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The HRPS Board wants to thank our many members who responded to the recent renewal mailing. Our membership now tops 600 and we are still seeing renewals trickle in.
We wasted no time in 2010 getting to business at the monthly Board meeting on January 7th:
Community Involvement:
- Nevada Humanities Grant: The Board was pleased that our proposal was funded for $2,203 in a highly competitive field. HRPS will use the funding to underwrite costs for the Education Project (especially buses and educational items for the children) and for the website and research.
- KUNR and the StoryCorps project: HRPS representatives will attend a Community Partnership meeting to learn more about how we can participate.
- Washoe County Courthouse Activities book: the Board authorized to spend up to $2,000 for these booklets, as needed by the County. Funding from the County is in question and the Board thought the booklets are useful for our Education Project.
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Proposed 'Pillar of History,' designed by HRPS member Loren Jahn, to be made of recycled river rock in a 1920s Craftsman style.
HRPS had a very active fall, with seven walking tours in September and the annual dinner/fundraiser in October. The dinner was very successful and the National Automobile Museum venue was delightful. The dining area was very spacious and the Siena menu and table settings were elegant. I thank all the board members who served on the committee led by Carrie Young. The silent auction, as always, had many interesting items, prompting an abundance of interest in bidding.
The first class to benefit from HRPS' historic education program this 2009-2010 school year was Hidden Valley Elementary's fourth graders, this past October. The program features a video photo collection show by Jerry Fenwick and is followed the next day by a bus tour of the sites on the video. There were sixty-two students with the two fourth grade teachers and several parents on the bus tour. The students were very enthusiastic and engaging. For the first time we had a tour of the downtown Court House. The students enjoyed watching HRPS member and local artist Loren Jahn put the finishing touches on the beautiful new second-floor mural.
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As many of you know, this year the City of Reno was opting to purchase the historic Downtown Post Office from the United States Postal Service (USPS). The 1934 Frederic DeLongchamps' designed building is included in the city's downtown redevelopment plan and was being looked at as a retail/restaurant/office complex. There is even talk of perhaps using part of the building as a cultural/visitor center. If the purchase went through, the postal retail segment would remain and proceeds from the sale would have been used to build another postal operations building.
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