‘Real Estate Is the Name of the Game’ for Free Preservation Month Talk on May 10 in Raleigh

May 5, 2011 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, N.C. – Real estate buyers and sellers know the mantra “location, location, location” for property value for new and historic properties. Preservation North Carolina Executive Director Myrick Howard will explain his organization’s work (www.presnc.org) and speak on “Real Estate Is the Name of the Game: Saving Endangered Historic Properties Across N.C.” on Tuesday, May 10, at noon in the Archives and History/State Library Building at 109 E. Jones St. in downtown Raleigh.

This is the second of three “Lunch and Learn” talks being presented during National Preservation Month in the Archives and History/State Library Building. The programs are sponsored by the State Historic Preservation Office (HPO).  

Since 1976 more than 2,500 HPO-certified projects have received more than one billion dollars in investment in historic properties; job creation, revitalization, economic activity and community pride have resulted.  

“Citizens can learn about repurposing, restoration and preservation of buildings and how our programs work,” observes HPO Acting Administrator Claudia Brown.  “We hope people will embrace the national theme ‘Celebrating America’s Treasures’ with their own rehabilitation and conservation action here in North Carolina. Historic properties, landscapes, bridges and buildings give our communities their unique sense of place,” says Brown.  

The May 17 final talk, “Restoration, Reconstruction, and a Whole Lot of Rehabilitation: Historic Preservation in the Triangle,” will be given by Mitch Wilds of the HPO staff.

For additional information call (919) 807-7389.  The State Historic Preservation Office (http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/) is within the Office of Archives and History in the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities, and the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic future. For more information on Cultural Resources, visit www.ncculture.com.

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The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources is the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities, and the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic future. www.ncculture.com