Downtown Joplin Alliance is Hosting Loft Tours on May 6th
Downtown Joplin Alliance invites you to join them on an "open house-style" tour through several downtown properties including:
- Olivia Apartments
- Muir Building
- Independent Building
- Frisco Station Lofts
- Holocroft Building
- Pennington Lofts
- and more!
Get a glimpse at what it's like to live downtown in some of the most fascinating properties in downtown Joplin-some of which are fully furnished and occupied while others are under restoration and renovation.
Tickets are required for this event and are available online at eventbrite.com.
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Sedalia Main Streets is Hosting Seated in History on May 13th
Come on a walking tour of Downtown Sedalia's public buildings with the Sedalia Historic Preservation Commission, with the assistance of Pettis County Historical Society, to learn about their history.
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Warrensburg Main Street is Hosting Stories of Downtown - Historic Walking Tour on May 17th
Warrensburg Main Street is excited to officially reveal their permanent historic walking tour to Downtown Warrensburg. Join Warrensburg Main Street staff, board, and design committee as they unviel the Stories of Downtown Historical Walking Tour to their community starting at the Downtown Johnson County Courthouse. Their event will kick off with Mayor Jim Kushner as he reads the Proclamation for May being National Historic Preservation Month followed by Joe Jokebit's Eulogy of the Dog speech. Maps of 10+ permanent stops will be given for community members to walk their own path and read stories of the building's history, architecture, and previous businesses who once homed in the historic downtown. Stories will be available through scanning the QR codes on each building. These stories will be updated as history continue to be made in Downtown Warrensburg!
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Downtown Washington, Inc. is Hosting a Self-Guided History Tour Throughout May
Downtown Washington, Inc. invites you to participate in a self-guided history tour of Downtown Washington which highlights several historic properties including:
- Gottfried Cabin
- Langenberg Building
- Tibbe Building
- Zachariah Foss House
- Roettger Building
- Otto Building
- and more!
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Historic Downtown Liberty, Inc, is Hosting "Find the Doors" Throughout May
Historic Downtown Liberty, Inc. invites you to stroll around Historic Downtown Liberty to "Find the Doors" in the month of May in celebration of Liberty's unique cultural and historic assets.
Find the doors to be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card to be used anywhere downtown!
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Stay in touch with these communities for the educational campaigns they are posting, some of which are done in partnership with their local historic societies, on their social media accounts. | |
Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization & the Cape Girardeau County Historical Society | Follow to see several uptown Jackson buildings featured! | | |
Follow to see a month's worth of historic features! | | |
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Places to Visit!
Bolded place have websites you can visit and learn more about them!
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Missouri Main Street Connection's Opportunities for Preservation Month | |
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Mornings on Main: Study Up! Discover How to Protect & Improve Your Downtown Assets on May 3rd
Missouri Main Street Connection (MMSC) is hosting an educational kick-off party and webinar for Preservation Month. Members of the MMSC Historic Preservation Committee, Dana Gould, SFS Architecture, and Karen Bode Baxter, Historic Preservation Specialist, will discuss the four one-pagers published by MMSC that include painting historic buildings, installing the right awnings and canopies, masonry work, and building maintenance. Each conversation will be accompanied with a case study to dive deeper into applying the information found in each historic preservation one-pager. Come learn, ask questions, and leave with practical applications to tackle common problems that can arise with historic downtown buildings.
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Missouri Main Street Connection’s (MMSC) Historic Preservation Committee is accepting applications for its free “Doctor is In” consultation service open to MMSC’s top three tier Main Street organizations.
Whether it is an existing project or a new emergency with a downtown property, no preservation project is too big or small for MMSC’s Board and Advisory members to provide guidance, answers, and connections to assist you in accomplishing your districts preservation goals.
Learn more, review eligibility, and fill out the submission form on our website to have a consultation with the Doctors regarding your preservation project.
Contact Ben White at Ben@momainstreet.org if you have any questions.
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Missouri Main Street Connection is a statewide, 501c3, not-for-profit organization committed to fostering renewed vitality and sustainability in historic commercial districts across the state of Missouri.
Missouri Main Street Connection is an equal opportunity organization.
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