The theme for 2009′s National Preservation Month is “This Place Matters!” Preservation Month is designed to raise awareness about the power historic preservation has to protect and enhance our homes, neighborhoods and communities – the places that really matter to us. It provides an opportunity to celebrate the diverse and unique heritage of our country’s cities and towns, and enables all of us to become involved in the growing preservation movement.
This year the City of Marion has demonstrated how much this place matters by enacting a new historic preservation ordinance and appointing a new historic preservation commission. In addition, this month, the City will be reviewing its first application for the Joseph McDowell House designating it as a local landmark site.
We hope that you will join the City of Marion and citizens from across the county celebrate National Preservation Month.
