Wide Open for Preservation:  Oklahoma's 23rd Annual Statewide Preservation Conference

Guymon, Oklahoma

June 8-10, 2011

In the next few days, the program and registration brochure for Wide Open for Preservation:  Oklahoma's 23rd Annual Statewide Preservation Conference will be arriving in mailboxes and available on the SHPO's section of the OHS website.  In the meantime, take a look at the conference schedule-at-a-glance.  The conference speakers include preservation professionals, local leaders, property owners, and government agency representatives from Oklahoma and across the nation.  Short bios of each of them are available at the above website.

It is not too early to think about your travel plans.  Would you like a ride to Guymon with friends and colleagues?  Then plan to reserve a seat on the charter bus that departs from the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City at 7:00am on Wednesday, June 8, with a short breakfast stop in Watonga and a rest stop in Woodward to pick up box lunches, arriving at the conference location at 1:00pm.  Shuttle service to and from hotels will be available.  The bus returns to Oklahoma City after the Plenary Session on Friday afternoon, June 10, with a short supper stop in Laverne (arrive OKC at 10:00pm).  Ron Frantz of the Oklahoma Main Street Center will be your host and guide for the round trip, and the meal/rest stops are Oklahoma Main Street communities.  The ticket price ($120.00) includes the meals.  Information about how to make your reservation will be provided in the program and registration brochure. 

We hope you can join us June 8-10 in Guymon.  If you may have any questions, contact Melvena Heisch, Deputy SHPO at (405)522-4484 or by email at mheisch@okhistory.org.