BCCC to Host Free Historical Preservation Forum

Bucks County Community College’s Historic Preservation program is hosting “Building a Preservation Community,” March 31st, from 8:30 am to noon in Tyler Hall on the Newtown Campus.  The event features keynote speaker Scott Doyle, the division chief for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.  His talk will preview Pennsylvania’s 2012-2017 statewide historic preservation plan.  Breakout sessions follow the keynote, “Undiscovered Historic Places in Your Community,” and “Caring for Historic Properties,” and “Preservation in the Community.”  These sessions will be led by professors from BCCC’s Historic Preservation program.

To reserve a place for “Building a Preservation Community,” contact program coordinator Patricia Fisher-Olsen at  fisherol@bucks.edu or 215-968-8286.  To learn more about Historic Preservation at Bucks, visit www.bucks.edu/hp.

(Information from Newtown Patch)