In August 2018, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation will continue its popular statewide educational seminars to provide community training on historic preservation. This year’s topics include: the purpose of preservation; the framework, inclusive of roles and responsibilities; stewardship of historic properties; best practices and tips for success and preservation tools and resources. NOTICE: August 10 seminar on Molokai has been cancelled. The half day seminar combines lecture, local examples, question and answer session and a group activity. The goal is to share knowledge and tools with the public to help them save and preserve historic properties and cultural sites. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Community members and professionals who care about preserving the built and cultural sites that tell the stories of Hawai‘i’s history. ATTENDEES WILL LEARN: The definition of historic preservation and how it benefits communities How to identify historic properties The framework of federal, state and local preservation programs Standards and guidelines for the treatment and stewardship of historic properties Tools and resources for historic preservation Presenters: Kiersten Faulkner, Executive Director, Historic Hawaii Foundation; and Elaine Jackson-Retondo, National Park Service Elaine Jackson-Retondo is the Preservation Partnerships and History Programs Manager in the National Park Service Pacific West Regional Office. She 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. Dr. 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 Farmworker Movement, [...]
