, Lewisburg |
Conference Schedule and Program
(Please note that some details may still be subject to change -- check back here for updates, if any.)
DAY ONE
Thursday, September 4 - Greenbrier Valley Theater
5:15 pm Welcome Reception , Sponsored by Lewisburg Preservation Alliance
6:00 pm Dr. Robert S. Conte, PhD, Curator and Historian of The Greenbrier.
"The Greenbrier's use of historic preservation and its architectural assets."
DAY TWO
Friday, September 5 - 9:00 am - Carnegie Hall Front Entrance
Lewisburg Walking Tour - Guided Tour. The highlights will include the outstanding John North House (1820), The Old Stone Church (1780) and its cemetery, and West Virginia's Carnegie Hall (1900)
Registration _ 11 am to 5 pm - Carnegie Hall
Lunch - on your own at any of Lewisburg's excellent downtown restaurants
Session One _ 1 pm to 2:30 pm
Successful projects and how you can do it too Including how to save an endangered building, planning for adaptive reuse, where to find help and resources
OR
Lewisburg A case study of turning around an economically challanged town through historic preservation and heritage tourism
Session Two 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Successful projects start to finish Before and after slides/discussion of some successful projects, including some of the Lewisburg area examples that are seen during conference tours
OR
What a community can do. Including historic districts, design review options, and Landmarks Commissions
Reception & tours at Montwell 4:30 - 6:30pm
Get a rare glimpse at a just completed, meticulously restored 1818 Lewisburg home. Refreshments provided by
The Greenbrier.
Dinner - on your own at any of the city's excellent restaurants
DAY THREE
Saturday, September 6 - 8:00 am - Carnegie Hall
Registration and coffee
Session Three 8:45 am to 10:15 am
Preservation non-profits How to build an active & successful membership organization, examining Lewisburg Preservation Alliance and Lewisburg Foundation as models.
Session Four 10:30 am to 12:00 noon
Advocacy and education _ How to work with governments and the public on all levels from local to national.
OR
Tour Session 8:45 am to 12:00 noon
Saving a building from scratch Discussion then tour of two examples of buildings snatched from the wrecking ball to successful rehabilitation. Includes a 1805 stone and brick house now used as business offices, and a 1880 board and batten frame dwelling restored to a comfortable residence.
Luncheon, Annual Meeting & Keynote Speaker 12:15 - 2:00
Saturday Afternoon Tour 2:30 to 5:30
Tour one of the Greenbrier Valley's most interesting and architecturally distinctive homes, Spring Valley. Also tour the town of Union and visit to Salt Sulphur Springs, one of the few surviving springs resorts of the nineteenth century.
OR
Shopping on own in historic Lewisburg
Saturday Evening Party 6:30 - 9:30
Garden Party at Deerfield, the stunning residence of Mr. & Mrs. John Wade Bell, III. Enjoy the spectacular view of the Greenbrier River Canyon. Bar-B-Q cookout dinner with live music by one of the areas most popular jazz ensembles.
¨