Greensboro, NC
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
A one-time, full-day offering from NCLM's DIRECT program, hosted in partnership with the City of Greensboro and Colliers Engineering.
Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m.
Registration closes May 6 and space is limited.
Educational Credit:
AML: Attendees will receive 5.5 hours of AML credit. for the full day (4 hours for the morning session, and 1.5 hours for the afternoon mobile tour).
Advancing Municipal Leaders (AML) is a member-driven education program designed to provide continuous learning opportunities and help local elected officials be successful in public office. Through AML, municipal officials will learn how to meet - and exceed - the requirements of their role in office. Learn more about the AML Certification program here.
Planners: Attendees will receive 5 CM credits for the full day (3.5 credits for the morning session and 1.5 credits for the afternoon mobile tour, including 1.0 CM Equity credit each session).
DIRECT: Attendees who complete both the morning and afternoon sessions will be awarded NCLM's DIRECT Certification, a specialized certificate within the AML program.
DIRECT, an educational program from NCLM, strengthens communities by identifying and addressing racial disparities at the local level. DIRECT stands for Diversity, Inclusion & Racial Equity for Cities & Towns. Learn more about DIRECT here.
Course Overview
How does historic preservation strengthen our cities and towns? How does storytelling promote equity and showcase our communities’ remarkable diversity? The City of Greensboro is onto the answers.
Join us for this full-day event from NCLM's DIRECT program, co-sponsored by the City of Greensboro. Led by a panel of local experts, this training will:
- Show how Greensboro’s historic preservation program is evolving to serve the community in a more equitable and inclusive manner — in a way that tells the story of the City’s past more accurately and completely.
- Offer two mobile tours for participants to experience the unique historic preservation program in Greensboro.
- Provide techniques to effectively document, recognize, and communicate the impact and legacy of local assets and historic sites for the preservation and protection of African American history and neighborhoods.
Session I | Classroom Education and Panel Discussion
This session will include presentations and panel discussion from city leaders, planners, historians, and neighborhood residents on how collaborating together they have successfully approached preserving African American history and heritage. Leaders from the North Carolina League of Municipalities will share Greensboro history and statewide impacts on civil rights and current educational priorities of the organization.
Panelists will discuss Heritage Communities, East Greensboro Architecture and Civil Rights events that have shaped the City and influenced economic redevelopment and historic preservation. Participants will learn about the history, planning, and historic preservation of the following sites: Guilford College/New Garden, Warnersville, Quaker Activism, Underground Railroad, Benbow Park, NC A&T Campus, Dudley High School, Gillespie Park Golf Course, George Simkin and Kenneth Lee homes, and the Civil Rights Museum.
Participants will learn and understand the steps and approach needed to identify, research, and foster African American history and heritage in a community. Participants will understand the ongoing work that is underway through public and private partnerships to adequately document, preserve and share Greensboro’s African American heritage. Lastly, participants will gain lessons learned, best practice tools and skills from the City of Greensboro for African American historic preservation that can be replicated for equitable historic preservation work in their communitie
Session II | Mobile Tour
These concurrent mobile workshops will take participants on guided mobile tours of the City of Greensboro Heritage Communities and the East Greensboro Architecture and Civil Rights locations. The Heritage Community Tour will include the background, planning, and historic preservation of the following Greensboro sites: Guilford College/New Garden, Warnersville, Quaker Activism, Underground Railroad, and the Civil Rights Museum. The East Greensboro Architecture and Civil Rights Tour will include the background, planning, and historic preservation of the following Greensboro sites: Benbow Park, NC A&T Campus, Dudley High School. Gillespie Park Golf Course, George Simkin and Kenneth Lee homes, and the Civil Rights Museum.
Through these sessions, participants will learn and understand the steps and timeline of the City of Greensboro staff, working with community partners, stakeholders, and residents, to identify, research, and foster African American history and heritage in the City. The mobile tours will also provide details on the continuing work and impact of the City’s public and private partnerships to document and preserve the history of Greensboro’s African American historic neighborhoods. Lastly, participants will gain best practice tools and learns lessoned from the City of Greensboro to preservation local heritage of African American neighborhoods. These learning outcomes will allow participants to replicate the equitable historic preservation work in their respective communities
Agenda
- 8:30 a.m. - Check-in begins
Session I
- 9:00 a.m. - Welcome remarks by Mayor
- 9:30 a.m. - Introductory Session
- 10:30 a.m. - Panel Presentation
- 12:00 p.m. - Lunch at Historic Magnolia House
Session II
- 1:15 p.m. - Mobile Trolley Tour, departing from Historic Magnolia House
Disclaimer: The contents of this training, provided by the North Carolina League of Municipalities and partners, is intended for educational and informational purposes only, and it does not constitute legal advice. Accordingly, no attorney-client relationship is created by this presentation. Members of the audience for this presentation are directed to consult with their respective municipal attorney from their city, town, or village when seeking such advice. N.C.G.S. § 160A-173.