DC CONFERENCE ON HOUSING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Folks in the DC area with an interest in historic preservation may like this conference on March 3:

The Building Futures Conference is a day-long educational event with conference sessions focusing on topics such as: marketing historic districts, housing programs and incentive programs for historic homes/districts, and compatible design. The intended audience is preservationists, housing agency and organization staff, Main Street program staff and boards, DC real estate agents, architects, developers, and preservation and history students. The conference is sponsored by the DC Historic Preservation Office, DC Preservation League, National Trust for Historic Preservation, DC Board of Real Estate, National Housing & Rehabilitation Assoc., Committee of 100 on the Federal City, and reSTORE DC.

The conference headquarters is the True Reformer Building (1200 U St., NW) and will run from 8:00 am (registration) to 5:30 pm. A selection of walking tours is included as part of the day's activities.

Contact info is available here:

http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=136875