Preserving, financing and promoting your historic destination
Snohomish Historic Preservation & Cultural Tourism Symposium
May 28 & 29, 2009 | Waltz Building, 116 Avenue B, Snohomish, WA
SnohomishHistoricalSociety.org/symposium
Thursday, May 28, 2009 – Agenda
8-9am Registration & Continental Breakfast Waltz Building
9-9:15am Welcome with Knute Berger, Symposium Moderator, Moss Back, Crosscut
9:15-10am Department of Archaeology & History Preservation Update:
Allyson Brooks, Director
10:15-Noon Financing Your Preservation Project
Jack Peters, CPD Regional Office Director, HUD
Wes Cochran, Area Specialist, USDA Rural Development
Mark Blatter, Director of Real Estate Development Historic Seattle
Sarah Nichols, Finance and Development Resource Specialist Beacon Development Group
Noon-1:30pm Box Lunch [Included] Carnegie Building
1:30-4:30 “You Want To Do What?”
Preservation Case Studies & Panel Discussion Waltz Building
Warner Blake, Introduction, President, Snohomish Historical Society
Moderator: Jack Williams,
Architect, Chair, Governor’s Historic Preservation Advisory Council
Stephen Mathison, Historical Architect, Washington State
Historic Preservation Guidelines Presentation
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Case Studies:
Joshua Scott, Principal, Mosaic Architecture
Walter Schacht & Cima Malek-Aslani, Partners, Schacht|Aslani Architects
Panel Members:
Rebecca Loveless, Chair, Snohomish Design Review Board
Corbitt Loch, Director, Snohomish Planning and Development
4:30-6:30pm Wine Tasting & Stories with David Dilgard Thumbnail Theater
History Specialist, Everett Public Library
Friday, May 29, 2009 – Agenda
8-8:30am Continental Breakfast Carnegie Building
8:30-9:45am Federal Government Programs Update Waltz Building
Hank Florence, National Parks
10-11:30 Cultural Tourism: What’s Happening & How Do We Fund It? Waltz Building
Eric Schinfeld, Senior Economic Policy Analyst, Puget Sound Regional Council/Prosperity Partnership- Tourism Cluster Project
Tracey Wickersham, Director of Cultural Tourism, Seattle Convention & Visitors Bureau
Amy Spain, Director, Snohomish County Tourism Bureau
Wendy Becker, Snohomish County Economic and Cultural Development Officer
Janda Volkmer, TissotVolkmer Consulting
11:30-1:30pm Box Lunch Program Carnegie Building
Chris Brandmeir, Highline Community College, Packaging and Strategic Alliances:
Packaging partnerships with local communities, businesses, and organizations
1:30 – 2:30pm Historic Snohomish Business District Walking Tour
Concurrent Exhibition:
Vendor Expo – 11-4pm Thursday & 7:30-1pm Friday Carnegie Building