The 20th Annual Saving Places® Conference focused on the theme, “Preservation for a Changing Colorado” and highlighted the economic benefits of preservation as well as the way preservation is impacting the state. Keynote speakers Joe Nickol and Kevin Wright of Ohio based Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation discussed the necessary collaboration between developers and preservationist and the ways in which communities can create demand for historic preservation in development. Based on attendee feedback from the 2016 conference, CPI brought back past Keynote speaker Kimber Lanning, of Local Arizona First, to lead a workshop teaching attendees how to use the power of local business to strengthen community.
In 2017, over 150 speakers presented sessions that ranged from the how to speak to your state legislators, to to tours of Denver’s mid-century Krisana Park neighborhood, the Argo Mill and Larimer Square to name a few.
2017 By the Numbers Total Attendees: 750 States Represented: 16 Colorado Counties Represented: 41 First-Time Attendees: 75 Luncheon Attendance: Endangered Places Luncheon – 560 Western Heritage Luncheon - 350 The Saving Places Conference is funded in part by a History Colorado State Historical Fund grant.
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Colorado Preservation, Inc. Annual Report 2017