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A recap of the National Preservation Conference

My column in this week's UTW is a recap of the National Preservation Conference, which came to Tulsa back in late October. Below are some blog entries with reactions from conference staff and other conference attendees, but first I want to spotlight a blog I've just recently learned about: Rex...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 8, 2008 10:05 AM

National Preservation Conference: Get yourself downtown!

If you have any interest at all in fixing up older buildings (even if you don't think of them as particularly historic), visiting and promoting historic landmarks, economic revitalization of small towns and rural areas, walkable communities, "green" buildings, infill that respects existing development -- if you like pecans or...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 23, 2008 6:59 PM

Preservation conference continues

The 2008 National Preservation Conference is underway right here in Tulsa. On Wednesday some conventioneers took buses to field sessions here in Tulsa and around northeastern Oklahoma, while others attended panel discussions and workshops on various topics related to historic preservation. Late in the afternoon was the opening plenary session,...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 23, 2008 12:14 AM

Preservation conference field sessions open to the public

The National Preservation Conference, which comes to Tulsa next week, is making tickets for several Saturday, October 25, field sessions available to the public. There is a cost for each event, but you can sign up for these events without having to pay the conference registration fee. There are five...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 18, 2008 12:12 AM

Preservationists coming to Tulsa

The long-anticipated National Preservation Conference, the annual convention of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is just around the corner -- next week! -- and that's my column in the current issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly is a preview of what Tulsans will find in the exhibit hall, field sessions,...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 13, 2008 5:50 PM