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What are you doing in your community to preserve your downtown, historic buildings, landscapes and the culture of your community? 

Join us for this quick learning opportunity to gain some practical tips and ideas for doing this work.  MDC Advisory Council will be sharing the Preservation Tool Kit which they developed over the last year. If you are a Main Street, this tool kit can help you meet Standard V of the National Main Street Accreditation Standards, however, the content is relevant to any community working on historic preservation.

Speakers:

Brad Miller, Director of Programs and Services, Maine Preservation

Brad joins Maine Preservation with over eight years of experience in historic preservation. For the past five years, he worked with Indiana Landmarks, the country’s largest statewide, historic preservation non-profit organization. After a one-year stint as a Community Preservation Specialist, he served as Director of the Northwest Field Office, where he assisted communities, local governments, and property owners in preserving historic buildings in a four-county region. Prior to his work in Indiana, Brad worked with the Somerville, Massachusetts, Historic Preservation Commission and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Calumet Heritage Partnership, Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, and was the Cultural Resources Advisory Board Member for the Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Program. Brad holds a M.A. in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University and a B.A. in History from Gettysburg College. When he’s not busy looking at old buildings, he enjoys hiking, ultimate frisbee, and sampling locally roasted coffee.

Megan Rideout, Historic Preservation Coordinator. Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Megan Rideout is the Review and Compliance/ Certified Local Government Coordinator at Maine Historic Preservation Commission. On a daily basis, she interacts with various federal, state, and local entities requesting review of projects under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Megan has her Master of Sciences in Historic Preservation from Ball State University and has been working in the field of preservation for over 10 years. While not at work, Megan enjoys spending time with her son and going on adventures in the Maine outdoors.