Preservationists gathered Oct. 16 on the historic campus of UConn School of Law to chart the future of Connecticut’s historic cities, towns, mill villages and rural landscapes.
They assembled at a day-long conference, “Old Roots / New Routes,” sponsored by the Center for Energy & Environmental Law at UConn School of Law and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. It was an appropriate setting the law school’s five buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Keynote speaker Claire Lanier, the outreach and creative content editor for History Colorado Preservation Programs, told the audience that it’s critical for preservationists to communicate in layman’s terms and to make conservation more exciting. She explained, using her weekly “Claire’s Clues” videos highlighting Colorado history as an example, how social media platforms such as Buzzfeed, Facebook and YouTube can bring issues to public attention.
