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<br />Haug, Rebecca <br />From: Erin Hanafin Berg <ehberg@mnpreservation.org> <br />Sent: Monday, December O6, 2010 5:03 PM <br />Cc: 'Erin Hanafin Berg' <br />Subject: Preservation Alliance of Minnesota -Call for Nominations - 10 Most Endangered Historic <br />Places 2011 <br />Greetings, Heritage Preservation Commission member or staff liaison <br />I am writing to invite you to nominate a property in your community to the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's annual <br />10 Most Endangered Historic Places list. We have learned over the years that this program is one of PAM's most <br />successful tools for engaging local citizens in preservation activity. <br />The 10 Most Endangered program shines a spotlight on historic sites and buildings that are threatened with demolition, <br />increasing disinvestment and neglect, or which face significant organizational challenges and financial obstacles. <br />Through the 10 Most Endangered program, PAM works with local communities to surmount these impediments to <br />preservation and seek rehabilitation or creative reuse of the buildings. Nominated properties do not need to be locally <br />designated or listed in the National Register, although designation status will be one of the criteria considered by the <br />listing committee in reviewing nominations. <br />PAM's 10 Most Endangered program has been in place for 18 years, and has recognized over 150 historic sites. Of those, <br />more than half are known to have been saved in part due to the awareness generated by their listing. Already, several <br />sites on the 20101ist have been saved, including the Garrison Concourse on Lake Mille Lacs, which received Federal <br />stimulus funds to begin its rehabilitation, and the Todd County Courthouse, which was the subject of a bonding <br />referendum on the November 2 general election ballot in Todd County. Citizens in Jackson, Minnesota have rallied <br />behind their threatened 1938 school building and have taken the property owner (Jackson County) to court in alast- <br />ditch attempt to save the building from demolition. <br />Again this year, PAM will present a seed grant to one of the sites included on the 2011-10 Most Endangered list. The <br />recipient of the grant will be chosen by popular vote during an event we call the (Anti)Wrecking Ball, on May 12, 2011, <br />during which the 10 Most Endangered sites will be announced to the public. We held the (Anti)Wrecking Ball for the first <br />time in 2010, and it was one of our most successful programs, both for PAM and the participants. Representatives ofall <br />ten listed sites attended the event to begin building support for preservation, and found the event-and the seed grant <br />competition-to be a supportive and engaging forum in which to practice their preservation advocacy "pitch." <br />The deadline for nominations is Friday, December 31, 2010, although that date can be somewhat flexible. If your <br />Commission is considering nominating a property but cannot meet the Dec. 31 deadline, please let me know and we can <br />work out an alternate deadline. The nomination form is available at the Alliance's website, <br />www.mnoreservation or¢/oroarams/ten-most-endangered/ Prior years' 10 Most Endangered lists can also be viewed on <br />the website. <br />Thanks for the work that you do as HPC members and staff to preserve so much of what makes Minnesota a wonderful, <br />historic state. <br />Best regards, <br />Erin Hanafin Berg <br />Field Representative <br />Preservation Alliance of Minnesota <br />416 Landmark Center <br />75 West Fifth Street <br />