CHS Lauds Preservation Efforts/April Is National Landscape Architecture Month/ULI Picks Denver for 2006 Fall Meeting

The Victor City Hall project landed the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation at Colorado Historical Society's 2005 awards ceremony.

CHS Awards Honor Historic Preservation Efforts

The Victor City Hall was honored with the third annual Governor's Award for Historic Preservation for restoration of its 1899 city hall during the Colorado Historical Society's 2005 awards ceremony.

The celebration kicked off Colorado Preservation Inc.'s annual conference, "Saving Places 2005: Bringing Preservation Home" - the region's largest preservation event, held in February in Denver. Festivities also included presentation of the 19th annual Stephen H. Hart Awards, recognizing eight outstanding individuals and projects that have impacted historic preservation in Colorado.

This year's recipients were:

• Carol Gossard - contributions to historic preservation in Colorado;
• The Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Reclamation - support of the state's GIS Program;
• The Town and Community of Crested Butte - longtime dedication to historic preservation over many years;
• The City and County of Denver Parks and Recreation Department - restoration of the Molkery;
• The City and County of Denver, Community Planning and Development Agency - Welton Street/Five Points interpretive program;
• The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado - longtime support of historic preservation projects;
• Rocky Mountain National Park - restoration of the McGraw Ranch; and
• The City of Longmont Parks and Recreation Department - restoration of the Morse Coffin Homestead.

April is National Landscape Architecture Month

The theme for this year's National Landscape Architecture Month is "Design for Active Living," highlighting the ways landscape architecture and community design affect daily activity levels and overall health.

Many ASLA chapters will work with students from local schools to help them identify safe walking and biking routes between their schools and homes so that they may increase their daily physical activity levels.

Local landscape architects will use the National Center for Bicycling and Walking's checklists to help children issue walkability and bikeability "report cards" on their communities.

For more information on ASLA events and programs, visit the Web site at www.asla.org.

ULI Selects Denver for 2006 Fall Meeting

The Urban Land Institute has selected Denver as the site for its 2006 national fall meeting - a decision that could attract more than 6,000 real estate leaders from across the nation for four days of meetings, discussions and decisions regarding important aspects and trends of the nation's real estate market.

Denver's selection was based on the city's dynamic real estate market.

According to the ULI, the annual meeting offers numerous economic benefits for the host city.

As the largest of the institute's meetings, it draws approximately 5,000 to 6,000 members and guests. Based on this attendance, members can be expected to spend a collective total of between $5 million and $6 million during their visit to a city, including hotel costs, travel costs, food, dining and other expenses.

In addition, ULI itself spends several million dollars on securing space for the meetings, including convention center space, hotel meeting space and various functions involving dining, entertainment and tours.

Engineers Study Quake and Tsunami Effects

The American Society of Civil Engineers, in cooperation with the Institute of Civil Engineers, sent technical teams to South Asia this winter to study the extensive infrastructure damage resulting from the recent earthquake and tsunami.

The teams traveled throughout the areas affected by the disaster, including India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. They investigated the specific causes of failure in the region's life-support systems, including water supplies, road and rail networks, sewage systems and power supplies and ports, as well as structural building collapse.

On Dec. 26, an earthquake strong enough to stop the earth's rotation for a split second struck near the coast of Indonesia. In the hours that followed, a massive wave struck the islands and coasts of South Asia and as far away as Somalia.

The tsunami killed an estimated 160,000 people and devastated the region.

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