Castle Rock preservation board outlines Historic Preservation Month events, accepts minutes

The Town of Castle Rock Historic Preservation Board on March 5 discussed planned activities for Historic Preservation Month, including sidewalk posters and placemats, a townwide scavenger hunt and trolley tours, and accepted the minutes from its Feb. 5 meeting by roll call.

Brad Boland, town historic preservation staff, opened the item as a planning discussion: "this conversation is really just a discussion with the board about what we wanna do for HP month," and outlined outreach tools the town has used in previous years.

The board focused on repeatable promotion: sidewalk sandwich‑style posters in downtown, 11-by-17 posters for local businesses, placemats handed to restaurant patrons as a children’s activity, and QR codes linking to an online landing page listing HP Month events. Boland said last year’s combined spend on posters and sidewalk signs was “a little over $500” and recommended keeping promotional spending in the $400–$600 range for 2025. The board discussed placing additional sidewalk signs downtown, and using a banner…