May 5, 2011
The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History will conduct a workshop in Nitro on Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m. - noon. The session will be held at City Hall, 20th Street and 2nd Avenue. Sara A. Prior, education and planning coordinator and Jennifer Brennan, tax credit and certified local government coordinator for the SHPO, will conduct the meeting. The workshop is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.
The workshop will explore the programs that the SHPO offers and how these programs can assist the citizens of Nitro to preserve and revitalize their community through historic preservation.
For more information about the workshop, contact Prior at (304) 558-0240, ext. 122.
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History is an agency within the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts with Kay Goodwin, Cabinet Secretary. The Division, led by Commissioner Randall Reid-Smith, brings together the past, present and future through programs and services focusing on archives and history, arts, historic preservation and museums. For more information about the Division’s programs, events and sites, visit www.wvculture.org. The Division of Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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