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Historic Preservation Commission presents six‑year plan; council endorses work plan and funding pursuit
Summary
The Historic Preservation Commission presented a six‑year work plan that includes updating the historic properties inventory, pursuing Certified Local Government grants, exploring a downtown historic designation and creating an awards program; council voted to encourage the commission to proceed.
Bob Woodruff, chair of Newberg’s Historic Preservation Commission, presented the commission’s six‑year work plan to the City Council on April 7 and asked the council to formally endorse the plan and support grant pursuit and education activities.
Woodruff said the commission has two primary goals: preserving historic structures and preserving human histories. The plan calls for an updated historic property inventory (the last inventory dates to the 1990s), professional surveys supported by grant funding, public…
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