Learn about Historic Preservation and its impact
on Florida's communities at a half-day conference

Florida has a distinctive and rich heritage.  Our state’s vast history is reflected in sites of significant importance and architecture that is unique to specific time periods.  To recognize, preserve and maintain these treasures, historic preservation is essential. 


Homeowners, business owners, tourism professionals and organizations interested in learning more about historic preservation are invited to attend a FREE conference on Saturday, February 4, 8:30 a.m. to noon.  The presentations will be at the Schnebly Recreation Center, 1101 N. Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach. 

The city-sponsored conference will feature subject matter experts who will provide innovation ideas, education and inspiration of current and future historic preservation activities in our community and will also introduce attendees to the economics associated with heritage tourism and historic preservation.  

The schedule and topics of presentation are as follows:

8:30 to 9:15 a.m.  – An Introduction to Historic Preservation, Pratt Cassity
9:30 to 10:15 a.m. – Economic Development Through Heritage Tourism, Bruce Judd
10:30 to 11 a.m. -- Black Heritage Trail in Daytona Beach, Lionurd Tynes
11:15 to noon -- The Economics of Historic Preservation, Bruce Judd

Pratt Cassity is director of The Center for Community Design and Preservation at the University of Georgia.  He has served as executive director of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions and has worked with the National Trust for Historic Preservation on numerous projects. Cassity teaches graduate courses in historic preservation, landscape architecture and planning.

Bruce Judd, a consultant based in Seaside, Florida, is a pioneer in the fields of economic development and historic preservation.  He was a president-appointed expert member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), the federal agency that oversees and advises on national preservation matters, and recently participated on the Committee for Preservation and Security for the White House and Capitol.  Judd has served as a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Trustees and has directed over 250 projects for historically significant buildings.

Lionurd Tynes is a member of the city's Historic Preservation Board and served on the committee of the Black Heritage Trail project. The project included a booklet which highlights 18 local sites of African-American accomplishments or historical significance. Published in 2011, the publication was inspired by Daytona Beach native and first African-American Mayor Yvonne Scarlett-Golden.


This Historic Preservation Conference has been financed in part with historic preservation grant assistance provided by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, administered through the Bureau of Historic Preservation, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of the State, assisted by the Florida Historical Commission.

For information or to register, please contact Tom Weitnauer, City of Daytona Beach at weitnauert@codb.us or 386-671-8160.