Pre-order your Big Fish t-shirt and get ready to sport this stylish and whimsical tee featuring The Big Fish from Bena, MN! Every shirt purchased goes to support the mission of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. The shirts are unisex, 100% ringspun cotton that are super soft and won’t shrink. Minnesota is blessed with a [...]
May 5, 2012 Dear Colleague: We wonder if you could take a moment to help us identify some key historic properties in your community that might be available for renovation and adaptive reuse. Our firms have been retained by the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota (PAM) to conduct a feasibility analysis for their real [...]
Friends, advocates, supporters: It is with both sadness and excitement that I announce to you that I am resigning from my role as Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota (PAM) effective the end of May. I will be leaving Minnesota in June having accepted a new opportunity as President of Landmarks Illinois, Illinois’ [...]
Each May, cities across Minnesota create events, tours and displays to highlight their local historic properties for National Preservation Month. With this year’s theme focusing on “Discovering America’s Hidden Gems,” Minnesota is poised to stand with the rest of the nation in celebrating the buildings and districts that turn towns into communities and houses into [...]
Last Sunday, WCCO-TV ran a profile of Minnesota’s oldest Dairy Queen. While much of the piece focused on the building’s unique architecture and history, it also pointed out that current ownership is weighing a plan to replace the historic structure. Fortunately, PAM’s Erin Hanafin Berg was there to advocate a collective solution and, ultimately, the [...]
The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota was recently named a Progress Minnesota award winner by Finance & Commerce magazine. This is the first year Finance & Commerce presented the Progress Minnesota honors, which are intended for “ individuals and companies driving business and industrial growth and development in the Twin Cities and the state of Minnesota.” Here’s what [...]
F&C Publisher Steven Jahn announced Tuesday that 13 individuals and 15 companies and organizations throughout the state are the first recipients of the Progress Minnesota awards. “We believe, as do these organizations, that it is important to encourage, promote and reward the entrepreneurs and organizations that are investing time and energy for the betterment of [...]
Listed on PAM’s 2011 “10 Most Endangered Historic Places,” the Jackson Street Water Tower in Elk River took another stride toward membership on the National Register of Historic Places this week. With the threat of demolition looming over (or under) the water tower since 2008, this is a big step, and a great sign for [...]
We’re looking for photos from you! What places in Minnesota, your city, or your neighborhood matter to you? Send us your photos of PLACES THAT MATTER and they’ll be featured at our (Anti)Wrecking Ball on Friday, May 18th at The Soap Factory! Send digital copies of the Place That Matters most to you to placesthatmatter@mnpreservation.org Please [...]
Excerpt from the Star Tribune, article by Don Jacobson. Historic preservation of landmark buildings has been one of the top sources of construction industry jobs in the last few years, and advocates say they’re determined to keep the work flowing through the extension of a state tax credit program. Bonnie MacDonald, executive director of the [...]
