Special thanks to Jack Williams and Pratt Cassity for
contributing the meat of their memories and the fruits of their files
for this compilation.
1983
Representatives from local preservation commissions
across the United States
meet in Charleston, South
Carolina and formally vote to establish the
National Alliance of Preservation Commissions. Bernie Callan is elected
Chairman and Cherilyn Widell is appointed Executive Director.
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley presents Chairman Callan
with a silver dollar, making Charleston NAPC's first dues paying member.
Publication of The Alliance Review begins with
one membership subscription.
1984
NAPC holds its first business meeting in conjunction
with the National Trust conference in San Antonio, Texas. All board
members and officers are either commission members or staff.
NAPC begins advocacy work on behalf of local commissions
by representing their interests at meetings of the National Park Service
(NPS), the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
(NCSHPO), Preservation Action, and on Capitol Hill.
NAPC receives assistance from the National Center for
Preservation Law in its efforts to incorporate: and from NCSHPO in providing
mailing lists and a home in Washington, D.C.
1985
The "NAPC Players" stage NAPC's first mock commission
meeting as part of the National Preservation Conference in Baltimore,
Maryland.
NAPC begins assisting in the formation of statewide
alliances of preservation commissions.
1986
NAPC produces Local Preservation Volume II for
the National Park Service and a SHPO training manual for working with
local governments.
1987
1st NAPC Executive Director, Cherilyn Widell
is honored at the National Preservation Conference in Kansas
City, Missouri. Pratt
Cassity is named Executive Director.
NAPC and the National Association of Homebuilders with
financial support from the NCSHPO and the NPS co-sponsor a technical
rehabilitation workshop for contractors and tradesmen working on historic
buildings.
1988
NAPC's office moves from Washington, D.C. to Athens,
Georgia.
1989
NAPC adopts new logo and masthead.
Technical assistance work increases and expands, taking
advantage of resources from the University of Georgia's Master of Historic
Preservation program.
1990
NAPC and the National Trust co-sponsor Student Design
Competition at the National Preservation Conference in Charleston, South
Carolina.
Advocacy and work to help establish statewide alliances
of preservation commissions continues.
1991
The first United States Preservation Commission Identification
Project (USPCIP) is launched with funding from the National Trust and
the National Park Service to compile an accurate and up-to-date list
of all known historic preservation commissions and architectural review
boards.
1992
Bernie Callan ends 10 years of guidance and leadership
as NAPC Chairman.
NAPC and the National Trust co-sponsor Student Design
and Writing Competition at the National Trust Conference in Key West,
Florida.
The first USPCIP is completed indicating a 117 percent
increase in the number of preservation commissions from 832 in 1981
to 1,803 in 1992.
1993
The Alliance Review increases publication from
four to six times a year.
The second phase of the United States Preservation Commission
Identification Project begins. A more detailed questionnaire is used
in an effort to gain a profile of all the types of commissions responding.
1994
NAPC and the National Park Service co-sponsor National
CLG Coordinators Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NAPC initiates the Commission Assistance Program (CAP)
to help increase the effectiveness and strength of local commissions.
1995
NAPC participates with the National Trust and Historic
Windsor, Inc. (Vermont) on an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
grant received by the Trust from the Department of Justice to develop
a self study course for local commissions to help them deal with accessibility
issues and ADA compliance
1996
NAPC participates in another national CLG Coordinators
Forum in Berkley, California.
1997
NAPC and the University
of Georgia's Office of Preservation
Services (Now the Office of Public Service and Outreach) develop a model
joint curriculum for city planning and preservation commissioners. The
curriculum is piloted and well received at the National Planning Conference
in San Diego, California.
NAPC holds the Missouri Commission Assistance Program
NAPC conducts a survey of CLG coordinators in each SHPO
to develop a thumbnail sketch of how commissions are trained in each
state.
1998
The third United States Preservation Commission Identification
Project begins.
NAPC holds the unforgettable Lady Chablis "Fun" Raiser
at the National Preservation Conference in Savannah, Georgia.
The first biennial NAPC Forum is held in Denver,
Colorado with over 300 participants.
1999
The NAPC website is launched at www.arches.uga.edu/~napc
(Today www.uga.edu/napc)
2000
The second biennial NAPC Forum is held in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania with over 300 participants.
Megan Bellue is hired as Program Manager
H.B. Owens Library at the University
of Georgia and NAPC enter
into a partnership to house the NAPC design guidelines collection. The
collection quickly grows to over 200 guidelines.
2001
The Alliance Review is redesigned.
Megan Bellue becomes Executive Director and Pratt Cassity
becomes Executive Advisor.
The Commission Assistance and Mentoring Program (CAMP)
is launched. The First CAMP's are held in Jonesborough,
Tennessee; Las
Vegas, New Mexico; Windsor,
Vermont; and Martinsburg,
West Virginia.
2002
The third biennial NAPC Forum is held in San
Antonio, Texas with over
300 participants.
Ten CAMPs are held in ten states.
2003
NAPC celebrates 20 years of helping local preservation
commissions succeed!
Ten CAMPs are held in ten states
Megan Bellue leaves NAPC; Drane Wilkinson becomes Program
Coordinator.
The NAPC Web site is reconstructed at www.uga.edu/napc
2004
The fourth biennial Forum is held in Indianapolis,
Indiana with more than 300 participants
from all fifty states.
NAPC partners with the National Park Service to host
the 10th biennial state CLG coordinators meeting. Over 30
state coordinators meet with Park Service representatives to share ideas
and discuss the program and how it can be strengthened.
NAPC holds its first membership campaign. Over 200 local
commissions, commissioners, state and local governments and organizations,
elected officials, and others join the NAPC family.
Twelve CAMPs are held in eight states. Over 300 people
receive training.
NAPC partners with the Virginia Department of Historic
Resources to develop a strategic plan for implementing task force recommendations.
A New Direction for Virginia's CLG Program: A Strategic Plan is
produced.
NAPC launches the State Enabling Legislation Collection
and Analysis Project (SELCAP) to collect and comparatively analyze state
enabling legislation from all fifty states.
