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I South Bend and St. Joseph County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Timothy S. Klusczinski, President June 5, 2007 227 WEST JEFFERSON BLVD SOUTH BEND, IN 46601-1830 www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/sjchp/index.html Phone: 574-235-9798 Fax: 574-235-9578 e-mail: SBSJCkPC@co.st-joscph.in.us Historic Preservation Commissioners: A Certified Local Government � o Catherine D. Hostetler, Director As is required upon return from travel for education or training purposes, I wish to respectfully submit this report of my recent experience at the NUSA National Conference in Baton Rouge, LA. -The opening keynote was presented by Mack MacCarter of the Shreveport -Bossier Community Renewal Program. He spoke on the importance of creating relationships within the community that we serve in that are based on love, honesty and a shared sense of purpose and goals. Very much the public/private partnership imperative, but presented such that the interpersonal bonds and relationships are given the priority and the focus of work and nurturing, not necessarily goals or projects at hand. -Workshop #1: Developing an Actionable Strategic Plan Kim Hunt, of OH Community Partners of Chicago presented a wonderful, but daunting, workshop about the differences. between a Mission Statement, Vision Statement, Strategic Plan and Work Plan and how they can either work together or against the other, and that depends on planning and preparing. Best practices and ideas were shared regarding crafting these documents and how to work with difficult colleagues that can poison the process. -Workshop #2: Healthv Communitv Leadership Two gentlemen from the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program presented a very insightful workshop on leadership and the differences between leaders, managers, and "speedbumps". The work- shop addressed handling situations with neighborhood groups, mediating disagreements, and learning to work with colleagues, volunteers, and neighbors. -Workshop #3: Making Preservation Work This workshop was presented by the new New Orleans officer of the National Trust and the new HPC staffer in Baton Rouge. Unbelievably, Baton Rouge which is a wonderfully preserved, thoughtful community has only had an HPC for 1 year, and they have only one district and one landmark. Their staffer related to us that although the community has a definite interest preservation, they weren't in any way interested in having that interest legislated by a Commission. Very interesting. The New Orleans officer essentially provided some context for whatever troublesome things we're trying to solve, just remember that New Orleans has it worse. COMMISSIONERS Mary Jane Chase (Treasurer) - Shawn Peterson (Legal Counsel) Gerald Ujdak Martha Choitz Lynn Patrick (Vice President) Linda Riley Catherine Hostetler Joann Sporleder (Historic Architect) Todd Zeiger (Secretary)