HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistoric Wintersburg designated NATIONAL TREASURE by NationaHistoric Wintersburg designated NATIONAL TREASURE by
National Trust for Historic Preservation
A first for Orange County! Only a handful across the country.
Urban Land Institute
Technical Assistance Panel
report released
• LAI technical analysis facilitated by
the National Trust for Historic
Preservation on behalf ofthe
Historic Wintersburg Preservation
Task Force.
• Community raised $30,000 for
objective analysis by panel of
professional excerpts in
Preservation, development,
finance, and urban planning.
• Interviews conducted with
property owner, preservationists,
neighborhood residents,
elementary school and school
district, non profits, select city
council members and planning
commissioners.
• Data considered included
economic analysis, market
analysis, demographics,
neighborhood needs assessment,
strengths, weakness, opportunities
and challenges.
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General points from
ULI technical analysis
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Technical analysis provides proof
-concept for historic
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preservation and adaptive reuse
• Report confirms historical
significance of Historic
Wintersburg is a strength and
asset to community.
• Report provides seven concepts
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for discussion with property
owner, preservationists and
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neighborhood/community
stakeholders.
• Need for compromise among
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stakeholders and further
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discussions needed regarding
range of concepts suggested.
• Challenges include industrial uses
to adjacent neighborhood,
divergent interests, and need for
safe pedestrian access to nearby
schools.
What's next:
Discussions with property owner re: concepts.
Feasibility study to determine structural preservation logistics & costs.
Fundraising for historic preservation.
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Huntington Beach Historical Society and Historic Wintersburg
Holidays in Huntington Beach, 1915
Friday, December 4 at Newland House Museum
Recreation of Tashima Market, with mochitsuki by Tanaka Farms.
Pioneer attire requested, set your timepieces back to 1915.