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As all well-run organizations should, the HRPS Board held its annual Strategic Planning session recently. We assessed our past year and looked ahead to significant activities.
Accomplishments for 2009-2010
- Development and successful implementation of the Fourth Grade Education Project
- Powning Conservation District awareness extended through upcoming McKinley exhibit, sign toppers throughout the District and proposed pillar
- Received grants to help with special projects (for Literary Reno documentary and new Nevada Humanities grant)
- Excellent schedule of tours (including new tours) and number of participants
- Good leadership and board participation
- Monthly programs were varied and the subjects excellent
- Website gets better and better; tour registration online is great (as is phone registration)
- Membership and budgeting helped by changing year from July-June
- Newsletter continues to be excellent
- Good schedule of events, including the Mackay tour, Caughlin Ranch summer tour and Fall Social
- Close connections to City of Reno's Historic Resource Commission
- Increased community partnerships and outreach (NTA convention, downtown casino event in summer, Mt. Rose School celebration, Powning exhibit). We are now known as "The Preservation People!"
Looking Ahead…
- The Board endorsed the establishment of A Preservation Fund to support small-scale preservation projects. Proceeds from the Home Tour would begin this pool of money. A group will look at establishing guidelines
- A committee will examine creating an Advisory/Honorary Board in the coming year
- HRPS' bylaws will be reviewed
- We will develop an information module for website and as a handout on “How to Historic Home Research"
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