05/17/2018
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
MacArthur Park
Keeping History Above Water: West is an international gathering hosted by the California Preservation Foundation in partnership with the Newport Restoration Foundation. This workshop covers climate change adaptation concepts and projects specific to cultural resources. Showcasing local, national and global case studies, participants will become equipped with tools to integrate into their own practices. Topics will include cultural resource vulnerability assessments, FEMA policies and Local Hazard Mitigation Plans, design solutions, inventorying, risk communication, and existing institutional and policy barriers. Small group discussions in the afternoon will foster a greater collective understanding of existing historic resource resiliency challenges. Click here register and for more information.