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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT <br />February 25, 2013 <br />Happy February! Since my last report, we have made great strides in both the <br />content and finishing details of the Restore Michiana workshop series for 2013. Elicia <br />and her intern Bethany have created a wonderful poster that should be out to print soon <br />providing details of the series. In the last few days I have secured Love & Sons for the <br />wood floor workshop and have a meeting set to work out the details. We are also pleased <br />that Russ Luchie of Slatile fame will be our guest lecturer at our masonry lecture in July. <br />Mitch from Unity Gardens has also been added to our Landscaping event to discuss <br />composting and even better Greg Layes the master gardener from Ginger Valley will be <br />our expert lecturer/ demonstrator. I cannot emphasize enough how wonderful it feels to <br />have some of the top names in their trades to be a part of this series. The additional use of <br />their websites, social networks, store fronts, and customer contacts should help fill these <br />events and expand our base of homeowners as well. I attended the NNN meeting this <br />weekend and am pleased to announce that not only will NNN display our posters, but will <br />advertise the series via of their emails as well as hopefully a link off their website as well. <br />Now back to business. I recently found yet another vacant house in Taylor's field <br />that was being occupied illegally. 213 South Street had the city/police "No Trespassing" <br />sign on the front door, but the sign was removed. I called the police, walked through with <br />them, and reposted the sign. This is yet another example of a wonderful house with great <br />details and potential that is a victim of the element that is trying to ruin that <br />neighborhood. <br />My intern from fall, Fabian has returned to rework and finalize the minimum <br />maintenance surveys for the city landmarks. I expect those to be finished and ready for <br />the director's review very soon. One additional update, the Avon Theater's ticket booth <br />is going to be rebuilt and the fagade material reused. The framework was simply too <br />damaged to use safely and its awkward shape and size made it too difficult to use <br />effectively at the State Theater. We are going to rebuild it so that it is mobile to be used <br />for special events and as an advertisement tool. <br />Steve Szaday <br />Preservation Specialist <br />