Media and Friends, I am pleased to announce that the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission has voted unanimously to recommend that Downtown El Paso become a…
Dear Friends and Media, Yesterday, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego sent the attached letter to the Texas Historical Commission in support of establishing a National Register historic district in Downtown El…
Dear Friends and Media, Mayor Leeser just released the attached statement, which reads as follows: Statement by Mayor Oscar Leeser El Paso Downtown Historic District nomination to National Register of…
Dear Friends, This Saturday the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission will take up the nomination of Downtown El Paso to the National Register of Historical Places.…
Dear Friends and Media, As you know, the Texas Historical Commission (THC) wrote to the City on November 10 asking for opinions from the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) and the…
Dear Friends and Media, Texas State Sen. Jose Rodriguez’s term of office ended at 12:00pm, a few minutes ago. Since historic preservation and heritage tourism have always been among his…
Dear Friends and Media, Moments ago, the City’s Historic Landmark Commission voted 6-0 to support the County’s nomination of Downtown El Paso–including all 13 “arena footprint” properties–to become a National…
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…
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…
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…
