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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT January 23, 2012 Before I begin my report, I would like to say "Thank you" to Catherine, Elicia, and the Commission for granting me this opportunity to take this position. I look forward to a great year of working together to preserve, protect, and educate. I would also like to mention Wayne Doolittle, who continues to be a wealth of knowledge and support. Rather than merely providing a time sheet, I would like to approach my report.-- with eportswith information on what I have been working on since the last meeting. I would also like to mention some of the projects I plan on working on before the commission meets again. Of course there are the neighborhood inspections, not much work being done in winter however. There was also an increased number of Environmental Reviews (106s). I have also been working on reorganizing our photo files so that they are categorized by addresses rather than date or Certificate of Appropriateness. We are hoping this provides a visual history of work being performed. I am very excited to have had the chance to spend several days working with Neil Vogel and his class from the Illinois Institute of Art. Neil and his class are working on a class project to derive uses for the newly purchased State Theatre. Since we were unable to find a complete set of drawings, we spent a great deal of time measuring the space and differentiating between the original structure and those added during the many renovations. It was very satisfying to work with Elicia organizing the efforts of the media, DTSB, Hayden House, Bruno's Downtown, Jimmy John's Downtown, Herman and Goetz, Doug Turnock, and all those people who fed, housed, and provided supplies for this group. The buzz created by the evening news story as well as the newspaper article around downtown was wonderful. Dozens of people stopped in to see what was going on and so many more slowed down to look as the marquee was once again lit up. Prior to the next commission meeting, I would like to have made further progress on the reorganization of the photo files. I would also like to have the details on our next Restore Michiana workshop as well as all the surplus (old and obsolete) office equipment removed from the storage room and back at county storage. Neil Vogel and his class may be coming back through for a one day visit to address any missing information they may need. Steve Szaday E U�