Join the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation at their annual conference in historic Montgomery, Ala. The conference features keynote speaker Donovan (Don) Rypkema, Principal of PlaceEconomics, an internationally-noted expert on using historic preservation as an economic development tool.   Conference highlights include: Private Tour, First White House of the Confederacy Preservation and Economic Development: Making Downtown Come Alive Preserving History and Its Symbolic Structures: Civil Rights and Beyond Preservation and Historic Neighborhoods: Building Better Communities Preservation and the Decorative Arts: Living with Art, Artifacts and History Small Town Downtowns: The Main Street Approach to Economic Restructuring Archiving Your Historic Treasures Alabama Architecture: Looking at Building and Place A Two-Way Ticket to the Cemetery: A Tour of Historic Oakwood Cemetery Revisiting Alabama's Places in Peril Decorative Arts of Old Alabama Town Historic Landscaping: Montgomery's Beloved Gardens What’s Been Done – What To Do

  For more information on the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation or to register for the conference visit http://www.alabamatrust.info or call (205) 652-3497.