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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT <br />September 15, 2014 <br />Hello Commission! <br />We had a GREAT workshop on Saturday at the Old Republic in New Carisle! <br />Russ Luchies from Midwest Masonry was our expert and helped us grind and re tuck old <br />failing mortar, new poor mortar, and even some ill -placed quik-crete that someone called <br />mortar. The pictures are online on Facebook and should be on the website by the end of <br />the week. This was the last of our hands-on workshops for the year and it is always <br />bittersweet for me as I do enjoy these workshops so very much. We have had over one <br />hundred attendees to the workshops as a whole this year and that is impressive! Next <br />year we will be glad to be a part of the exciting things going on at Indiana Landmark's <br />property on Chapin across from the Studebaker Museum. The entire house is going to be <br />set up for work shops throughout the year. Although this is not through Restore <br />Michiana, I am certain that Elicia and myself will be collaborators on some of those <br />presentations. Due to popular demand we will be doing an introduction to power tools in <br />spring. <br />Last week Catherine and I each took a bus load of Young Professionals on a <br />Local Historic Districts tour via chamber of commerce. This was a great bunch of people <br />that really did not know much about their city. It was so well received that Catherine and <br />I have assisted some of the real estate agents that were on the busses to find information <br />on some of their listings. Go US! <br />As fall approaches one of the greatest challenges that face us will be roofs and <br />gutters. Those that did not make repairs following last winter's wrath will be sorry this <br />year. Already you can see several more houses in areas (chapin park i.e.) that have <br />dislodged gutters and missing shingles. These houses have been turned into Code <br />Enforcement to send out their initial letters. <br />I am heading to Madison, Wisconsin this evening to attend the National <br />Preservation Institute series on Window Preservation. I applied and successfully received <br />a scholarship to attend the two day hands-on seminar. I will let everyone know how that <br />went next meeting. <br />Thank you, <br />Steve Szaday-Preservation Specialist HPCSBSJC <br />