Glendale officials on Monday opened public engagement for a two-part historic-resources survey covering East–West Glendale and North Glendale. Mary Ringhoff, principal with Architectural Resources Group and Historic Resources Group, told the Historic Preservation Commission the work will produce a historic context statement and reconnaissance and intensive-level surveys to document properties, districts and other cultural resources and to inform planning and environmental review.

Ringhoff said the East–West Glendale survey will begin first and includes roughly 22,000 developed parcels; North Glendale (about 7,700 parcels) will be updated after East–West work is well under way. The consultants said they will evaluate properties constructed through the year 2000 and follow National Park Service guidance, including National Register Bulletin 24, for methodology and reporting.

Consultants described the survey process: background research and community outreach; preparation of a historic context statement that identifies themes and integrity thresholds; a reconnaissance or "windshield" survey to flag potentially eligible properties; and an intensive, on-foot documentation phase that produces standard DPR 523 forms, photos and GIS deliverables. Ringhoff emphasized that a survey is not a designation: it identifies potentially eligible resources and creates a baseline for future designation and planning.

City staff and consultants urged residents to participate through Engage Glendale, a public-engagement portal that will host project materials, a form for property nominations and a schedule for upcoming reconnaissance and walking surveys. The consultants also asked community members to submit information about longtime businesses, landscapes and people associated with properties — items that are often best known locally. Ringhoff said community input is especially helpful for identifying properties linked to significant individuals and cultural themes that do not always show up in archival research.

Ringhoff and staff said reconnaissance work is already underway and that intensive survey will follow in early 2026. The consultants said they will coordinate findings with prior surveys and district nominations, and plan consistent thresholds and documentation formats so future work could be combined into a citywide context statement. The commission and several public commenters, including local historians and neighborhood representatives, welcomed the outreach and indicated interest in the Armenian commercial and cultural history of the city that the study will examine.

The commission encouraged residents to watch for the Engage Glendale launch and to use the portal to submit candidate properties and oral histories.