The recently released 2024-2033 Oregon Historic Preservation Plan will guide work statewide for the next ten years and aims to unite the heritage community in crafting a collective narrative across our special traditions, collections, and places that reflect the history and culture of all Oregonians. This statewide plan was developed by Oregon Heritage. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department houses the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and many programs of the Heritage Division; all of that work is collectively known as Oregon Heritage.
The plan focuses on four statewide issues and identifies goals to meet the opportunities and challenges of each:
- Building the Heritage Community
- Preservation Planning: Identifying, Evaluating, Designating and Treating Cultural Resources
- Federal, State and Local Government: Statutes, Rules, Ordinances and Processes
- Information Technology Tools
The report also features two successful projects that Restore Oregon worked on. As part of the historic rural theaters grant program, North Bend’s Liberty Theatre completed an exterior restoration project. Using Restore Oregon’s Preservation Together technical services, the owners of Camp Namanu were successful in listing the camp in the National Register of Historic Places with a nomination prepared by cultural landscape experts at MIG.
This plan is a key long-term plan that will help guide the collective work of the heritage community. Congratulations to the team at Oregon Heritage who led this strategic work to guide and help move us all forward.
Pictured above: The Historic Liberty Theatre in North Bend. (Courtesy Little Theatre on the Bay).
Pictured above: Camp Namanu along the Sandy River in Clackamas County (courtesy Oregon Heritage).