[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2025-09-05

Fri Sep 5 18:01:14 PDT 2025

Oregon Heritage News 2025-09-05
In this Issue:

  *   Several heritage related sessions at the 2025 Oregon Main Street Conference, Oct. 8-10, Albany
  *   State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) seeks to fill open positions
  *   Oregon Heritage Grant Deadline less than a month away, Oct. 2
  *   Fox 12 shares Pacific Northwest history as the 250th approaches
  *   Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Goal 5 Cultural Areas

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Several heritage related sessions at the 2025 Oregon Main Street Conference, Oct. 8-10, Albany
2025 Oregon Main Street Conference
Dedicated to the Long Game
October 8-10, Albany
Learn more/Register<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/omsconference.aspx>
With committed leadership, our main street programs throughout Oregon are helping to sustain and enhance the vitality of traditional commercial districts. 2025's conference theme of Dedicated to the Long Game focuses in on sustaining the model and maintaing course over time. Through unique sessions, workshops, and tours this year's theme will reinforce the power of a creating a vision for how the community would like your downtown to look, feel, and function...and then how to keep focused over the long haul.
Downtown organizations experience many highs and lows in working toward a community vision, but through dedicated efforts of local leaders, partners, and volunteers, these organizations thrive. Main Streets are ideally positioned to seize opportunities as they arise, working steadfastly to improve and enhance downtown's functionality, use, and experiences by bringing the community together to live, work, invest, and play.
Sessions cover a variety of topics for both beginners and those with experience. The format includes keynotes, interactive workshops, and networking time.  Join us for this very special, one-of-a-kind conference!
Below are some sessions that can apply to a breadth of work across the heritage interest spectrum (see full session descriptions here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/Session%20Descriptions%20-%20WEB.pdf>):

  *   Rural, Regenerative, Remarkable: The new landscape of tourism in Oregon
  *   Community Connections through Effective Storytelling
  *   Identify Your Unique Identity and Communicate Your Story Effectively
  *   Stronger Together: Unlocking Community Power Through Connection
  *   The Long Game: Creative Solutions for Community Challenges
  *   Building Resilience through Historic Preservation
  *   Thriving in Non-Profit Management Through Nervous System Regulation
  *   Diverse Boards, Strong Communities: Building Effective Leadership
  *   Failing Forward

Registration rate of $140 ends Sept. 30. Learn more and register here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/omsconference.aspx>.
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State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) seeks to fill open positions
The State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP) is a governor-appointed body of volunteers from across Oregon who guide the state’s efforts to recognize and protect historic places. The SACHP reviews nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and advises the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office on preservation priorities and policies.
The committee is housed within Oregon Heritage of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Oregon Heritage, which includes the State Historic Preservation Office, supports the documentation, preservation, and interpretation of Oregon’s cultural resources, including historic buildings, archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, and more.
Criteria/Skills/Expertise/Perspectives:
The SACHP has current or upcoming openings for volunteers with professional expertise in historic preservation and related disciplines. We are specifically seeking individuals who represent the following regions or perspectives:

  *   Eastern Oregon
  *   Southern Oregon
  *   Oregon’s federally recognized Tribes
To round out the current skillsets represented by the committee, volunteers with expertise in history, architectural history, museum management, historic architecture, or landscape architecture are especially encouraged to apply.
Primary Responsibilities:
Committee members are responsible for reviewing and recommending nominations to the National Register of Historic Places<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/oh/pages/national-register.aspx>. They also approve funding for two key grant programs<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Grants.aspx> operated by Oregon Heritage, the Preserving Oregon Grant and the Diamonds in the Rough Grant. These responsibilities help promote the recognition, protection, and revitalization of Oregon’s historic places.
Meeting Schedule and Engagement:
The SACHP meets three times per year in various regions across the state. Each meeting includes formal review sessions, guest presentations or trainings, and guided tours of local historic sites, which offer members a unique opportunity to explore Oregon’s heritage while engaging with communities statewide.
For more information or instructions on how to apply, please contact Caitlyn Abrahms, National Register Program Coordinator, at caitlyn.abrahms at oprd.oregon.gov<mailto:caitlyn.abrahms at oprd.oregon.gov>.
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Oregon Heritage Grant Deadline less than a month away, Oct. 2
The Oregon Heritage Grant provides matching grants to non-profit organizations, federal recognized tribal governments, universities and local governments for projects that conserve, develop or interpret Oregon’s heritage.
Application Deadline: October 2, 2025 (11:59 p.m.)
Learn more and apply here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Grants.aspx>.
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Fox 12 shares Pacific Northwest history as the 250th approaches

As part of a series Fox 12 is doing to countdown until the country’s 250th anniversary, they are sharing stories related to the Pacific Northwest’s history. This article features a building restoration project of the Busy Corner in Southeast Portland. This project received an Oregon Heritage Diamonds in the Rough Grant.
https://www.kptv.com/2025/09/02/busy-corner-restoring-landmark-portlands-woodstock-neighborhood/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVD4y3VGQk
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Goal 5 Cultural Areas
Summary:
As a follow-up to the Land Conservation and Development Commission’s action December 4, 2024 to adopt rules to implement Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 5, the commission asked the Rulemaking Advisory Committee (RAC) to reconsider three points:

  *   The parties that could bring an amendment for a comprehensive plan to place a culturally significant landscape site on a local inventory.
  *   The manner in which a local government would process such an amendment.
  *   The manner in which Metro regional government would recognize a request for consideration of a landscape feature of cultural significance in the context of a regional urban growth boundary (UGB) amendment.
Goal 5 Cultural Areas Rulemaking
This draft rule requires that local jurisdictions provide notice to Federally Recognized Tribes in Oregon for categories of proposed development in areas for which the Tribes would like to receive notice. The purpose is to encourage conversation about measures to avoid or mitigate impacts to culturally important resources. The rules provide a pathway through which a local government must consider recognizing a landscape feature as a significant Goal 5 cultural resource in response to an application from a Tribal Government in Oregon or other Oregon governmental entity. The rule also allows local governments to develop alternative procedures for notifying tribes and to adopt additional measures to avoid development impacts to archaeological sites. The rules also require local governments to provide information on archaeological resources protections to applicants for land use permits which involve ground disturbing activities.
Website: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Including Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact <https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.oregon.gov%2Flcd%2FLAR%2FDocuments%2F20250828_660-023_NoticeFilingTrackedChanges.pdf%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101990cb74fd0-47699489-032d-4026-a253-39d7e759ac4b-000000/oBVGfMs3hEUTFWE5Cp4z53cxu8qp50mBOii3GvJqkbg=420> as well as the proposed rules are available on the rulemaking Goal 5 Cultural Areas website<https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.oregon.gov%2Flcd%2FLAR%2FPages%2FRulemaking.aspx%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101990cb74fd0-47699489-032d-4026-a253-39d7e759ac4b-000000/GEIkrgfHpY6ZYEtuysLo_feHe_r2mkRHsH64VvMFk_w=420>.
How to Comment: Interested parties may comment on the proposed rules by sending written comments by 11:55 p.m. on October 31, 2025:
via online form<https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fg%2FeCL4bZ13Mb%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101990cb74fd0-47699489-032d-4026-a253-39d7e759ac4b-000000/1olkdblCwxtYfMjgkpdKkwqeMz_uS-eFB2z06-nLWqA=420>, or to:
Casaria Taylor, Senior Rules Coordinator
635 Capitol St., NE, Ste. 150
Salem, Oregon 97301
Rulemaking Hearing
You may also provide verbal or written comments at the rulemaking hearing:
Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. (Please see LCDC meeting agenda<https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.oregon.gov%2Flcd%2FCommission%2FPages%2FMeetings.aspx%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101990cb74fd0-47699489-032d-4026-a253-39d7e759ac4b-000000/I4HY1vc8nswoLp4VlQMgYGWE6_PiOz2A_kPKV8NMRwo=420> for schedule hearings)
Place: Running Y Resort, 5500 Running Y Road
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Juniper Hall meeting space
While LCDC generally allows three minutes of comment per person, depending on the number of people presenting, the Chair may decrease the amount of time per person. Sign up to comment here<https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fgcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Fdata=05%257C02%257Ccasaria.taylor%2540stateoforegon.mail.onmicrosoft.com%257C133e2061aa914faec7d008dcfdcfdb0c%257Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%257C0%257C0%257C638664316402565042%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26reserved=0%26sdata=ajSThKjwSd6MH7UAWmkuXDF2rgs%252F%252Bg%252FWCytXA0Ui28g%253D%26url=https%253A%252F%252Flinks-2.govdelivery.com%252FCL0%252Fhttps%253A%25252F%25252Fwww.oregon.gov%25252Flcd%25252FCommission%25252FPages%25252FPublic-Comment.aspx%25253Futm_medium%253Demail%252526utm_source%253Dgovdelivery%252F1%252F01010192fdc79e11-cf6b4fc8-d94d-4f8e-aa40-d417d4c3a3be-000000%252FU3RQnkF1uqQlBm2qhNm6XDjAEBLtHadNVMZSr3xZsqU%253D378%253Futm_medium%253Demail%2526utm_source%253Dgovdelivery%26utm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101990cb74fd0-47699489-032d-4026-a253-39d7e759ac4b-000000/JhauRyBJNtw6qJ-OYQOvyJ7TLnz0YY968jCWAM_eDD8=420>.
Learn More.<https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/LAR/Pages/Rulemaking.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>

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