DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: WILL THE MAYOR TAKE ACTION?
Dear Friends and Media: First, a point of clarification. It was Dee Margo who sent the letter to the Texas Historical Commission on December 23 (shared yesterday). There is no…
CITY VOTES 5-3 TO ASK THC TO REMOVE “ARENA FOOTPRINT” PROPERTIES FROM THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, Today in Executive Session under item EX4, the City Council discussed the request by the Texas Historical Commission for an opinion from the City regarding the…
FIRST DRAFT NARRATIVE FOR SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS COMPLETE!
Dear Friends, Hardy Heck Moore and Associates, headquartered in Austin, has completed its first draft narrative for the proposed National Register Historic District for the Segundo Barrio. There is now…
FEDERAL HISTORIC TAX CREDIT GENERATED $5.77 BILLION IN INVESTMENT IN FY 2019!
Dear Friends and Media, Rutgers University and the National Park Service recently released their annual report on the impact of the federal historic tax credit (HTC) across our country. See…
NEWS RELEASE/PRESS CONFERENCE: Sacred Heart Church in the Segundo Barrio to be Restored
Dear Friends and Media, Please see the attached news release announcing our press conference Thursday morning at 11:00am at Father Pinto Plaza. You can view our mission and committee membership…
TROST-DESIGNED SAMENIEGO BUILDING REHABILITATED!
Dear Friends and Media, I am pleased to report that the Samaniego Building, designed by Trost & Trost and completed in 1907 at a cost of $20,000, has been rehabilitated…
TODAY AT 10:05AM: PRESERVATION TEXAS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN AND SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICTS ON THE EL PASO HISTORY RADIO SHOW
Dear Friends, Evan Thompson, Executive Director of Preservation Texas, and I will join hosts Jackson Polk and Melissa Sargent for a discussion of the national historic districts that will soon…
EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
Dear Friends, The El Paso County Historical Commission is seeking new members for the term starting January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2022. Applications will be accepted until November.…
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MOVES FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, On September 21, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-0 under agenda item 18 (with Vince Perez absent) to accept the draft narrative of the National Historic…
CITY WILL NOT SUPPORT NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Dear Friends and Media, At today’s City Council meeting, under agenda item 20.2, City Engineer Sam Rodriguez will make a presentation in which he will announce on slide 15 that…