KEEPING HISTORY ABOVE WATER June 26–28, 2019 | Nantucket, MA A Conference on Saving Historic Structures and Neighborhoods in the Face of Rising Tides
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Nantucket’s Learning Laboratory for Future Preservation Leaders. -Walter Beinecke Jr.
50 years of documenting and helping preserve the island’s historical, cultural, and architectural resources. Over the past two years, Preservation Institute Nantucket has spearheaded the Resilient Nantucket: 3D Digital Documentation and Sea Level Rise Visualization initiative in collaboration with the Town of Nantucket and Nantucket Preservation Trust. For more information, contact Morris (Marty) Hylton III at mhylton@ufl.edu.
2019 Nantucket Preservation Symposium
KEEPING HISTORY ABOVE WATER: NANTUCKET PRESENTED BY: University of Florida’s Preservation Institute Nantucket Nantucket Preservation Trust Town of Nantucket IN COLLABORATION WITH: Newport Restoration Foundation ReMain Nantucket UNDERWRITERS Community Foundation for Nantucket’s ReMain Nantucket Fund Osceola Foundation Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management SPONSORS Nantucket Island Resorts Nantucket Yacht Club Nantucket Hotel Nantucket Land Council LEADERSHIP SUPPORTERS John and Marie Sussek Gale H. Arnold Mary-Randolph Ballinger Caroline & Doug Ellis Elizabeth Jacobsen Carolyn Knutson
Barbara and Amos Hostetter David and Mary Brown Amanda Cross Barbara J. Fife Christian and Donna Hoffman Craig and Ann Muhlhauser
CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE Morris (Marty) Hylton III, University of Florida Lisa Craig, The Craig Group Holly Backus, Town of Nantucket Mary Bergman, Nantucket Preservation Trust Aisling Glynn, ACKtivities Barbara Halsted, Nantucket Preservation Trust Chuck Larson, Town of Nantucket Michael May, Nantucket Preservation Trust Kelsey Mullen, formerly of Newport Restoration Foundation Michelle Whelan, Nantucket Preservation Trust
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Welcome to Nantucket Greetings, On behalf of the Keeping History Above Water: Nantucket committee and partners, I’m pleased to welcome you to Nantucket Island. A N ational Historic Landmark with more than 900 pre-Civil War era s tructures, Nantucket has been an important international classroom for p reservationists for the better part of a c entury. The University of Florida’s Preservation Institute Nantucket (PIN) has been studying and documenting the island’s historic resources for 50 years. The Nantucket Preservation Trust, a membership n onprofit organization, works year-round to preserve the island’s architectural heritage for generations to come. Threatened for many years by rapid growth and development, now Nantucket’s history faces another threat in sea-level rise. Nantucket’s historic buildings their proximity to the rising sea make the island a perfect case study for this Keeping History Above Water workshop. We know Nantucket isn’t easy to get to—located thirty miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Nantucket can sometimes feel like another world. But w hether you’ve made the journey for the day or call Nantucket home, we’re grateful you’ve taken the time to be part of this important discussion. Sincerely, Michael May Executive Director Nantucket Preservation Trust
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11 Orange St. | Keynote | Unitarian Meeting House 11 Centre St. | NPT Offices 1 South Beach St. | Friday | Nantucket Yacht Club 16 S Beach St. | Thursday | White Elephant Village Pacific Club| Tour| Main & South Water Street Follow along on your phone at: bit.ly/khawackmap
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Threatened for many years by rapid growth and development, Nantucket also faces continuing threats in sea-level rise.
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HERITAGE RESILIENCE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE KEEPING HISTORY ABOVE WATER is a project of
HistoryAboveWater.org | NewportRestoration.org
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
For any changes or additions, please visit: http://historyabovewater.org
OPENING | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION OPEN Pick up your registration packet and name badge. NANTUCKET PRESERVATION TRUST • 11 CENTRE STREET 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. OPENING KEYNOTE with JEFF GOODELL Free & Open to the Public Sponsored by the Nantucket Preservation Trust The Water will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World Jeff Goodell, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Presentation and Book Signing UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOUTH CHURCH MEETING HOUSE 11 ORANGE STREET
DAY 1 | THURSDAY, JUNE 27
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION OPEN Pick up your registration packet and name badge. WHITE ELEPHANT VILLAGE, 16 SOUTH BEACH STREET 9:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. TOURS (SPACE IS LIMITED; PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED) Vulnerable Areas and Buildings in Nantucket Town
with Marty Hylton, Director of Historic Preservation, University of Florida, and Michael May, Executive Director, Nantucket P reservation Trust
Rain or shine MEET AT THE PACIFIC CLUB, SOUTH WATER STREET & MAIN STREET
THURSDAY CONFERENCE SESSIONS TAKE PLACE AT WHITE ELEPHANT VILLAGE | 16 SOUTH BEACH STREET 11:30 a.m. WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
Michael May, Executive Director, Nantucket Preservation Trust Mark Thompson, Executive Director, Newport Restoration Foundation Jason Bridges, Select Board Member, Town & County of Nantucket Libby Gibson, Town Manager, Town of Nantucket
11:45 a.m. PRESENTATION Current Trends and Projected Future Conditions
Jeff Carlson, Director of Natural Resources, Town of Nantucket Chuck Larson, Manager of Strategic Priorities, Town of Nantucket Holly Backus, Local Hazard Mitigation, Mitigation Plan Coordinator, Town of Nantucket 9
ReMain Nantucket is a proud sponsor of Keeping History Above Water: Nantucket
Join us for a special evening at the Dreamland’s Main Theatre
Thursday, June 27th at 6:30 pm
Meet National Geographic photographer and award-winning environmental filmmaker, James Balog.
Hear his discussion of the complex relationship between humans and nature that inspired his film The Human Element with its screening to follow.
FREE ADMISSION & GIVEAWAY Reserve your tickets at the Nantucket Dreamland box office or visit nantucketdreamland.org This special screening is brought to you by
12:30 p.m. LUNCH 1:15 p.m. PRESENTATION James Balog Co-producer, Writer, and Subject of the film The Human Element 2:00 p.m. CASE STUDIES Lisa Craig, Moderator
Projecting Change in Newport: Keeping History Above Water Collaborates with RISD
Kelsey Mullen, Director of Education, Providence Preservation Society
St. Augustine, Florida: Community Values & Cultural Resources
Dr. Leslee Keys, Director, Historic Preservation Program, Flagler College
Annapolis Weather It Together Initiative and Charleston & Georgetown, South Carolina: Building Elevation Design Guidelines Lisa Craig, Principal, The Craig Group
3:00 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK & AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS 3:30 p.m. RESILENCY SUCCESS STORIES
Patricia Bowie, Moderator, Coastal Resiliency Specialist, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Tom O’Shea, Director of Stewardship and Natural Resources, The Trustees of Reservations Shannon Hulst Jarbeau, CFM, Floodplain Specialist and Community Rating System Coordinator, Barnstable County Mark Borrelli, PhD, Director, Seafloor Mapping Program, Center for Coastal Studies Mary Shanks, Deputy Regional Environmental Officer, FEMA Region I (New England)
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DAY 2 | FRIDAY, JUNE 28 ALL FRIDAY EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB | 1 SOUTH BEACH STREET 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. REGISTRATION OPEN Pick up your registration packet and name badge 8:30 a.m. OPEN HOUSE & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:30 a.m. PRESENTATION Nantucket Data Platform: The Role of Data in Coastal Communities Alan Worden, Founder and CEO, Nantucket Data Platform Caroline Frey, Customer Success, Nantucket Data Platform
9:50 a.m. PRESENTATION Overview of Future Conditions of Nantucket Town Marty Hylton, Director, Historic Preservation Program, University of Florida
10:15 a.m. BREAK 10:30 a.m. PRESENTATION Resilient Nantucket: 3D Digital Documentation and Sea-Level Rise Visualization Marty Hylton, Director, Historic Preservation Program, University of Florida
11:30 a.m. INTRODUCTION OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT TOPICS 12:00 p.m. LUNCH & LECTURE Donovan Rypkema, Principal, PlaceEconomics
1:30 p.m. BREAKOUT GROUPS Importance of Historic Preservation, Heritage Tourism, and Economics 3:00 p.m. WRAP-UP and NEXT STEPS
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KEYNOTE AND SHOWCASE SPEAKERS LEADERS IN PRESERVATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE JEFF GOODELL
JAMES BALOG
DONOVAN RYPKEMA
Jeff Goodell is an American author and contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine and the author of five books including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World and How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix the Earth’s Climate, which won the 2011 Grantham Award of Special Merit. Goodell’s writings are known for a focus on energy and environmental issues. He was a 2016-2017 Fellow at the New America Foundation. Recently, he completed a two-month voyage to Antarctica and the Thwaites glacier where he learned much more than a new chapter in climate science.
For almost 40 years, photographer James Balog has broken new conceptual and artistic ground in one of the most important issues of our era: h uman modification of nature. An avid m ountaineer with a graduate degree in geography and geomorphology, James is equally at home on a Himalayan peak or a whitewater river, the African savannah or polar icecaps. His new film, The H uman Element, is an innovative and visually stunning look at how humanity interacts with earth, air, fire, and water. James has become a global spokesman on the subject of climate change and human impact on the environment.
Donovan Rypkema is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The work of the firm is at the nexus of historic preservation and economics. He has undertaken assignments for public and non-profit sector clients in 49 US states. He also teaches a course on the economics of historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania where he received the 2008 G. Holmes P erkins Award for Distinguished Teaching. Rypkema was educated at Columbia University receiving a Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation. 15
The Nantucket Preservation Trust advocates for, educates about, and celebrates the preservation of the island’s rich architectural heritage. For more information, please visit us at: 11 Centre Street • P.O. Box 158, Nantucket, MA 02554 508-228-1387 • www.nantucketpreservation.org