Prepare to Renovate!

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Prepare to Renovate! Start off 2012 right with PRC’s newest educational program, the Advanced Renovation Workshop

This series includes three workshops:

Wednesday, Jan. 11 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 18 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

At the PRC
923 Tchoupitoulas St.
(in the Warehouse District)

Attend the inaugural class of PRC’s newest education seminar!

For beginners and experienced renovators alike, this series of workshops taught by local professionals will prepare you to tackle your own renovation.

Topics covered include:
Project Management
Building Systems
Sustainable Renovation Techniques
Working Successfully with Your Contractor
Navigating Permitting Agencies
How to Interpret Construction Documents
Maintaining the Historic Character of Your House and Local Resources

Presenters include:
Wardlaw Witherspoon
Peter Trapolin, AIA
Allison Saunders
Bill Robinson
Harvey Wier
Jennifer Farwell
Chris Draper

For more information, or to register: www.prcno.org

Suzanne N. Blaum
Director of Education and Outreach
Preservation Resource Center
923 Tchoupitoulas St
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 636-3399
[email protected]
www.prcno.org

Great Neighborhood Sellabration

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Many thanks to Mona McMahon and Conrad Abadie who along with Charlie & Brenda London represented Faubourg St. John at today’s Great Neighborhood Sellabration!

Mona McMahon at the Faubourg St. John table.

Conrad Abadie shows off one of the Faubourg St. John Home Tour booklets provided by Karen and Scott Smuck.

Thanks too to Bonnie Lee for her display of photos from previous events, Karen and Scott Smuck for providing a box of 2001 Home Tour booklets to give away, and to Linda Landesberg for storing the large FSJNA sign which was proudly displayed at the Faubourg St. John booth

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The PRC's Great Neighborhood Sellabration
Saturday, Sept. 17
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At the PRC
923 Tchoupitoulas St.
(in the Warehouse District)

This annual homebuyer fair promotes homeownership in historic New Orleans neighborhoods by providing prospective homebuyers with the tools they need to find, purchase, and renovate a historic home.

This year's Great Neighborhood Sellabration will feature exhibitions about historic New Orleans neighborhoods, along with workshops on how to buy, finance, and renovate a historic home. Also featuring hundreds of properties for sale throughout New Orleans!

Realtors, lenders and contractors will be available to answer questions and provide information.

Participating neighborhood associations that will have information on homes available in their neighborhood include: Algiers Riverview Association, Bywater Neighborhood Association, Fontainebleau Improvement Association, Northwest Carrollton Civic Association, O.C. Haley Main Street, Felicity Street Redevelopment Project, Esplanade Ridge and Treme Civic Association, Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association, Historic Faubourg Treme Association, Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association, Gentilly Terrace & Gardens Improvement Association, Holy Cross Neighborhood Association, Coliseum Square Neighborhood Association, Mid-City Neighborhood Association, Faubourg St. Roch Improvement Association, Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association, and Maple Area Residents, Inc.

Each attendee will receive a complimentary resource book on buying and renovating a historic house in New Orleans.

Workshop Schedule:
9:30 a.m. – "Buy Right": Presented by Jo-Ann Fitzpatrick Broussard, Latter & Blum Realty
11 a.m. – "Finance Right": Presented by City of New Orleans. Presentation will focus on the new soft second mortgage program. Lagniappe: Using a renovation loan to purchase and renovate your historic home, presented by Joe Uzee, Mortgage Loan Originator at Gulf Coast Bank & Trust.
1:15 p.m. – "Renovate Right": Presented by Patricia H. Gay, Executive Director of PRC

FREE and open to the public.

Pre-registration is encouraged. Pre-registration will enable you to receive information from the PRC that may help you find, finance, and purchase your historic home. When you arrive at Great Neighborhood Sellabration, please proceed to the pre-registration Will Call to receive your free resource booklet. Pre-registration is available at www.prcno.org

Parking:
Available at 901 Convention Center Blvd. for $8 (mention "Preservation Resource Center" to receive the $8 parking rate).
Parking also available on the street and several area lots.

—
Michelle Kimball
Senior Advocate
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans