Join Historic Hawai‘i Foundation and National Park Service for a free seminar that will provide training on the tools and techniques available for community members to save historic places.
The full day seminars will help the public identify opportunities and rights to participate in historic preservation regulatory processes and share other means and tools for effective advocacy to save and preserve historic properties and cultural sites.
Presentation Download
Download the full slide deck here. See additional materials for download below.
Download Reference Materials
Historic Hawai‘i Foundation and the National Park Service presented a seminar in August 2017 on “Tools for Saving Places.” Reference documents and additional resources from the seminar may be downloaded here.
ATTENDEES WILL LEARN:
- Definitions and purpose of historic preservation.
- Definitions and criteria used to identify historic properties.
- Which major Federal, State and Local laws and ordinances address historic preservation.
- Opportunities, rights and responsibilities for public participation in the preservation processes.
- Additional methods, activities and practices to achieve preservation outcomes.
Presenters: Kiersten Faulkner, Executive Director, Historic Hawaii Foundation; guest presenters, Elaine Jackson-Retondo, National Park Service and Stanton Enomoto, Department of the Interior.
Dr. Elaine Jackson-Retondo, Pacific West History Program Manager in the National Park Service Pacific West Regional Office, earned her Doctorate in Architectural History and Masters of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. She has worked in the National Park Service since 2002.
Jackson-Retondo’s current and past work has included the National Park Service’s American Latino Heritage Initiative, Asian American Pacific Islander Initiative, Japanese American confinement during World War II, Cesar Chavez and the Farm-worker Movement, the National Park Service’s Mission 66 Program, and 19th century carceral institutional landscapes.
Stanton Enomoto, Department of the Interior Senior Program Director for Native Hawaiians, received his bachelor’s degree in Geology and Environmental Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was raised on Maui and graduated from the Kamehameha Schools. Enomoto is an experienced professional with subject matter expertise related to preservation of traditional cultural properties and Native Hawaiian protocols.
Previously, Mr. Enomoto served as the Climate Change Cultural Adaptation Coordinator for the National Park Service (NPS). He was the NPS representative to the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) and provides cultural resource adaptation planning and implementation support to the cooperative’s member organizations in Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-affiliated states in the Pacific. Prior to joining the federal government, Stanton spent 18 years working for the State of Hawaiʻi and most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
AUGUST 2, WEDNESDAY – KAUA‘I
- 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- University of Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i Community College,
Cafeteria
3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy, Līhu‘e (MAP)
AUGUST 4, FRIDAY, MAUI
- 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- University of Hawaii Maui College, 310 W. Kaahumanu Ave., Room: Laulima 105, Kahului (MAP)
AUGUST 8, TUESDAY – HILO
- 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, 71 Banyan Dr., Hilo (MAP)
AUGUST 9, WEDNESDAY – KONA
- 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- Royal Kona Resort, 75-5852 Ali‘i Dr, Kailua-Kona (MAP)
AUGUST 11, FRIDAY – OAHU
- 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Monarch Room, 2259 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu (MAP)
Lunch Options
- A box lunch may be purchased in advance for the Kona and Hilo seminars* (see options on our registration platform). Lunch will be on your own for other locations with a lunch break built into the schedule. *Minimum order requirements for the box lunches must be met to make them available.