Utah Heritage Foundation

Proposed Development Plan for Pleasant Grove Civic Center

Position Statement 

September 2, 2011

Utah Heritage Foundation, the City of Panguitch, and the Panguitch Main Street Committee invite you to get the inside scoop on how historic preservation can help you and your community reap the economic benefits of historic buildings and heritage resources. This workshop is open to anyone interested in historic preservation, but will be especially helpful for preservation commissioners, planning commissioners, mayors, planning and development staff, building inspectors, developers, and owners of historic properties. Whether you have – or wish you had – an effective historic preservation commission, this workshop's for you!

When?

August 23, 2011 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Panguitch City Hall
25 South 200 East
Panguitch, Utah

There is limited availability for this opportunity.  See how to register and more details here.

The Salt Lake City Historic Landmark Commission is seeking nominations for its 2011 Preservation Awards Program. The program, to be held in August, will honor outstanding contributions towards the preservation of Salt Lake City's historic resources. To be considered, nominations must be for properties located in Salt Lake City and built no later than 1961. Rehabilitation work should be to the exterior of the property, completed between January 2009 and now. Nominations are due by Friday, July 8, 2011.

This is the first time that quality preservation work will be recognized by the city in about 10 years, which was the last time awards were presented.  This is a tremendous sign that the historic preservation program in Salt Lake City Corp. is moving along well and supported by both the Becker administration and City Council.  An annual awards program is also one of the key components included in the Citywide Preservation Plan, still awaiting adoption by the City Council.

The nomination form can be found at www.slcgov.com/ced/planning.

UHF members, trustees, and staff will be headed to Cedar City and beyond this year to experience preservation in Iron County on our 2011 Road Trip on Saturday, June 25.  We hope you'll consider joining us for this one-of-a-kind, behind-the-scenes guided tour of some of the renowned and lesser known historic sites.  We've got a full day lined up along with some fun surprises and special guests.

It's also a BIG weekend in "Festival City USA" (Cedar City's moniker) with the opening of the Utah Shakespeare Festival on Friday, June 24, and a weekend-long music festival, Groovefest. 

So if you're a fan of live music, live theater, and preservation, this trip is for you.  "To be or not to be" on our Road Trip?  That is the question.  If you want to be, check out the full line-up on our website and register today.  For the first time, we are offering a children's rate so we hope you'll make it a family outing!

Samuel Newhouse was one of Salt Lake City's most wealthy mining moguls. He had aspirations to build the "Wall Street of the West" right here in Salt Lake City, and it was called Exchange Place. Newhouse donated the land to build several commercial buildings including Salt Lake's first skyscrapers – the Boston and Newhouse buildings. Exchange Place Turned 100 last year and we are celebrating a belated birthday with FREE Summer Tours.  Come see areas of many of the buildings not available to the public and insights into what each one means to downtown Salt Lake.

Exchange Place, Salt Lake City

The Exchange Place Historic District, designated in 1978, is the city's only purely commercial local historic district.

Historic Yalecrest National Register District Up For $25,000 Prize

With Enough Votes Neighborhood Can Win Money for Education and Marketing

Salt Lake’s Yalecrest neighborhood, with one of the finest collections of Period Revival homes in the state, has an opportunity to win a $25,000 prize from the National Trust for Historic Preservation as part of the annual “This Place Matters” national competition.

The Salt Lake Tribune has reported that the historic Garfield County Courthouse in Panguitch will under a rehabilitation that includes a seismic upgrade.  This is great news for Panguitch, an amazingly intact historic town, as well as the Wayne County region which has several small communities that attract visitors and new residents because of their aesthetic charm.  Roughly half of the historic county courthouses remain throughout Utah, so rehabilitation of the courthouse is good news that it will ensure it's presence and use for several more decades.

Historic Park City Alliance recently held a photo contest in Old Town, an area that is larger listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  You might think that taking photos that demonstrate the history, sense of community, and that this historic town might have to offer would be easy.  But not so.  The 26 entries received show the range of how this community supports preservation through it's historic buildings and legacy-type events.

Check out the entries here.

The National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980, educates those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of our cultural heritage. The 2011 National Preservation Institute seminar schedule is available online at www.npi.org. The 2011 NPI News Release includes the calendar and seminar descriptions - www.npi.org/NewsRelease2011.pdf.

Advanced registration available through April 28, 2011