For immediate release For more information, contact: Dr. Lisa Winn Bryan, lwinnbryan@preservationvirginia.org (804) 573-9676 First class of student and community preservationist Fellows to begin in early 2023. Richmond, Va. (November 22, 2022) – Studies show that only 1% of preservation professionals are African American. Through a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Preservation Virginia …
For Immediate Release For more information, contact Will Glasco wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Owned and operated by Preservation Virginia, the oldest brick dwelling in North America receives support for its preservation. SURRY, Va. (November 17, 2022) –Built in 1665, Preservation Virginia’s Bacon’s Castle is recipient of a $400,000 Save America’s Treasures challenge grant for its ongoing …
For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Eleven historic sites facing insensitive development or neglect were named to this year’s list RICHMOND, Va. (May 10, 2022) – Each May — National Historic Preservation Month— Preservation Virginia releases a list of historic places across the Commonwealth that face imminent or sustained …
For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 The only surviving judicial robe of the “Great Chief Justice” was recently conserved and will be displayed at the John Marshall House. RICHMOND, Va. (April 15, 2021) — Through a partnership between Preservation Virginia, The John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics …
For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Preservation Virginia has received $8,950.00 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s (VTC) Recovery Marketing Leverage Program (RMLP), designed to help local and regional tourism entities attract more visitors by leveraging limited local marketing dollars through a local match of the state grants funds. More …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Video: https://vimeo.com/461193500/c2f06a36a1 — Rassawek, the historic capital and sacred site of the Monacan Indian Nation located at the confluence of the Rivanna River and James River in Fluvanna County, is included on a national list of threatened historic sites. RICHMOND, Va. (September 24, 2020) – Threatened by a local water intake and …
For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Preservation Virginia identifies commonwealth’s most endangered historic places –This year’s list reflects importance of historic preservation in time of crisis and recovery and how, now more than ever, we can look to our history for encouragement RICHMOND, Va. (May 19, 2020) – A …
–April 3 gala will also honor business leader, philanthropist and author David M. Rubenstein RICHMOND, Va. (March 4, 2020)—Preservation Virginia’s Historic Preservation Awards on April 3, 2020, at the Bolling Haxall House will recognize innovative initiatives that include rehabilitating historic structures for reuse as affordable housing in Roanoke; spearheading a historic marker project in Virginia …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2019 Brenda Jones, National Trust for Historic Preservation – 202.588.6019 Ana Edwards, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project– 804.517.4049 Elizabeth Kostelny, Preservation Virginia– 804.648.1889 ext. 306 COMMEMORATING HISTORIC SHOCKOE BOTTOM OFFERS INNOVATIVE, TRANSFORMATIVE MODEL FOR TOURISM AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT Truth-Telling and Development can Work Together (RICHMOND) As many American cities …
November 8, 2019 For immediate release: U.S. District Court Rules on Dominion Energy’s Permit for James River Transmission Towers Statements by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Virginia WASHINGTON- Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Dominion Energy’s permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for transmission …
