Location: Baker University Campus, 404 Eighth Street, Baldwin City
Presented by the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council, Baldwin City, Baker University, Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce and the Lumberyard Arts Center.
Advance Registration by July 20th. Be sure to order and prepay for box lunches by July 15th. In-person registration is available but will not be eligible for box lunches.
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
8 a.m. Registration will be open at the Rice Auditorium Lobby; browse information tables.
9 a.m. Baldwin City’s Downtown Commercial District, with behind-the-scenes tours of the Lumberyard Arts Center and Baldwin City State Bank. Led by Sara DeCaro, Archivist, Baker University, and Katrina Ringler, Grants Coordinator, Kansas State Historic Preservation Office. Meet at the Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High Street.
11 a.m. Welcome by Baldwin Chamber Executive. Director Lori Trojan.
11:05 a.m. Glimpses of Barn Preservation Program in Douglas County/KBA Collaboration - Jan Shupert-Arick, Heritage Conservation Council Program Coordinator, and Steve Christy, President, Kansas Barn Alliance.
11:15 a.m. Becoming a Kansas Main Street: Benefits to Main Street Communities, Scott Sewell, Director, Kansas Main Street.
12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 -2:30 p.m. Historic Building Surveys & The Impact of the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council’s Historic Building Survey Plan, Speakers on Panel: Katrina Ringler, Kansas State Historic Preservation Office; Michael Delaney, Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council; Stan Hernly, Hernly Associates Inc., Survey Consultant.
3 p.m.Preservation Conference Meet and Greet– Conference attendees and friends of preservation are invited. Location: The Lumberyard Arts Center/Sullivan Square, 718 High Street.
Dinner on your own/Food Truck – Downtown Baldwin City
7:30 p.m. Third FridayLive On Highat the Lumberyard Arts Center/Sullivan Square, 718 High Street.Join local singer-songwriters Eric Nelson, Chris Hudson and Kristin Hamilton for an evening of acoustic music and original songs in the round.