Ellensburg Downtown Association
Celebrates National Historic Preservation Month
Citizens in Ellensburg will join thousands of individuals around the country
as part of a nationwide celebration of 2008
National Preservation Month in May. "This Place Matters" is the theme of
the month-long celebration, which is sponsored by the National Trust for
Historic Preservation.
In Ellensburg, Preservation Month 2008 will be observed by numerous events
put on by the Ellensburg Downtown Association and other groups including the
Kittitas County Historic Museum,
Historic Ellensburg. This
month long celebration will start with an informational Preservation Month
reception held at the Kittitas County Historical Museum, Saturday May 3rd at
3pm.
These and other organizations will hold a number of community events
throughout the month of May including: Mornings on Main Street held every
Thursday at 8am in the Hal Holmes Community Center hosted by the Ellensburg
Downtown Association; Upstairs Walking Tours of historic downtown Ellensburg
buildings May 24 at 10am and 1pm hosted by the Kittitas County Historic
Museum.
The Kittitas County Farmers Market
also starts in May and runs every Saturday morning beginning May 3rd. The
Ellensburg Annual National Art Show and Auction is scheduled for May 16-18
hosted by the
Western Art Association.
Historic Ellensburg will be holding their annual awards programs in May.
Historic Ellensburg's Excellence in Preservation Awards will be on May 10th
at 7pm.
Mother's Day weekend the downtown will also be celebrating
Central Washington
University's Family Weekend. Downtown activities will include a variety
of special promotions for Moms Dads and Grads Weekend. Included in this
weekend, Saturday will be the Farmers Market's 5th annual Children's Music
Day.
The Ellensburg Downtown Associations Annual Awards Luncheon will be May 29th
from Noon till 1:30 at the Hal Holmes Community Center. The EDA will
recognize outgoing board members; outstanding volunteer of the year,
business partner of the year, downtown citizen of the year, and this year's
downtown legacy award recipients.
May is also National
Bike to Work Month and the Cascade
Land Conservancy will be hosting several community events for this month
long commemoration; such as a Bike to Work Breakfast and Raffle Friday May
16th. This event will be held at the Rotary Pavilion, and will start at 6:30
am. The Ellensburg Downtown Association will be installing two new art/bike
racks on the morning of the 16th. This will be the second year that the EDA
has installed functional art in the form of bike racks. The first two were
installed in May 2007 at the corners of 5th & Pine, and 3rd & Pearl. This
years installations are planned for 4th & Main, and 4th & Ruby.
Ellensburg
Public Works will also be a part of Preservation Month with the
celebration of their own Public
Works Week May 18-24. To highlight the week, Public Works will be
hosting a day long "Touch a Truck" event featuring modern day safety
vehicles and pictures of their antique ancestors. "We are very excited about
this months festivities and this months theme of "This Place Matters," it is
a great fit for Ellensburg and all of the community organizations working
together to make May such an exciting and activity filled month in downtown
Ellensburg," said Timothy Bishop, Executive Director of the
Ellensburg Downtown Association.
Since the National Trust created Preservation Week in 1971 to spotlight
grassroots preservation efforts in America, it has grown into an annual
celebration observed by small towns and big cities with events ranging from
architectural and historic tours and award ceremonies, to fundraising
events, educational programs and heritage travel opportunities. Due to its
overwhelming popularity, the National Trust has extended the celebration to
the entire month of May and declared it Preservation Month to provide an
even longer opportunity to celebrate the diverse and unique heritage of our
country's cities and states and enable more Americans to become involved in
the growing preservation movement. This year will mark the first official
Preservation Month.
The Ellensburg Downtown Association is a local non-profit organization whose
mission is to Enhance the economic and cultural vibrancy of historic
Downtown Ellensburg. Using the National Main Street 4points mission approach
to downtown revitalization, the Ellensburg Downtown Association received
national main street accreditation earlier this year.
In 2007, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized
Ellensburg's long track record of historic preservation efforts when they
named Ellensburg one of last years
"DOZEN DISTINCTIVE DESTINATIONS."
For more information about National Preservation Month, visit
http://www.preservationnation.org/preservationmonth
Or the Ellensburg Downtown Association at
www.ellensburgdowntown.org
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