Workshops
The Historic Resilience Workshop seeks to find common ground between historic preservation, hazard mitigation, private ownership, and public regulation—worlds that are sometimes at odds despite common goals.
These daylong workshops, offered in multiple regions across the state, will provide contextual information to help build an understanding around natural hazards in North Carolina and how to mitigate their impacts in historically appropriate ways. The workshop will introduce participants to the suite of Historic Resilience resources. Additionally, the workshop will introduce participants to each other through structured discussions, case study problems, and open dialogue.
The Historic Resilience workshop is for anyone interested in resilience-focused adaptation strategies for historic properties, specifically to help mitigate the impacts of natural hazards like hurricanes, severe storms, and flooding. It provides context and answers for questions like these:
- What are the risks for our historic properties and how do we find out?
- What steps should our community take to protect our treasured cultural sites from natural hazards?
- What is wet floodproofing, and how does it work?
- How do we align our historic preservation regulations and our hazard mitigation priorities?
Who Should Attend
The workshops are intended for a diverse audience, including decision-makers, community members and property owners, preservation advocates and design professionals, hazard mitigation and emergency management officials, and planning and preservation officials.
Communities are encouraged to bring participants from multiple perspectives. This workshop is not solely for preservationists, emergency managers, or property owners. The workshop is for all of them. To that end, communities should aim to sign up a diverse group of participants, including decision-makers, community members and property owners, preservation advocates and design professionals, hazard mitigation and emergency management officials, and planning and preservation officials.
Asheville Area Workshop
Greensboro Area Workshop
Rocky Mount Area Workshop
New Bern Area Workshop
Time: 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Date: December 7, 2023
Location: The Chelsea Restaurant - Downtown, New Bern
