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Boerne mayor pro tem proclaims May 2025 National Historic Preservation Month
Summary
Mayor Pro Tem Ty Wilson read a proclamation designating May 2025 as National Historic Preservation Month and thanked the Historic Landmark Commission and volunteers for their work preserving Boerne’s historic character.
Mayor Pro Tem Ty Wilson, representing Mayor Frank Ritchie, read a proclamation at the Boerne Historic Landmark Commission meeting on May 20, 2025, formally designating May 2025 as National Historic Preservation Month.
The proclamation invoked the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s observance and called attention to preservation’s cultural and economic benefits. “I appreciate all the work you do,” Wilson said to commissioners before reading the proclamation, which highlights local participation by the City of Boerne Planning Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Patrick Heath Public Library and the Historic Landmark Commission.
The proclamation text notes that historic preservation “is inherently economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable,” encourages community participation in preservation activities and recognizes volunteers assisting the city.
The commission received the proclamation without vote and acknowledged it with thanks and brief remarks about past preservation activities such as walking surveys and scavenger-hunt events.
The item was presented as action item 2025-189 on the consent/agenda portion of the meeting.
