2009 Landmark & Preservation Conference

Schedule of Events

Thursday March 26, 2009

9:00-12:00   Preconference Session I - 
                  Developing and Writing Agreement Documents -
                  Section 106            
9:00-12:00   Preconference Session II      
                  (Garden District Tour & Workshop) 

1:00-2:30    Open Plenary Session & Preservation 
                  Awards
                  Preservation of Columbia's Modern Architecture
                   - Tom Savory

2:45-4:00   SESSION 1
                 Understanding Historic Structural Systems
                 Planning for Historic Community cemeteries
                 LEED in Historic Buildings

5:30-6:30   Welcome Reception at Columbia Riverfront Park

6:30-8:30   Confederation of SC Local Historical 
                 Societies Annual Meeting & Banquet
                 McCutchen House, University of SC Horseshoe

7:00-9:00   TOUR: Progressive Dinner-Columbia’s Main 
                 Street

Friday March 27, 2009

9:00-10:15   SESSION 2
                  Additions to Historic Buildings
                  How to Benefit from Community
                  Development Corporations
                  Preservation Success Story: 701 Whaley

9:00-11:30   TOUR: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

10:30-11:45 SESSION 3
                  Mock Preservation Commission Meeting
                  Capitalizing on Your Local Preservation 
                  Project

10:30-12:30 TOUR: Columbia’s African American
                  Historic Sites                    

12:00-2:00   Lunch on your own

1:00-4:00    TOUR: Kayak & Canoe Trip Down the  
                  Historic Columbia Canal
1:00-4:00    TOUR: Governor’s Mansion & the Lace
                  House

2:00-3:15    SESSION 4
                 Archaeological Field School-Historic 
                 Columbia Foundation
                 Learning your Three R's: Reuse, Rehabilitation, 
                 and Recycling Historic Schools
                 Tax Credit Workshop

3:30-4:45   SESSION 5
                Archaeological Field School-Historic 
                Columbia Foundation
                The Fourth R: Resources for Historic Schools
                Practical Applications for the SC State Tax 
                Credit - Reznick Group

Governor's Mansion