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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 2012 The Historic Preservation Commission was awarded the 2012 National Alliance of Preservation Commissions "Commission Excellence Award" for Best Practices -Public Outreach/Advocacy. This award was accepted by the Staff at Forum 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia in August. HPC developed the 2012 Then & Now: A `Downtown South Bend Walking Tour" brochure and conducted the tours, often customizing them to suit different tour group's focus. HPC developed with funding partners: South Bend, Neighborhood Resources . . Corporation,- DTSB, Visited South bend Mishawaka, WNIT and Center for History the Local Historic Districts of South Bend, Indiana Heritage Tour and brochure. There is also a power point presentation of this Tour. Elicia Feasel, Assistant Director, directed more than 1000 volunteer hours for the digitization documentation project of City Cemetery at the Parks Department and also developed its preservation plan. HPC developed and hosted Restore Michiana, a conference, workshop and lecture series, with the hands on work shop in New Carlisle in May of how to repair and Paint exterior wood siding. HPC also sponsored the debut of its Preservation and Maintenance of Wood Windows package of 2 DVDs and Manual that was created with recognized experts Richard Speigelmyer and John Partee. This is also available on You -Tube at the Restore Michiana website HPC held the presentation of the bi annual Southhold Preservation Awards in Spring 2012 along with DTSB's Pride of Place Awards. - HPC participated in Advocacy Campaigns such as the development of a Studebaker/Bendix Heritage Trail, the development of a post card series highlighting St. . Joseph County Landmarks and Scenes due to be published in 2013. HPC provided additional efforts on behalf of local historic preservation by coordinating the effort to digitize the endangered records of the Historic South Bend City Cemetery, continuing to shepherd the Hubbard Haven National Register Nomination through the review process in Indianapolis and wrote the Staff Reports and Recommendations for the National Register Nominations of St. Patrick's Park and North Liberty's Historic Commercial District. HPC also wrote letters of support for North Liberty's Main Street application and for the grant to restore the PWA stonework in North Liberty Park. Both were approved. HPC also supported the National Register Nominations of the West LaSalle District and Sons of Israel Synagogue for South Bend. HPC Preservation Specialist, Steve Szaday, along with Notre Dame Intern, Phillip Dudeckcompleted a comprehensive survey of all 74 of the St Joseph County Landmarks for compliance with the Minimum Maintenance Standards. They also created a form with a diagrams and a letter to send to the owners. HPC continued to reach out and partner with members and staff of Historic New Carlisle; Main Street North Liberty and Walkerton Historical Society as well as DTSB and Sell South Bend. Fostered closer relationships with Notre Dame, St. Mary's, IUSB and IVYTech with HPC's Intern Programs. HPC conducted 209 106 Reviews and acted on 94 Certificates of Appropriateness.