Meetings
If anyone has events they would like to see posted, please contact: Tim Narkiewicz (tim@trilliumdell.com)
2010
* BARN AGAIN! To be held in Indiana. Workshop & Tour on March 5-6, 2010. Registration form.
* Northwestern Regional Barn Conference. Heritage Barn Conference. May 6th-7th, 2010. Walla Walla Washington. Schedule for conference. Description of Draft Barn sessions.
* National Barn Alliance Conference Atchison and Doniphan County, Kansas. June 10-June 12.
* Southern Regional Barn Conference, Canton, Georgia. At the Historic Rock Barn. Sept 30-Oct 2, 2010. Conference registration, draft schedule and lodging information coming soon."
2009
In preparation for the 2009 Barns & Byways tour scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2009, you will find this year's tour brochure in an attempt to promote the second year of the Barns & Byways Tour in Ludington and Scottville.
In addition to touring eight historic barns along beautiful Conrad Road, Barns & Byways tour attendees will be able to check out the following new cultural activities: Antique Tractor Pulling Demonstrations at the West Michigan Old Engine Club, a Quilter's Guild Display, Horse & Plow Demonstrations, Custer Boot Scooters Line Dancing Performance, An Extended Driving Tour on Sunday, Walking Tours at Historic White Pine Village, and BBQ Cookoff and activites at Scottville Farmers Market. There is also discussion over having a "Thresher's Dinner" during the dinner as well. Brochure
Illinois Barn Tour in Historic Piatt County, October 9th – 11th. Press release about the tour.
National Preservation Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, October 13-17, 2009. The National Barn Alliance will exhibit at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual Preservation Conference. The Conference theme is Sustainability in historic preservation. Additionally, NBA Board Member, Rod Scott, will serve as moderator for the following training session:
Rural Heritage :
A Statewide Approach to Barn Preservation
Thursday, October 15. 10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
- Chris
Moore
Field Director, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation- Rod
Scott
Board Member, National Barn Alliance- Todd
Levine
Preservation Services Officer, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation- Annette
Lynch
Founding Member, Mount Holly Barn Preservation Alliance
Challenges to preserving historic barns and retaining agricultural landscapes are daunting and include changes in farming technologies, the high costs of barn maintenance and rehabilitation, real estate pressures, and restrictive land-use policies. Representatives from the Connecticut and Washington statewide preservation organizations, along with a local barn advocacy group from Vermont, will highlight state programs established to address needs related to rural planning, barn rehabilitation, and legislative policy.
For conference details, please visit http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/
KS Barn Alliance’s Barn Fest 2009 in Barnes, KS September 25th and 26th. For more information on the Kansas Barn Alliance’s 2009 Barn Fest, please visit http://www.kansasbarnalliance.org/projectsbarnfest.php
Barn Raising by the Timer Framer's Guild, August 12-22 in Geneseo IL. Rigging, Raising & Panels Workshop August 12-22. A workshop will be held in Geneseo, Illinois, to erect a timber frame barn being cut by Trillium Dell Timberworks. The barn will house the Antique Engine & Tractor Association’s collection, which is being relocated from the association's current home in Atkinson, Illinois. If you would like to be a participant at this barn raising, please visit the Timber Framers Guild website. http://www.tfguild.org/index.html and visit: http://radishmagazine.com/stories/display.cgi?prcss=display&id=451093
Illinois Barn Alliance Annual Conference: September 18th and 19th at Walnut Grove Farm, Knoxville, Illinois. For Registration and additional information please open this registration form.
2008NBA at the National Trust's National Preservation Conference, Tulsa.
Iowa--125th Anniversary of Secrest Octagon Barn.
Kansas Barn Alliance, Annual Barn Fest. Article by Janet Carman.
Barbara Drew, Director Bedminster Land Conservancy, Bucks County, PA announces the Fourth Annual Barns and Farms Tour, October 12, 2008. Please refer to www.bedminsterlandandconservancy.org for details.
Historic Barn Conference, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Photos of the Bus Tour of the Oley Valley, Pennsylvania--donated by Charles Leik.
The National Barn Alliance co-sponsored its 2008 Annual Conference with the Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania. The three-day event featured great old Pennsylvania barns and the people who know their stories.
The Conference began the evening of Thursday, June 5 with a Welcome Reception at the PA German Cultural Heritage Center. The Friday session offered two tracks of workshops and speakers on historic barns plus a keynote address by PA barn authority Robert Ensminger, author of The Pennsylvania Barn. Saturday was devoted to an all-day barn tour of the historic Oley Valley with expert commentary on the history, geology and buildings of this scenic area.More information:
Featured Film: 'Charlie Obert's Barn' by filmaker Kurt Kolaja
Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania
Grid of Two Tracks of Presentations at Kutztown Conference
Bios of NBA Track Presenters at Kutztown Conference
2007, Albany NY--Photos
2006, East Lansing, MI
2005, Columbus, OH--Photos
Inception -- 2004, Chicago, IL
