Heritage Preservation Commission Training Program
To contract with qualified professionals to create multi-module, educational training materials to introduce preservation commissioners, staff and appointed members to historic preservation concepts, terminology and principles.
Partners: City of Stillwater, City of Eden Prairie, City of Mankato
The partnership will address the training needs of members and staff of heritage preservation commissions (HPC) in the three cities. The partners will work with a consultant who meets the Secretary of the Interior:s Professional Qualifications Standards to develop an online training course that will introduce participants to key concepts, common terminology, and core principles of preservation practice. The online course and related materials will be hosted and maintained by the City of Stillwater, which already has a detailed and robust home page for the Stillwater HPC. The much-needed training materials will satisfy the needs of not only the partnership group, but also of the 57 municipal and county jurisdictions in Minnesota with HPCs, all established under state enabling legislation. The 57 communities vary greatly in terms of their size, demographics, financial capacity, regulatory framework, and built environment.
$2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the second year are for partnerships involving multiple organizations, which may include the Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's history and cultural heritage in all regions of the state.
Available upon request. Contact:grants@mnhs.org
Attendance at the 2016 Statewide Conference on Historic Preservation was full. Therefore, the short-term impact of educating commissioners, staff, officials, planners, etc. has been achieved. We achieved those results as the partnership team found an avenue which a large majority of the target audience was present.
As quizzes were removed from the program materials, the short-term progress indicator cannot be determined. However, numerous communities have reached out to partnership community staff, inquiring of the program materials. Therefore, the long-term target is likely to also be achieved.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org