HHF's Preservation Honor Awards Nominations are Due!

HHF's Preservation Honor Awards Nominations are March 31st and will be presented at the HHF Annual Meeting to be held May 18th. Here is a photo of last year's winners.

To find out more about the awards, please visit www.historichawaii.org/presawards.html 

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The Pacific Club

AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION HAWAII CHAPTER PAU HANA RECEPTION
Honoring John Whalen and Byrnes Yamashita, 2006 Designated Members of the Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. John Whalen is an active member of Historic Hawaii Foundation and served as a Trustee from 1994-2000. The American Institute of Certified Planners has selected John to be a Fellow. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed on any member and it recognizes lifelong achievements.


WHEN AND WHERE:
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Pacific Club

ABOUT THE EVENT:
Please join family, friends and fellow colleagues at a reception in honor of two Hawaii Chapter members who have been designated to become Fellows in the College of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Both were nominated by the APA Hawaii Chapter and their nominations have been accepted by national. They are recognized for significant contributions to the field of planning over a sustained period. They will be sworn in at the APA National Conference in San Antonio the last week of April. That will bring the total number of local chapter Fellows to eight. Others include: Jim Bell, David Callies, Tom Dinell, Henry Eng, Jackie Parnell and Cheryl Soon.

John Whalen is an owner and principal of PlanPacific and a previous Director of Land Utilization for the City & County of Honolulu.

Byrnes Yamashita is Director, Base Development Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC PAC).

RSVP: Please make your reservation by contacting Lynn Fukuhara no later than Friday, March 31 by phone (521-5361) or email (lfukuhara@beltcollins.com). Cost is $25 for APA members, $30 for non-members, $10 for students. Make checks payable to APA - Hawaii Chapter and mail to Lynn Fukuhara, Belt Collins Hawaii, 2153 North King Street, Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96819.
No-shows will be charged.

The Pacific Club

Waimea Kauai Named to National Trust's Annual List of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations

Press Release - National Trust Promotes Heritage Tourism with Annual List of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations

Preservation Online: Today's News Archives: Farmland Beside N.Y. Revolutionary War Battlefield Protected

Preservation Online: Today's News Archives: Farmland Beside N.Y. Revolutionary War Battlefield Protected
From the NTHP

As sprawl encroaches on national parks like Gettysburg and subdivisions are built on other battlefields, the outskirts of one Revolutionary War battlefield will be preserved for years to come.
For the past 10 years, a conservation group has been working to protect 560 acres of farmland adjacent to the Saratoga Battlefield in Stillwater, N.Y., 40 miles north of Albany.
In January, the group, the Manhattan-based Open Space Institute, announced that it had secured a conservation easement on the 380-acre privately owned Saratoga Sod Farm, which abuts the park on three sides. The group also bought 182 acres of undeveloped land outside the park, which it plans to donate to the National Park Service.

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