Spring 2008

• State Historic Preservation Office to present Historic Landmark Commission training session on May 17
  - See details on the PDF HERE

• The West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is currently offering Conference Scholarships to attend two historic-preservation-related conferences. 
   -- See all of the details HERE

• Old Company Store to be Stop on Trail

  $729,000 grant turning former HQ into coal heritage museum. See the story at:

  http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200803240353

• Two Upcoming Events Honor CCC Legacy

  2008 marks 75 years since the beginning of the New Deal legislation. The first Civilian Conservation Corps camps in West Virginia were activated on May 20, 1933, in Tucker and Randolph counties. Altogether there were 67 camps in the state over the nine year span of the program. Here are two upcoming events to honor this legacy.

  • April 13, Sunday is a 75th CCC anniversary celebration in Fairmont at the local Senior Center. Featured will be old CCC videos, door prizes and a live Gospel Quartet. Donation is $3.00. For further info, please contact Charlie Piercy at 304-363-4388.
  • May 3, Saturday is a Spring CCC Jubilee/reunion for all age groups in Quiet Dell, Harrison County from 10 to 2:30. Cost of $10.00 includes old-fashioned Appalachian music, door prizes CCC jokes and other good humor and a fabulous home-cooked dinner at the UM Church. For further information, please go to www.wva-ccc-legacy.org and/or contact Bob Anderson at bredeand@hotmail.com .

 

• WV Gift Shop Marketplace Survey  - February 2008

• New Survey will let Your Organization Stand Up and Be Counted

Winter 2008

• Blair Mountain Site Nomination to National Historic Register is Approved
  

• Apply Now for Historic Preservation Development Grants
  

• Meeting for Historic Theater Preservation Announced

• Opportunity for Area Artists

Fall 2007

• Fundraising Tour and Tea Popular

• Cultural Heritage Development Advisory Panel Meeting POSTPONED

• Historic Landmark Workshop A Success In Elkins

Summer 2007

• More Workshops Offered

• Cultural Heritage Development Info Posted

• 2007 Conference Materials Posted

• HELP WANTED:  PAWV Spot For VISTA Worker (Job Now Filled)

Spring 2007

• Annual PAWV Conference Takes Place in Wheeling

• Cultural Heritage Tourism Business Development MINI-GRANTS

Fall 2006

• "Inheriting Historic Fortune" - The Dollars and Sense of Preservation

• PAWV Welcomes New Staff

• Wheeling Program Encourages Downtown Restoration

Summer 2006

• National Trust Lists Battle of Blair Mountain site as "Most Endangered"