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Kentucky Heritage Council official urges Danville participation in statewide preservation plan and launches internship outreach
Summary
Nicole Roth of the Kentucky Heritage Council presented the 2028—2037 statewide preservation plan process, described a new internship and certificate program, and encouraged Danville residents and board members to attend a public engagement event and complete an online survey.
Nicole Roth, site identification program administrator at the Kentucky Heritage Council, visited the Danville Architectural Heritage Board and outlined the statewide historic preservation-plan update and related outreach.
Roth said the council opened an online public survey in May 2025 and is collecting input through late summer or early fall to inform a new plan that will run from 2028 through 2037. "We started this whole process back in May 2025 with a public online survey," she said, and asked board members to share the QR-code link included in handouts.
Roth described a recently launched internship and certificate program aimed at building a preservation workforce. The program, launched Feb. 2, provides semester-length internships (including remote options) and certificates upon successful completion. She said 10 intern candidates are in the pipeline for summer interviews and that applicants include students from multiple universities. "We developed and then implemented the heritage council's internship and certificate program," she said.
Joni and board members discussed outreach tactics: combining the visual online survey with a qualitative feedback form, using testimonials on the board's website, and hosting regional workshops. Roth offered to share application links and grant-resource pages for local projects; she also suggested involving tax-credit program staff as speakers for future sessions.
Roth encouraged the board to identify local projects suitable for interns, and the board agreed to pursue the grant-funded sign-design and public-art guideline update, with a public engagement event scheduled the next evening at 6:30 p.m. Staff said the grant kick-off event will be informal, with visual examples and an online survey to follow.
Next steps: board members were asked to complete feedback forms and the online survey and to attend the public engagement session; Roth and staff will continue outreach and provide resources and follow-up at future meetings.
