8:00-11:30am
Check-in and Networking
Food and drinks provided
Guided Tours of Taliesin | Registration info coming soon!
12:00 - 12:15pm
12:15 - 1:00pm
1:00 - 2:30pm
Welcome Address
Matt Jarosz HPI, WTHP | Daina Penkiunas WHS, SHPO | Stuart Graff, CEO FLWF
Catered lunch: Sandwiches and drinks provided by ECS Midwest LLC
Keynote Address: Saving Historic Theatres
Success stories and challenges – connecting with the national network of theatre preservationists
Ken Stein, CEO, League of Historic American Theatres
1) Wisconsin Theatre Stories: Successes and Challenges – Stories from the Front
Seven Theatres: West Bend, Sheboygan, Green Bay, Chilton, New London, Baraboo, Menomonie
Thank you to ECS Midwest LLC
3:00 - 3:45pm
2) Project Economics: NPS Requirements and Funding Sources – Historic Building Reuse
Jon Beck, The Alexander Company - Working in Wisconsin to develop funding strategies
4:00 - 4:45pm
3) Main Street Economics: Catalytic Effects in Downtowns – Strategies for small communities
Errin Welty, Wisconsin Main Street - Economic impact of theatre reuses – case studies
5:00pm - Close
Thank you to The Bond Company LLC
Evening BBQ
Dinner, drinks and music provided by Bond Facade Services (Formerly Spray-O-Bond)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 | CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES OF REUSE
8:00 - 9:00pm
Check-in and Networking
Contractor/consultants tables exhibited throughout the day
Food and drinks provided by TechRender LLC
Thank you to TechRender, LLC
9:00 - 9:45am
4) Laser Scanning: Advanced, high tech tools to document - quick, accurate, and inexpensive
William Krueger, UWM Historic Preservation Institute | Vince Scalici, TechRender LLC
10:00 - 10:45am
5) Building Research: Finding Information and Assessing Conditions - Creating project priorities
Donna Weiss, Preserve Design Studio | Jen Davel, Heritage Consulting Group
6) Decorative Finishes and Art Glass: Investigation, Analysis,Treatment - decorative interior surfaces
Eileen Grogan, Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc. | Tony Kartsonas, Historic Surfaces LLC
11:00 - 11:45am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Restoration Techniques
Case Studies from around the world
Nikolas Vakalis, wall painting and stone restoration expert. (Rome, Italy & Athens, Greece)
12 - 12:45pm
LUNCH
1:00 - 1:45pm
7) Assembling the Team: General contracting, specialty trades selection - finding qualified subs
Bryce Unger, CG Schmidt Co, Simon Leverett, Leverett Masonry Consultant
8) Marquees and Lighting: Specialty items - the challenge of retaining historic character
Dan Yoder, Sign Art Studio, Mt Horeb | Allyson Nemec, Quorum Architects Inc.
2:00 - 2:45pm
3:00 - 3:45pm
Final Panel Discussion: Question & Answer for speakers
Announcement of spring workshop