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Free Workshop Series - Protecting Special Resources: How to Help Your Community Plan for its Future

First Workshop to be Held May 14

"Local Measures to Protect Historic Places"

Grafton Common

Above: The Grafton Common Local Historic District

Join us for the first in this series of planning workshops - "Local Measures to Protect Historic Resources" - which will take place Wednesday, May 14, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA 01590.

Chris Skelly, Director of Local Government Programs at the Massachusetts Historical Commission, will discuss three strategies to help protect historic buildings, landscapes and neighborhoods: Local Historic Districts, Neighborhood Architectural Conservation Districts and Demolition Delay bylaws. These are some of the most effective preservation tools available - come learn more about them and how they can help your community preserve its past!

Workshops are free and open to the public. RSVP for this workshop by Monday, May 12 by e-mailing or calling Joanna Doherty, Blackstone Heritage Corridor at 401-762-0250 or Bob Levite, Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor at 508-831-1223 x244.

For directions from your location to the Sutton Town Hall, start here.

This workshop series is being offered through the Heritage Landscape Inventory, a partnership between the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc. and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Details about other workshops offered in this series can be found at the National Heritage Corridor web site.
More information about the Historic Landscape Inventory program can be found at the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation web site.

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