Preserving History in a City with Paul W. Edmond and Donovan Rypkema
Paul W. Edmondson is Vice President & General Counsel to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. Edmondson has worked at the National Trust for Historic Preservation for about 20 years. As a member of its management committee he was involved in its full range of programs, he spoke on a variety of issues relating to historic preservation policy and practice. Several years ago Mr. Edmondson took part in a USIA-sponsored speaker program relating to the establishment of a National Trust in South Africa, participating in a conference on heritage conservation in Cape Town, followed by a speaker tour to several cities in South Africa. For more information: www.nationaltrust.org
Donovan Rypkema is President of Heritage Strategies International. Mr. Rypkema is an international consultant in the area of heritage preservation economics, with a strong emphasis on linking historical preservation and community revitalization strategies. Mr. Rypkema has provided technical support to a number of government and business leaders on heritage preservation strategies and was a keynote plenary speaker to the international conference on National Trusts in Washington in October 2005. For more information: www.hs-intl.com