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Statewide Historic Preservation Conference

29th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
September 17-18, 2009

Minnesota’s 29th Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference is September 17-18 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska. Sponsored by the State Historic Preservation Office, the conference will be hosted by the Chaska Heritage Preservation Commission in cooperation with the City of Chaska, the Carver Heritage Preservation Commission and the Carver County Historical Society.

The program features presentations and working sessions on the topic of Sustainability and Green Preservation as well as walking and bus tours of local sites.

An Annual Affair

The largest gathering of Minnesota's preservation community each year, this conference attracts historians, architects, planners, public officials, property owners, preservation commission members and citizen advocates from every corner of the state.

The conference addresses themes central to the work of historic preservation.

Recent Conferences

2008: Northfield: Main Street and Beyond
2007: St. Paul: National Preservation Conference
2006: Red Wing, "Past Meets Future: Preservation for the 21st Century"
2005: Duluth, "Grassroots Preservation: Strengthening Community Begins Locally"
2004: St. Cloud, "Improving Community Life with Historic Preservation"
2003: New Ulm, "The Economics of Historic Preservation: Making it Work in Hard Times"