Washburn Heritage Association

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Washburn Heritage Association

Washburn Heritage AssociationWashburn Heritage AssociationWashburn Heritage Association
Home
About Us
  • About/Contact
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
  • Membership
  • Gift Shop
  • Links
Events
  • Woiak History Festival
  • May Preservation Month
  • Bayview Depot Tours
  • Historic Walking Tour
  • Lake Walk Tour
  • Trolley Tours
Projects
  • Facade Grants
  • Kiosk Project
Bayview Depot
  • About/Contact/Fundraising
  • Bringing the Depot back
  • Oral Historys
  • Bayview History
  • School Programs
More
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About/Contact
    • Newsletters
    • Donate
    • Membership
    • Gift Shop
    • Links
  • Events
    • Woiak History Festival
    • May Preservation Month
    • Bayview Depot Tours
    • Historic Walking Tour
    • Lake Walk Tour
    • Trolley Tours
  • Projects
    • Facade Grants
    • Kiosk Project
  • Bayview Depot
    • About/Contact/Fundraising
    • Bringing the Depot back
    • Oral Historys
    • Bayview History
    • School Programs

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About/Contact
    • Newsletters
    • Donate
    • Membership
    • Gift Shop
    • Links
  • Events
    • Woiak History Festival
    • May Preservation Month
    • Bayview Depot Tours
    • Historic Walking Tour
    • Lake Walk Tour
    • Trolley Tours
  • Projects
    • Facade Grants
    • Kiosk Project
  • Bayview Depot
    • About/Contact/Fundraising
    • Bringing the Depot back
    • Oral Historys
    • Bayview History
    • School Programs

About Us

How We Started

 During the winter of 2009 a group of Washburn residents organized and incorporated the Washburn Heritage Association as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Our initial concern was to save the Washburn Civic Center from demolition. This project attracted a buyer with an appreciation for and experience in historic preservation, and successful rehabilitation of the building is underway.

Now we turn our energies to promoting thoughtful preservation and reuse of other critical areas of our legacy from Washburn’s history. 

Washburn Heritage Association Board of Directors

  • Mary Gruhl, President
  • Matt Simoneau, Vice President
  • Karen Novachek, Treasurer
  • Jamey Penney-Ritter, Secretary
  • Lynn Adams
  • Aaron Austin 
  • Mary Cook 
  • Ella Cross
  • Andrew Grimm
  • Patra Holter
  • Sandy Johnson
  • Ginny Pedersen
  • Lucille Sells
  • Sharon Stewart

  Advisory Board 

  • Carla Bremner
  • Gary Holman

Goals

These goals will help to preserve the local heritage that we cherish:

  • Conduct research, historic preservation planning and education
  • Promote community and neighborhood revitalization and sustainable adaptive reuse of vital and irreplaceable parts of Washburn 

WHA Projects & Accomplishments

  • Halted demolition of the Civic Center/DuPont Club
  • Created a Kiosk showcasing Washburn's History
  • Provided major support to the Historic preservation commission for the establishment of a National Register Historic District
  • Host Annual Brownstone Days History Tours
  • Co-sponsor the Tony Woiak History Festival Lecture Series
  • Consult with business owners about improvements to Main Street Facades
  • Provide Facade Enhancement Awards to Local
  •  Provide Historic Placemats to local Restaurants to Promote Washburn

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