2009 National Preservation Conference
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The National Preservation Conference in Nashville and Middle Tennessee in October was a tremendous success. Nearly 2000 people registered for the meeting held annually around the U. S. by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, many making first-time visits to the city and region. And we’ve heard nothing but raves!
The first night event at Christ Cathedral, opening plenary at the Ryman Auditorium, opening reception at the Frist Visual Arts Center, Honor Awards ceremony at the War Memorial Auditorium, and special lecture and closing plenary at the Downtown Presbyterian Church were all highlights that allowed some of our most significant landmarks and preservation successes to shine.
In between those conference-wide occasions, preservationists from all over the country left the Nashville Convention Center to see dozens of special places as diverse as Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Fisk University, the Parthenon, Omohundro Water Works, Tennessee State Capitol, Franklin, Hatch Show Print, Hermitage Hotel, Glen Leven, Century Farms, Meeting of the Waters, and the Natchez Street National Register District. They went on a Candlelight Tour in East Nashville, heard speakers of international renown, and rode bikes along greenways and through parks and neighborhoods, were awed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, learned of Nashville’s rich musical heritage, ate soul food, toured neighborhoods and Civil War sites, and experienced Southern hospitality.
A National Trust staff member said of this year’s conference, “I hesitate to use the word perfect, but this came very close!” It was apparent throughout the week that the preservation success stories were exciting to those who came; and those stories could be told thanks to the enthusiasm, unstinting willingness to help, generosity, and friendliness of many people in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The following list includes hundreds of you who made the conference the success it was. (If we left your name off, it was unintentional, and please let us hear from you.) We cannot thank you enough!
- John Abernathy
- Henry Adams
- Megan Akerstrom
- Sean Alexander
- James Amundsen
- Art Dude Graphics
- Lola Asbury
- Atticus Trust
- Joseph Aydelott
- Gib Backlund
- Heather Bailey
- Roderick Bailey
- Les Banks
- Holly Barnett
- Jim Barrier
- Brian Beadles
- Emily Harper Beard
- Kelley Beasley
- Lisa Beck
- Jack Becker
- Menie Bell
- Kathy Bennett
- William Bentley
- Dave Berg
- Dr. Margaret Binnicker
- Sandy Bivens
- Andrea Blackman
- Dollie Blazek
- Kathy Bloodworth
- Bob Borzak
- Art Bowman
- Jim Branan
- Phyllis Branan
- Governor Phil Bredesen
- Alexis Bright
- Bill Brimm
- Velma Brinkley
- Kathy Brooks
- Dr. Anne Brown
- Betty and Martin Brown
- Dan Brown
- Maggie Brown
- Mark Brown
- Martin and Cathy Brown
- Daron Bruce
- Jan Bruce
- Jeremy Bruce
- Lauren Bufferd
- Terri Bukowski
- Mayor Ernest Burgess (Rutherford County)
- Jennifer Burns
- Jennifer Butt
- Cairo Community Improvement Club, Gallatin, TN
- Cairo Rosenwald School Alumnus, Gallatin, TN
- Helen Cannady
- April Cantrell
- Dane Carder
- Caroline Carlisle
- Timothy Cartmell
- Martha Carver
- Kevin Cason
- Krista Castillo
- Stasia Chalbeck
- Rusty Cheuvront
- Brent Christopher
- Laura Cirillo
- Buddy Clark
- Greg Clark
- Nancy Clark
- Terry Clements
- Tracy Coffing
- Fletch Coke
- David Collier
- Sue Connor
- Nancy Conway
- Sandra Cote
- Brenna Cothran
- Emily Cothran
- Gene Cotton
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Patrick Craddock
- Nancy Conway
- McDonald Craig
- Mike Curb
- Cumberland Transit
- Lee Curtis
- Mayor Karl Dean (Nashville)
- Kristen Baldwin Deathridge
- Allen DeCuyper
- Bill DeLoach
- Jarod and Courtney DeLozier
- Brian Dempsey
- Shain Dennison
- Tamara Dickson
- Zach Dier
- The DISTRICT
- Bill Doniler
- Terrie Dorsey
- The Doyle and Debbie Show
- Kristi Driver
- Jeff Dotts
- Cindy Duke
- Bob Duncan
- Durham's Chapel Rosenwald School Alumnus, Bethpage, TN
- Durham's Chapel Baptist Church, Bethpage, TN
- Mark Dunning
- East Branch Staff, Public Library
- Lane Easterly
- May Dean Eberling
- Joe Edgens
- Susan Edwards
- Dan and Ellen Einstein
- Michael Emrick
- Engine Company 14, Nashville Fire Department
- Engine Company 16, Nashville Fire Department
- Gary Everton
- Jerry Fannin
- Blake Farmer
- Richard and Sharon Farmer
- Billy Fields
- Hallie Fieser
- Rachael Finch
- Fisk Jubilee Singers
- Jared Fleischer
- Mark Fleming
- Alice Forrester
- Lisa Fox
- David Fraley
- Cindy Frear
- Jay Frein
- Commissioner Jim Fyke
- Richard Gabel
- Eunice Gainer
- Ty Gainer
- Becky Gaines
- Charlee Gambrel
- Roberta Gardner
- Curt Garrigan
- Michael Gavin
- Hunter Gee
- Kara Gee
- John George
- Sara Beth Gideon
- Gordon and Elizabeth Gilbreath
- Luke Gilfeather
- Beth Gilmore
- Kindy Girdley
- Ron Gobbell
- Elizabeth Goetsch
- Debbie and Wayne Goodwyn
- Grace Goostree
- Dr. Stacey Graham
- Julia Graves
- Judge Betty Green
- Amy Greenman
- Mark Greenwood
- Liz Gregory
- Paige Gregory
- Victoria Grider
- Alex Griffin
- Jane Grimes
- John Guider
- Tony Guzzi
- Karen Gwaltney
- William Gwaltney
- Jennifer Hagan-Dier
- Half Brass
- Linus Hall
- Caneta Hankins
- Paula Hankins
- Shirley Hardison
- Dan Harrell
- Catherine Hawkins
- Gary Hawkins
- Alan Hayes
- Gary Heflin
- Ann Hendrix
- Will Hendricks
- Debbie Henry
- Frankie Henry
- Karol Hensley
- Mona Herring
- Kathleen Herzog
- Robert Hicks
- Lester Mae Hill
- Norman Hill
- Kem Hinton
- Steve Hood
- Paul Hoffman
- Dr. Mary Hoffschwelle
- Laura Holder
- Bill Hollings
- Lori Honig
- Jim Hoobler
- Marty Hunt
- Bruce Hunt
- Brent Hyams
- Pat Isbey
- Amanda Jackson
- Louis Jackson
- Terry Jackson
- Eric Jacobson
- Michael Janas
- Amy Jarman
- Jive Digital Printing
- Stuart Johnson
- Henry Johnston
- Robbie D. Jones
- Chris Karbowiak
- Alton Kelley
- Gail Kerr
- Spurgeon King
- Howard Kittell
- Chris Knauf
- Sarah Knestrick
- Susan Knowles
- Marilyn Kooch
- Christine Kreyling
- Michael Kreyling
- Andrew Krichels
- Janet Kurtz
- Paul T. Kwami
- Vaden Lackey
- Janel Lacy
- Cheri LaFlamme
- Guy Lapsley
- Zada Law
- Chief Kim Lawson
- Gary Layda
- Calvin LeHew
- DeeGee Lester
- Gary Levy
- Jim Lewis
- Kirk Long
- Jason Lowe
- Tim Luppe
- Mark Macy
- Leslie Madina
- James Malanaphy
- Tim Maltby
- Andy Marshall
- Andra Martens
- Julia Martin
- Shannon Martin
- Debby Dale Mason
- Bert Mathews
- Steve Maxwell
- Elizabeth Mayhall
- Jason McClanahan
- Margot McCormack
- Rich McCoy
- Meg and Brett McFadyen
- Patrick McIntyre
- Dr. Bill McKee
- Pat McMakin
- Katie Merzbacher
- Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation
- Metropolitan Council
- Metropolitan Department of Water Services
- Metropolitan Fire Department
- Metropolitan Greenways Commission
- Metropolitan Police Department
- Metropolitan Public Library
- Metropolitan Public Works Department
- Dr. Tara Mielnik
- Scarlett C. Miles
- Father Miller
- J Miller
- David Minnigan
- Jon Mire
- Mike Mitchell
- Dr. Reavis Mitchell
- Mike Modesto
- Melinda Mofield
- Elizabeth Moore
- Gary Moore
- Jennifer Moran
- Ben Mosley
- Will Motley
- Reggie Mudd
- Marsha Mullin
- Commander Robert Nash
- Gilbert Nave
- Steve Neighbors
- Inez Nelson
- Tim Netsch
- Judson Newbern
- Julia Newell
- Leonard Newell
- Margaret Newton
- Angie Nichols
- Wanda Nichols
- Ada Norfleet
- Carol Norton
- Kimberly Nyberg
- Ashleigh Oatts
- Ocean Way Studio
- Jeff Ockerman
- Cindy Odom
- Robert Oermann
- Off the Wagon
- Sgt. Dan Ogren
- Yvonne Ogren
- Hazel O’Leary
- Theresa Overstreet
- Anne-Leslie Owens
- Sherry Owens
- Jason Ownbey
- Marty Ozburn
- David Paine
- Ophelia Paine
- Wesley Paine
- Emily Burnett Parish
- Jenny Parker
- Bob Parrish
- Lauren Pate
- Rip Patton
- Mary Pearce
- Liz Petrella
- Bud Philips
- Brenda Pierce
- Kara Pollock
- Phil Ponder
- Chief Larry Poole
- Taylor Popham
- Gracie Porter
- Tim Porter
- Aubrey Preston
- Cora Preston
- Michele Preston
- David Price
- Larry Price
- Danny Proctor
- Fred Prouty
- Ellen Jones Pryor
- Quad Studios
- Quonset Hut
- William Quigley
- Bonnie Radford
- Katie Randall
- Camara Randolph
- Sylvia Rapoport
- RCA Studio B
- Allison Reid
- Kit Reuther
- Sara Rieger
- Karen Riley
- Peggy Roberson
- Ann Roberts
- Amber Robertson-Smith
- Ann Robertson
- Charlie Robin
- Norman Robinson
- Rollo Greb
- Rose Park School
- Laura Rost
- Ginni Rothrock
- Andee Rudloff
- Lt. George Russell
- Ross Rylance
- Councilman Rip Ryman
- Gary Sachau
- Mark Sanders
- Patti Sanders
- Mathew Schutz
- John Seigenthaler
- Tammy Sellers
- Angela Shearer
- Shelby Park Nature Center
- Jim Sherraden
- Rebecca Shiffer
- Wendell Shryock
- Silly Goose
- Shannon Simon
- Steve Sirls
- Ben and Julie Sistrunk
- Margaret Slater
- SoBro Grill and Catering
- Stephanie Spallino
- Jennifer Spence
- David Spencer
- Butch Spyridon
- Claudette Stager
- Eric Stengel
- Anne Stevenson
- Ian Stewart
- Nancy Stewart
- Will Stinson
- Will Stoffel
- Jeff Strain
- Molly Sudderth
- Dennis Sullivan
- John Summers
- Carolyn Tate
- Lynn Taylor
- Stacie Taylor
- Liz Thiel
- Phil Thomason
- Jeff Thornhill
- Carol Tomlin
- TREK Bikes
- Caleb Trollinger
- Bill Troup
- Steve and Judy Turner
- Ilene Tyler
- Ugly Muggs
- Allen Valentine
- Linda Vanlandingham
- Wynn Varble
- Village of Leiper's Fork
- Ben Vitualla
- Sharon Wachtel
- Chester Wade
- Brian Wagner
- Jayme Wagner
- Barry Walker
- Stephen Walker
- Tim Walker
- Deborah Warnick
- Amber Warren
- Mona Lisa Warren
- Myrna Warren
- Rick Warwick
- LinnAnn Welch
- Dr. Carroll Van West
- Commissioner Susan Whitaker
- Tara White
- Leta Wildasin
- Ronnie Wilker
- Randy Wilkins
- Annie B. Williams
- Carol Williams
- Charlie Williams
- Katie Williams
- Lynne Williams
- Melissa Williams
- Michelle Williams
- Nancy Williams
- Olivia Williams
- Sally Williams
- Ridley Wills, Jr.
- Ridley Wills III
- Tom Wills
- Roy Wilson
- Christie Wiser
- Kathleen Wolff
- Dorian Woodruff
- Jim Wooten
- Sharon Work
- Linda Wynn
- Doug Young
- Kyle Young
- Mark Young
- Fred Zahn
- Robin Zeigler
- Dr. Antoinette van Zelm
National Trust Staff:
- Charlotte Bonini
- Peter Brink
- David Brown
- Daphne Church
- Valecia Crisafulli
- Lori Feinman
- Tracy Hayes
- John Hildreth
- Virgil McDill
- Adam Robinson
- Farin Salahuddin
- James Schwartz
- Nancy Tinker
- Byrd Wood