Conference Schedule

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Saturday May 2, 2009

8:30 – 9:15 am
Buckstop Junction Visitors Center
Registration, coffee and continental breakfast

9:30 – 10:45 am
Lewis Hotel
"TE and Scenic Byways"
Travel with Ben Kubischta along the road formed by the Transportation Enhancement and Scenic Byway programs. You will be taken on a journey around North Dakota exploring projects funded from these programs. These are projects with stories that help build the foundation of knowledge. This is the knowledge to better understand the importance of preservation. Ben Kubischta, Transportation Enhancement Coordinator, North Dakota Department of Transportation

9:30 – 10:45 am
"Sustainable Stewardship"
Historic Preservation Conservation and improvement of our existing built resources - buildings, neighborhoods, downtowns, and infrastructure - are environmentally logical, economically viable, and socially rational elements in promoting sustainable stewardship. Come learn about the Sustainability Initiative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and how reusing, reinvesting and retrofitting buildings in your community can provide guiding principles to sustainable development.

11:00 – Noon
Lewis Hotel
"Breaking a 50 Year Impasse: The Cathedral Area Historic District Improvements"
Bob Shannon was the Project Manager for Bismarck's Cathedral Area Historic District Streetscape project, where the community succeeded in breaking a 50 year impasse regarding Washington Street improvements.

Bob was born and raised in Bismarck, where he frequently made the pilgrimage up and down Washington Street to the Dairy Queen and Elks Pool. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from NDSU and is a registered professional engineer in 5 states. Bob has over 25 years experience with transportation projects, including 11 years at NDDOT where his last position was the Urban Planning Engineer, and 15 years as a transportation planning consultant for Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc. in Bismarck. In his career he has participated in over 200 public input meetings in over 25 communities. He considers himself a "non-traditional" engineer by focusing on the human and environmental context of engineering projects.

11:00 – Noon
Bethel Church
"Local Affiliates Round Table"
Meet Preservation North Dakota's affiliates from across the state. Take part in a discussion on current preservation issues, hear success stories, share ideas and solve problems. PND Affiliate Coordinator Marilu Person and Jen Wilkie, PND Development Coordinator. Marilu is an agricultural consultant who volunteers as curator of Traill County Historical Society's museums in Hillsboro and is on their Board of Directors. Jen Wilkie is PND's Development Director and a Master's Candidate at North Dakota State University specializing in Great Plains Regional and Public History.

Noon – 12:50 pm
Lewis Hotel
Box Lunch – Local Affiliates Preservation's Progress
We have the opportunity to see ongoing rehabilitation projects and plans for the future from North Dakota groups.

1:00 – 1:50 pm
Lewis Hotel
"Architectural Expression and Cultural Identity: Learning from the Past to Help Us Make Better Decisions for the Future"
Through the historical period the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara people have used a variety of technical building practices that were well-suited to their specific environmental context. Marita Abe explores ways to express cultural identity, past traditional building ideas and place making practices in current architectural expression.

2:00 – 2:50 pm
Wrap up Silent Auction
Going Once, Twice, Sold! Last chance to bid is at 2:15! Chance to pay and pack up your winnings. Also, the Yegen Store will be open for viewing until 2:45, when it will be time to board the waiting motor coach at the Visitors Center.

3:00 pm
Visitor's Center
Motor coach tour of the Double Ditch archeological site and Knife River Indian Villages. National Historic Site. We continue our exploration of Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara architectural development over the years. Tour leader is Fern Swenson, Archaeology and Historic Preservation Division Director, and Staff of the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

6:00 – 7:30 pm
Dinner at the Stanton Civic Center
"Native Perspectives on Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site" With thirty years of professional experience in communications, public relations and cultural preservation, Calvin Grinnell will speak on his personal experiences at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, which instilled in him a lifelong interest in tribal history. He will touch upon native spirituality and its significance to the area in a compelling PowerPoint presentation. He assisted in the construction of the present earth lodge at Knife River and has researched earth lodge construction at various times in his career. He assists Elgin Crows Breast, Cultural Preservation Officer for the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation, as a tribal historian and computer applications specialist.

7:30 – 9:00 pm
Motor Coach returns to Buckstop Junction.