Central Texas Regional Preservation Summit 2023
Join Preservation Texas on September 21st in San Marcos!
The Central Texas Regional Preservation Summit will be held on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at the Dunbar Recreation Center in San Marcos (801 Martin Luther King Dr.) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The program will focus on serving an audience of local preservation professionals, commission volunteers, and community advocates. Topics will include protecting long-term property owners in the face of gentrification, local funding and incentives for preservation, balancing preservation and growth, the merits of the Certified Local Government program, and more. Breakfast tacos and a box lunch will be provided.
Photo: The 1908 First Baptist Church in the Dunbar Neighborhood of San Marcos.
Schedule
Thursday, September 21, 2023
09:00 a.m. | Registrant Check-in
09:15 a.m. | Welcome and Central Texas Program Update; Kate Johnson and Samantha Hunick, Preservation Texas
09:30 a.m. | The Reconstruction-Era Origins of the Dunbar Neighborhood and Its School; Evan Thompson, Preservation Texas
10:00 a.m. | Preservation as a Tool for Neighborhoods Experiencing Change; Cory Edwards, City of San Antonio
10:45 a.m. | Break
11:00 a.m. | Local Incentives for Preservation in Downtown Taylor; Jan Harris, City of Taylor
11:30 a.m. | Endangered buildings in Blanco, Caldwell and Hays Counties: Preservation Texas Summer Internship Report; Jared Van Auken and Andrew Ward, Texas State University
12:00 p.m. | Lunch and 2023 Preservation Texas Honor Awards Presentation
01:15 p.m. | Diversifying County Preservation Efforts: Gonzales County Historical Commission and The Texas Freedom Colonies Project; Glenda Gordon, Gonzales County Historical Commission; David Tucy, Edwards Association
02:00 p.m. | Preserving The Wimberley Way; Irene Allender and Ellis Mumford-Russell, Post Oak Preservation Solutions
02:45 p.m. | Break
03:00 p.m. | The Certified Local Government Program: Central Texas Focus; Kelly Little and Ericca Espindola, Texas Historical Commission; Katie Totman, City of New Braunfels
04:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks
Registration
Student: $20.00
Preservation Texas Member: $40.00
Non-Member: $50.00
First-Time Member: $60.00 (includes a complimentary one-year Individual Membership)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 19th
If you’d like to confirm your membership status, please email Samantha Hunick at hunick@preservationtexas.org.
If you’d like to join Preservation Texas, you can become a member HERE!
