Summer 2010 PAWV CONFERENCE planning continues – clear your calendars for Fairmont on 23-25 September 2010. The theme is: "Old is the New Green; Sustaining Heritage and Communities" Current information is HERE.   Brochure release for the WV Historic Theatre Trail AND the WV Historic New Deal/CCC Trail to take place on Thursday June 17, 2010 in Sutton, WV at 2:00 p.m. The event will be held on the courthouse lawn and hosted by the Sutton On-Trac Main Street program, with the new brochures available for pick-up. (Details HERE.) Please come and celebrate our new trails, which will soon appear on the WV Tourism website!

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Spring 2010

• Preservation Alliance of West Virginia celebrates May as National Preservation Month with the announcement of a historic window restoration demonstration project, coming on 4 June 2010. See details HERE.
   
  

• PAWV Field Representative Lynn Stasick has had a piece he wrote entitled "Well Stocked Supply Kit Proves Invaluable in the Field" published with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. To read his article, see HERE

Winter 2010

• Preservation Alliance of West Virginia Announces Its Endangered Properties List for 2010

Fall 2009

• Through a special arrangement with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, if you join the Preservation Alliance or make a donation to PAWV using your credit card on the NTHP secure server, they will throw in a NTHP membership for FREE!

  See the membership sign-up form: HERE

Summer 2009

• MASONRY and Brick Re-Pointing WORKSHOP was held on 26 September 2009 at the historic McCreery Hotel in Hinton. (See 2009 Endangered List for more about the McCreery.)
  
  
• THE FIRST PAWV AWARDS BANQUET took place 23 September 2009 at the brilliantly restored Keith-Albee Theatre in Huntington and was well-attended. See the remarkable venue and the award winners HERE.
  
  
• BLAIR MOUNTAIN seems headed towards being DE-LISTED from the National Register of Historic Places, in a very singular development. Anyone objecting to such de-listing has 30 days to file a comment with the National Register people. For details about this discouraging development and how to submit your own comment, follow the link HERE.
  
  
• For the first time, the PAWV will have a preservation professional actively working throughout the state on Endangered List situations and other projects. Come meet the new staffer: Lynn Stasick
  
  

Spring 2009

• BLAIR MOUNTAIN has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as of 30 March 2009.
  More about this significant development HERE. 

  
• HELP WANTED: Preservation Alliance of West Virginia SEEKS a full-time field representative to provide technical assistance and strategic support to West Virginia’s endangered historic properties. Services may include but are not limited to needs assessment, public advocacy, consulting and on-site training, support for National Register nominations and grant applications, and minimal clerical duties. A bachelor’s degree in historic preservation, design, planning or other related field is required; master’s degree and/or three or more years experience is preferred. Commensurate experience may be considered in lieu of degrees. The applicant should demonstrate excellent communication skills and should be able to work independently. The successful candidate will have dependable transportation and be willing to travel throughout West Virginia. This position is funded in part by a National Trust for Historic Preservation Partners in the Field challenge grant. For more information see the detailed PDF posting HERE. To apply, email resume and cover letter to karen@pawv.org

Winter 2009

• Preservation Alliance of West Virginia has named eight historic properties to its 2009 Endangered Properties List. See more about this HERE.
    
• Made In/Grown In West Virginia program announces a "Meeting of the Minds" for 8 April 2009 — HERE.
    
• Latest Cultural Heritage Development Mini-Grant Awards listed HERE

Fall 2008

• Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is looking for vendors to participate in the 2009 Annual State Park Gift Show, February 8-11, 2009 at Pipestem Resort State Park. This is a wholesale show sponsored by Pipestem and geared primarily to gift shops in the tourism market. Buyers from many state parks will be attending in addition to small shop owners from throughout the state. PAWV would like to encourage Made In Grown In West Virginia program participants to attend this show by providing reimbursement of the $60 business registration fee. There are a limited number of reimbursements available so if interested, apply now!
Get more information and application forms HERE
    
• "Roots, Realities, and the Road Ahead":
  Annual Conference was held November 6-8 in Oak Hill, West Virginia.
  See the first photographs from the event:  HERE
      
• Nominations Sought for 2009 List of Endangered Historical Sites of West Virginia

 
• Second Round of PRESERVE AMERICA MINI-GRANTS now available!
   

Summer 2008

• "Roots, Realities, and the Road Ahead":
  Annual Conference set for Oak Hill on November 6-8.
  See Conference Information/Registration HERE

Spring 2008

• State Historic Preservation Office presented a Historic Landmark Commission training session on May 17.  See pre-event details on the PDF HERE

• The West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is currently offering Conference Scholarships to attend two historic-preservation-related conferences. 
   -- See all of the details HERE

• Old Company Store to be Stop on Trail

  $729,000 grant turning former HQ into coal heritage museum. See the story at:

  http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200803240353

• Two Events Honor CCC Legacy

  2008 marks 75 years since the beginning of the New Deal legislation. The first Civilian Conservation Corps camps in West Virginia were activated on May 20, 1933, in Tucker and Randolph counties. Altogether there were 67 camps in the state over the nine year span of the program. Two area events honored this legacy:

  • On April 13, Sunday a 75th CCC anniversary celebration was held in Fairmont at the local Senior Center.  For further info, please contact Charlie Piercy at 304-363-4388.
  • May 3, Saturday was a Spring CCC Jubilee/reunion for all age groups in Quiet Dell, Harris.  For further information, please go to www.wva-ccc-legacy.org and/or contact Bob Anderson at bredeand@hotmail.com .

 

• WV Gift Shop Marketplace Survey  - February 2008

• New Survey will let Your Organization Stand Up and Be Counted

Winter 2008

• Blair Mountain Site Nomination to National Historic Register is Approved
  

• Apply Now for Historic Preservation Development Grants
  

• Meeting for Historic Theater Preservation Announced

• Opportunity for Area Artists

Fall 2007

• Fundraising Tour and Tea Popular

• Cultural Heritage Development Advisory Panel Meeting POSTPONED

• Historic Landmark Workshop A Success In Elkins

Summer 2007

• More Workshops Offered

• Cultural Heritage Development Info Posted

• 2007 Conference Materials Posted

• HELP WANTED:  PAWV Spot For VISTA Worker (Job Now Filled)

Spring 2007

• Annual PAWV Conference Takes Place in Wheeling

• Cultural Heritage Tourism Business Development MINI-GRANTS

Fall 2006

• "Inheriting Historic Fortune" - The Dollars and Sense of Preservation

• PAWV Welcomes New Staff

• Wheeling Program Encourages Downtown Restoration

Summer 2006

• National Trust Lists Battle of Blair Mountain site as "Most Endangered"