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