PDHA 2015
Annual Meeting
"Promoting
Preservation:
Successful Strategies in Geneva, IL"
Our
2015 Annual Meeting featured Michael A. Lambert, Preservation Planner
for the City of Geneva, IL, telling us how Geneva has successfully
promoted historic preservation. We
were not,
unfortunately,
able to record
Michael's talk and the subsequent, spirited dialog. You
can, however, click here to view the informative slides
that Michael used in his presentation.
Geneva
has a rich cultural heritage and an extensive historic legacy. The
City’s historic resources include hundreds of historic sites and
buildings identified through surveys conducted over the past quarter
century. Among its resources are formally designated historic
properties both on the local Geneva Register of Historic Places and the
National Register of Historic Places. Geneva has focused on the
significance of its historic resources as the unifying theme for
commercial viability and renewal of its downtown area.
In
addition to being Geneva's Preservation Planner, Michael is Founding
Principal of ARRIS Architects + Planners, Plainfield. He has
served on the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council and was on the
Plainfield Village Board from 1991 to 1996. Michael was also
Founding Chair for Historic Preservation Commissions of both Will
County and the Village of Plainfield.