Learning, Living and Loving Boise’s Historic Districts

MAY FETTUCCINE FORUM PRESENTS
"What the Heck is the HPC? Learning, Living and Loving
Boise's Historic Districts"

Boise- May is National Historic Preservation month. In support of this annual event, the Fettuccine Forum will convene a panel of experts who will provide a brief history of historic preservation in Boise, and the way policy and guidelines have been developed to aide the conservation of our cultural heritage. The panel consists of Sarah Schafer, Manager of Design Review and Historic Preservation for the City of Boise; Barb Dawson, Associate Broker with Group One Reality; Tully Gerlach, North End Historic District homeowner and historian; and Derek Hurd, Residential Designer and historic homeowner. The session will be moderated by Amy Pence Brown, chairperson of Boise City's Historic Preservation Commission.  
 
SPEAKER BIOS
Amy Pence-Brown is a writer, independent curator, artist, historian, and preservationist in Boise, Idaho. She is a native Idahoan who received her undergraduate degrees from the University of Idaho, and her master's in art history from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. She has worked at many museums, including the Boise Art Museum, Weisman Art Museum and the Walker Art Center, both in Minneapolis, as well as the Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Pence-Brown has juried and curated numerous exhibitions, and is a co-creator of Boise's Wintry Market, a handmade for the holiday's art and craft fair. Pence-Brown has written for several local publications, such as the Idaho Arts Quarterly, Boise Weekly, and Treasure Valley Family Magazine.  She currently serves as Chair of the Historic Preservation for the City of Boise.  Additionally, she is Chair of Idaho Modern, Preservation Idaho's advocacy committee dedicated to saving Idaho's historic mid-century architectural gems.
 
Sarah Schafer has over 14 years of experience in architecture and planning. Currently she is the Manager of Design Review and Historic Preservation for the City of Boise and was recently appointed to the Ada County Historic Preservation Council. She is certified for both and residential and commercial energy code plan review and inspection. Sarah received a Master's Degree in Architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While there she worked for the University's Architectural and Engineering Services drawing plans for single room remodels and overseeing full building upgrades and construction for historic buildings and additions on campus. Sarah also worked with a Boise firm, CSHQA.
 
Barb Dawson is an Associate Broker with Group One Realty.  She has been a licensed Realtor since 1978 and a member of the HPC for 6 years. She holds a BA in English from the University of Mexico and a MA from Idaho State University. In addition to listing and selling residential real estate, Barbara teaches continuing education classes to Realtors on the topics of Ethics and Listing & Selling Property in Historic Districts.
 
Tully Gerlach holds a MA in history from Boise State University. His research focused on the development of Boise's early suburban Neighborhoods at the beginning of the 20^th century. He served as a City Historian from 2007-2009 and assisted in the establishment of the City's Department of Arts & History.  He currently serves on the History steering committee for that department.  He is a librarian at the Boise Public Library in the collections management.
 
Derek Hurd moved to Boise from Montana 14 years ago and lives in the North End Historic District, in a 1926 craftsman home. He holds Masters of Architecture, and is founding partner of Gravitas, an award winning residential design firm; he has been designing custom homes and remodels nationwide for over ten years.  Derek is a board member of the North End Neighborhood Association and co-chair of NENA'S Historic Preservation Committee. Derek regularly attends the monthly Historic Preservation Commission public hearings on behalf of NENA and may speak up for turn of the century cottages that can't speak for themselves.
           
The Fettuccine Forum is a free public lecture series on six First Thursdays throughout the academic year.  
 
WHEN AND WHERE

1. May 3, 2012:  Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.
2. RoseRoom, in downtown Boise's historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street
3. Food available for sale bySimply Pizza
4. Beverages, for a cost, are provided by Jo's Traveling Bar

 
The Fettuccine Forum is produced by the Boise City Department of Arts & History. This season the Forum is sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council with support from the Office of the Mayor, Boise State Public Radio, Platform Architecture-Design, TAG Historical Research, Preservation Idaho, Idaho State Historical Society, Trademark Sign, and Landmark Impressions. Boise State's College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs offers a companion workshop to the Forum.