[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2021-10-08

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Oregon Heritage News 2021-10-08

In this issue:

  *   Oregon Main Street announces 2021 Excellence on Main Award Winners
  *   Oregon Heritage/SHPO welcomes back Joy Sears!
  *   Oregon Heritage/SHPO seeks Compliance Specialist
  *   Oregon Heritage Workshop: How to Plan a Digitization Project, Nov. 9
  *   The Oregon Washington Bureau of Land Management seeks museum intern
  *   The importance of collection inventories
  *   NPI Online Training: Cultural Landscapes: An Overview
  *   Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs to meet Oct. 11
  *   NAO Sage Summit, Oct. 14
  *   New Grant Opportunity for Diverse Places: Telling the Full History Preservation Fund
  *   AHA Announces Grant Program to Support Small History Organizations

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Oregon Main Street announces 2021 Excellence on Main Award Winners

Oregon Main Street announced its 2021 “Excellence on Main” award winners via videos during the annual Main Street (virtual) conference. Created in 2010, the annual Excellence on Main awards honor outstanding accomplishments, activities, and people making a difference in historic downtowns and traditional commercial neighborhoods across the state. Videos of the following award winners can be found here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/awards.aspx#two>.

The fifteen partners, projects, activities, and businesses honored are:


  *   Outstanding New Building: First Federal Headquarters, McMinnville
  *   Creative Placemaking: McMinnville Dine Out(Side), McMinnville
  *   Outstanding Civic Project: Corvallis Museum, Corvallis
  *   Outstanding Adaptive Reuse: 999 N. Front Street, Coos Bay
  *   Outstanding Downtown Housing Project: Merwyn Apartments, Astoria
  *   Outstanding Mixed Use Project: Gray-Belle Building, Salem
  *   Business Heroes: Lionheart Coffee, Beaverton, & Homegrown Oregon Foods, Albany
  *   Outstanding Public-Private Partnership: City of Independence & Independence Downtown Association, and City of Beaverton and Beaverton Downtown Association
  *   Executive Director of the Year: Darin Rutledge, Klamath Falls Downtown Association
  *   Outstanding Partnership: Gold Beach Small Town Christmas, Gold Beach
  *   Outstanding Promotion: Baker City Gingerbread House Tour, Baker City
  *   Outstanding Special Project: Building Our New Landscape, Tigard, and Literary Pollinator Garden, Hillsboro

In addition, six individuals were acknowledged with a Volunteers on Main award for their above and beyond contributions to their communities. These individuals are:

  *   Tim O'Dwyer, Gold Beach Main Street
  *   Patsy Oser, Astoria Downtown Historic District Association
  *   Tom Novak, Baker City Downtown
  *   Kipperlyn Sinclair, Hillsboro Downtown Partnership
  *   Kate Schwarzler, Independence Downtown Association
  *   Matt Wadlington, Albany Downtown Association

“2020 was a particularly challenging year on Main Street,” said Sheri Stuart, state coordinator, Oregon Main Street.  “Our main street communities demonstrated amazing resiliency, working tirelessly to support, encourage, and nurture the people, businesses, and property owners in their communities. These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of local programs in creating and supporting projects and activities that exemplify Oregon Main Street’s mission to build equitable, livable, and sustainable communities that will grow Oregon’s economy while maintaining a sense of place.”

The wide range of awards is reflective of the comprehensive Main Street Approach™ to downtown revitalization developed by the National Main Street Center. This model is used by the communities participating in the three-tier Main Street Track of Oregon Main Street Network. From 2010 to 2020, communities participating in the Performing Main Street and Transforming Downtown levels – the top two tiers – have seen $125 million in private building improvement projects, $124.6 million in public projects, 1,347 private rehab projects, 639 net new businesses, 163 business expansions, 126 business acquisitions, and 3,961 net new jobs. In addition, 250,348 hours of volunteer time has been contributed to local main street organizations in the top tiers.

Oregon Main Street is part of Oregon Heritage, a division of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. For additional information, visit www.oregonmainstreet.org<http://www.oregonmainstreet.org>.

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Oregon Heritage/SHPO welcomes back Joy Sears!

Oregon Heritage welcomes back Joy Sears to our team in her former role as the State Historic Preservation Office Restoration Specialist. Joy will focus on providing outstanding technical advice and support to owners and preservation and building professionals participating in federal and state grant and tax programs administered by the office. The Restoration Specialist position was laid off in June 2020 due to budget cutbacks resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency.  Before being reinstated in her former position, Joy most recently worked part time providing remote design review assistance for the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office tax credit program.  Before moving to Oregon, Joy worked five years as the Restoration Specialist for the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office.  She received her Master of Science in Historic Preservation at the University of Oregon in 2001.  Her undergraduate studies at St. Cloud State University in her native Minnesota is where she was exposed to historic preservation as a career as part of her minor in American Studies with an emphasis in Heritage Preservation. In her spare time, Joy enjoys reading, watching Major League Baseball, especially visiting Seattle to watch the Seattle Mariners play the Minnesota Twins, and hanging out with her husband and furry family members in Salem.

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Oregon Heritage/SHPO seeks Compliance Specialist

The Compliance Specialist is located within State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), which is part of the Heritage Programs Division of OPRD. SHPO believes that Oregon's special places connect Oregonians to the past by creating physical continuity over generations and space for public conversations about the community values and identity. The ongoing process of recognizing and interpreting these places must be a local one, driven by inclusive public participation. See the Oregon 2018 - 2023 Oregon SHPO Preservation Plan, and 2020 - 2025 Heritage Plan for more information on the Heritage Division's philosophy, approach, and goals at https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/tools.aspx.

What you will do:
As a Compliance Specialist, you will serve as a subject-matter expert providing independent, professional evaluations and recommendations with minimal supervision based on knowledge and interpretation of broadly-worded federal and state laws, formal academic training in U.S. history and architecture, and individual experience to evaluate, support, and carry out complex projects with potential significant impact on important cultural resources.

In this role, you will work under the direction of the State Archaeologist to interpret and administer federal and state laws and implement associated programs and functions; create and manage agreement documents established under cultural resource laws; and lead the development of professional guidance and public outreach and education materials.

Additionally, you will frequently serve as a project lead in assessing, developing, and implementing work processes and systems.

To learn more about duties, qualifications, application process and more visit here<https://oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SOR_External_Career_Site/job/Salem--OPRD--Central-Office/Compliance-Specialist_REQ-77685-1>.

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Oregon Heritage Workshop: How to Plan a Digitization Project, Nov. 9

If you are struggling with where to start when it comes to digitizing your collections, then join us as we go over how to plan a digitization project. Ross Fuqua with the State Library of Oregon will go over how to identify priority collections, setting realistic goals for your project with the capacity your organization has, what it means to establish a work flow, the importance of meta data, and more. We will also give an overview of Northwest Digital Heritage<http://www.nwdigitalheritage.org/> and how it can factor in to your digitization efforts and a representative from University of Oregon will also give a brief overview of the Historic Oregon Newspapers program. This workshop is co-hosted by Oregon Museums Association. For more information on these organizations visit www.oregonheritage.org<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonheritage.org&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3xJEzleLF49wJap0MDPPT1> and www.oregonmuseums.org<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonmuseums.org&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3NyWmB3JPbI1oPrAFIq899>

Register here<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NeNMA2j_TAatfwYy6xgHug&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1bPpMnNuTh5maxP-s1kOaU>.

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The Oregon Washington Bureau of Land Management seeks museum intern

The Oregon Washington Bureau of Land Management is looking for an intern through the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) Internship Program. This internship will assist the OR/WA in identifying the breadth of museum collections needs across the two states. To be eligible, applicants must be currently enrolled in a degree-seeking academic program or recently graduated (within the past 12 months) and be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident. Start date is flexible and will begin in 2022, a summer work schedule could be accommodated.

https://preservenet.org/job/national-park-service-ncpe-internship-program-portland-or-usa-internship-ncpe-internship-museum-collections-intern-600-hours/

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The importance of Collection Inventories
*Taken from the Northern States Conservation Center Collections Caretaker eNewsletter, Oct. 5, 2021

Why are Collection Inventories Important?
By Peggy Schaller

What IS so important about doing that inventory of the collection? Why should you put other duties aside and perform this unglamourous task? For one thing, how can you successfully perform all those glamourous tasks, such as exhibits and public programs, if you do not know what you have in your collection? Secondly, how do you know that wonderful ‘whatzit’ is still where it was the last time you saw it 10 years ago? Is it even still in the museum? By the way, what is that pile of dust sitting in the place where that lovely black silk hat used to be?

Perhaps you can see where this is going. Periodic inventories of your collections are critical to fulfilling your stewardship obligations as a repository of public trust. ‘Visiting’ with your collections will remind you of the wonderful things you have in the museum and may spark a new idea or two about how to improve or change your exhibitions or public/educational programs. It will also allow you to monitor your collections for condition and stability, telling you that a change may be needed in the storage/exhibition environment, that the method of housing a particular artifact needs to be improved or changed, or that no changes at all are needed. Periodic inventories also play a large part in the security of the museum and its collections. If you never look in that storeroom, how will you ever know if something is missing and, if it is missing, was it stolen or just misplaced. A misplaced artifact is as good as stolen for all practical purposes.

Want to learn more? Join Peggy Schaller for MS218: Collection Inventories<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aacwcx7_YtknC9pVW-8M8m2iGA430_35kJLr9BdGR9VLByuva06JorYsIxPHZ1gusDtTAJgLW_qU35GQky4fxEh_1BuYsH93JZ73w7DpBUXbKI4LNXENTXtUfPgakh3RlrZTuKlGRwRdxs7gPDUtnqnRZTqQCn9m3AddlIt2YoeYnQLoLvW47kL7IuMt60ZIXUXZBGMSlJ8=&c=753sI6fEzqfMFMmK1H0y_aLCkMyknedtsrdV6tYjRf0pYQd8oHtq7A==&ch=z6ghvq1rvvg4XCHH2BS6XT5M5gQeLtpAFe0h3HL8lgUGEdPgxvxISA==> starting November 1, 2021

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NPI Online Training: Cultural Landscapes: An Overview

Cultural Landscapes: An Overview
Instructor: Nancy J. Brown, FASLA
60-minute, on-demand eLearning

Historic properties generally have a cultural landscape component integral to their significance; sometimes the landscape is the primary historic resource. Explore the definition and breadth of cultural landscape types. Learn how landscape preservation evolved in the United States and the related development of organizations formed to preserve landscapes. Discover guidance documents available to understand landscapes. Review the terminology used to describe landscapes, including characteristics: from natural systems and land use, to circulation, vegetation, views, and more.

More information here<https://training.npi.org/courses/cultural-landscapes-an-overview>.

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Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs to meet Oct. 11

Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs (OCHA)
Monday, October 11th, 2021
11:00AM – 1:00PM

Agenda items will include a legislative discussion and other topics of interest to the Commission. Guest speaker:

  *   Honorable Mustafa Kasubhai, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon

Virtual meeting only:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82326430605?pwd=NnJkTmFId2Vpa0NKS1VlWHNoOEE3Zz09

The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities.  Requests for accommodations for people with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours in advance. If you would like to sign up to receive this Public Meeting Notice, have questions regarding accessibility or any other concerns, contact Nancy Kramer at nancy.kramer at oregon.gov<mailto:nancy.kramer at oregon.gov> or 503.302.9725.

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NAO Sage Summit, Oct. 14

On Thursday, October 14, NAO is combining the High Desert Conference and the Eastern Oregon Nonprofit Conference into one virtual summit with keynote speaker, Carol Cheney, Chief Executive Officer at the Collins Foundation! NAO’s Sage Summit packs in all the learning, networking, and collaboration that you have come to expect from our conferences and we can not wait for you to experience this one-day event with us.

NAO is excited to offer six sessions led by subject-matter experts who will deliver on a wide assortment of topics ranging from developing inclusive programming, preparing your organization against disaster events, collaborative fundraising, nonprofit collaboration, and more. They will wrap up the day with a funders panel for a chance to learn more about a wide variety of grant opportunities.

Through the event platform, Whova, you’ll have plenty of opportunities for peer-to-peer interaction – Network with fellow nonprofit leaders making positive impacts in the Central and Eastern regions of Oregon; visit the virtual exhibitors gallery and discussion boards. As an attendee, you’ll have access to all Sage Summit materials such as session recordings, presenter handouts, online forums, and chats until Wednesday, January 12, 2022.

Register here<https://nonprofitoregon.org/sage-summit>.

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New Grant Opportunity for Diverse Places: Telling the Full History Preservation Fund

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a public-interest organization dedicated to saving America’s historic places, is launching Telling the Full History Preservation Fund, a one-time grant program to help interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities across the country.

Made possible through the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations, the Telling the Full History Preservation Fund grant applications will be accepted starting November 2021. To sign up for updates on this grant program, please click here to join our grants interest list<http://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/1004670?email=DheinyePr9pVzTNxl0rcdsS5Hda7Kfnj&campid=X%2BI2NXledwyZkArzVWMSmA==>.

The Telling the Full History grant program will provide $25,000 and $50,000 grants for humanities-based work to interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities including, but not limited to, women, immigrants, Asian Americans, Black Americans, Latinx Americans, Native Americans and LGBTQA communities.

Applications will be accepted from 501(c)(3) nonprofit humanities-based organizations, accredited public and 501(c)(3) colleges and universities, as well as state, local, and Tribal governmental agencies. Funding will be awarded in the following categories:

  *   Research, planning, and implementation of interpretation programs
  *   Research and documentation for local, state, and federal landmark designations
  *   Architectural design and planning to preserve and activate places of diversity
  *   Training workshops to support preservation and interpretation of places of diversity

Telling the Full History grants aim to support the core activities of humanities-based organizations as the organizations recover from the pandemic and use historic places as catalysts for a more just and equitable society. Along with the grant funding, National Trust staff will provide technical assistance to grantees.
To learn more about this and other National Trust funding programs, visit Forum.SavingPlaces.org/tellingthefullhistoryfund<http://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/1004671?email=DheinyePr9pVzTNxl0rcdsS5Hda7Kfnj&campid=X%2BI2NXledwyZkArzVWMSmA==>.

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AHA Announces Grant Program to Support Small History Organizations

The AHA announces<https://www.historians.org/sharp-grants> a major new initiative to offer $2.5 million in grants to dozens of small history-related organizations adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities' American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking Program, the AHA’s Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations provides financial support from $10,000 to $75,000 for short-term projects that explore new ideas or build on experiments initiated during the pandemic. Membership associations, site- or location-based institutions, and history and humanities departments at historically Black and tribally controlled colleges and universities with annual budgets of less than $750,000 are eligible to apply between October 15 and December 14, 2021.  Recipients will be announced by March 1, 2022. Successful applicants may begin projects as early as April 1, 2022. More information on application requirements is available at historians.org/sharp-grants<http://historians.org/sharp-grants>, or contact project director Dana Schaffer, the deputy director of the AHA with any questions.

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Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at heritage.info at oregon.gov<mailto:heritage.info at oregon.gov>.


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