Re: 2009 Annual Membership Meeting

Note: Circumstances outside our control have forced us to reschedule this special event. A new date will be available on Thurs. May 21, 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Fort Wayne barracks at 6:00 pm

Silent Auction
Refreshments with wine and other beverages.

$35 member / $45 non-member

RSVPs requested by May 23, 2009

Order online at: preservationwayne.org/ticketsor phone 313-577-3559

Past Year's Events

2008 Preservation Wayne: Preservation You Can Live With

Come to Detroit's historic Belle Isle Boat Club for a very exciting event. We're kicking off a new wave of programming and community involvement starting with the unveiling of a new name. Our name change will reflect an even greater level of activity focused on the core of our region. This new energy will benefit all; a strong Detroit is required for a strong Metro-Detroit. To reach this goal Preservation Wayne will provide an enhanced level of tools to an empowered group of volunteers that will make preservation relevant and vital in today's economy, promoting walkable vibrant urban neighborhoods that all can enjoy.

Located at the entrance to Belle Isle, the current Detroit Boat Club was opened in 1902 and is home to the country's oldest rowing club. The social club left the building in 1996, but the Friends of Detroit Rowing have kept the building dry and secure, using it daily for training, practice and competition. The Detroit Boat Club is one of many buildings that stand in Detroit as a challenge from which we can not shrink. These buildings call for our most innovative and creative strategies to determine how best to preserve history while creating an economically viable future and a city that reflects the full spectrum of its heritage, culture and prospects.

Come to the beautifully restored Odd Fellows Hall in Southwest Detroit. Thanks to the Michigan Council for the Humanities, this year we will have a very special guest as our keynote speaker, Patricia Gay, executive director of the Preservation Resource Center in New Orleans, who will be presenting attendees with an update on preservation activity in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

2006- Reflections: From a Sewer to the Straits

Come out to beautiful Belle Isle on Wednesday, June 14 to celebrate three decades of service to the Detroit community. Preservation Waynes 30th Anniversary Celebration will be an evening to remember as we reflect on our beginnings and look ahead to the future.

The event, entitled Reflections: From a Sewer to the Straits, is an opportunity to celebrate the spark that started the preservation movement in Detroit when a small group of Wayne State students came together to oppose the demolition of Mackenzie House--former home of the University's founder--for a sewer line. Three decades later, the spirit that saved Mackenzie House is alive and well and evolving. This is your chance to reflect on the past and help us define preservation activity in Detroit for the next thirty years. The evening will feature gourmet food stations, a cash bar, a silent auction of Detroit-related paraphernalia, and remarks at 8 p.m.

The celebration will take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2006, from 7 - 10 p.m. at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, home of the beautifully restored Gothic Room, and other maritime exhibits, including City on the Straits: a History of Industry and Ecology on the Detroit River. The Dossin Museum is located at 100 Strand, on the south side of Belle Isle near the Belle Isle Aquarium and Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory. Please check out http://www.detroithistorical.org/ for directions.