Colorado Workshop: Caring for Your Historic Home
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Central City, Colorado, will be celebrating National Preservation Week in
style this May.  The city's Historic Preservation Commission will host the
first Preservation Honor Awards on Friday evening, May 16th at 6:00 p.m.
The event will be held in the landmark Central City Opera House, which is
currently undergoing a significant interior renovation. The evening's
special guest speaker will be John Leeke, contributing editor of Old-House
Journal and a nationally renown preservation specialist based in Portland,
Maine.

Mr. Leeke will also conduct a timely and invaluable workshop the following
day, Saturday, May 17, designed specifically to assist historic home
owners in analyzing their own preservation needs and discover renovation
and repair techniques to preserve their investment.  "It is possible to
save the character of older homes and still respect a homeowner's limited
time and budget." assures Leeke in a recent interview. This workshop is
your  opportunity to ask Leeke questions and get objective answers to all
your vexing old-house problems. The workshop will include a demonstration
of traditional and modern high-tech window repair methods. Leeke is a
regular presenter at local and national preservation events. The fee for
the one-day workshop is $25, and will be held at the Gilpin County
Historical Society's Schoolhouse Museum in Central City beginning at 9:00
a.m.

For more information on the Honor Awards nominations, reception or
Saturday preservation workshop, phone Roxanne Eflin at City Hall in
Central City, (303) 582-5251, ext. 201.

For the latest information visit www.housenet.com/HistoricHomeWorks/