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EDUCATION &

AWARENESS

The education component is made up of strategies to build awareness, to strengthen skills that support preservation
policies, and to educate the community about Plano’s heritage. Helping property owners learn how to maintain their
historic properties as active, viable assets is a key part of a successful preservation program. Many property owners
willingly comply with appropriate rehabilitation procedures and develop compatible designs for new construction when
they are well informed about preservation objectives.

Workshops that provide helpful information about rehabilitation techniques and publications that build an understanding
of historic significance are examples of education and outreach strategies. Education and outreach efforts also help
ensure that the importance of historic preservation is well understood within the community. They may also help
property owners better understand the range of flexibility that is available for adaptive reuse of historic properties.

Goal: Educate the community about Plano’s unique history and culture through
innovative programming, hands-on training, and strong community partnerships.

PROGRAMMING & ENGAGEMENT TOOLS

Description
“Get families involved Fostering a sense of appreciation for Plano’s heritage resources is a key way
by giving the children in which good stewardship of heritage resources and an interest in the
a project to ‘check off’ history of the community is accomplished. While the following established
all of the historic sites programs contribute to building a sense of appreciation for and connection
they have seen in the to Plano’s heritage resources, additional work could be done to increase
the community’s knowledge of and appreciation for its heritage resources.
summer. Send back to Programs should also be designed to engage people of all ages.
the City and get a badge.
Involvement!” Website
- Online survey participant The City of Plano identifies preservation related material through its Heritage
Preservation website.

Heritage Resource Inventory

Heritage Resource Inventory The Designated Sites & Districts webpage, managed by the City, provides
information about heritage resources throughout Plano that are designated at
More information on Plano’s Heritage the local, state, and national levels.
Resource Inventory is available at the
following link: Interurban Railway Museum
The Interurban Railway Museum is an interactive museum for children and
https://www.plano.gov/Designated-
Sites-Districts adults that offers educational programs. Guided tours of Historic Car 360 are
also operated out of the Interurban Railway Museum.

Interurban Railway Museum The Johnnie J. Myers Research Center

Details on the Interurban Railway The Interurban Railway Museum’s Johnnie J. Myers Research Center contains
Museum are available here: historic materials that are accessible to researchers and students.

http://www.interurbanrailwaymuseum.
org/
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