Calendar of Events

July 11, 2026

Young Ohio Preservationists: Wood Window Maintenance & Restoration Workshop Series
Columbus

Join Young Ohio Preservationists for a wood window maintenance and restoration workshop series with Lindsay Jones of Blind Eye Restoration! 

The third hands-on workshop will focus on  basic scraping, glass cutting, glazing, and painting techniques.

July 14, 2026

The Dollars and Sense of Historic Real Estate Redevelopment Workshop
Dayton

Perhaps you’ve been eyeing that old downtown building. You see the potential and the beauty in the historic architecture, but let’s talk reality: Can you rehab that building and rent it out without going broke in the process? Is your bank willing to loan you money? Will your local rent support your construction costs?

Historic real estate redevelopment, while not easy, can be very rewarding, IF you understand the process going in. The Dollars & Sense of historic real estate redevelopment is your guide to learning how that process works.

Join Corey Leon from Grow America for that introduction to the dollars and “sense” of redeveloping a historic building. Corey will touch on the benefits of owning real estate, and how key documents such as the pro forma can help property owners understand whether their prospective project is a winner. Corey will also focus on the lending component and how banks review potential projects before they commit to construction or permanent financing. Since rehabilitation incentives can tip the scales of project feasibility, Corey will also touch on some of the most popular incentives used today.

July 22, 2026

Low-Cost, High-Impact Events

Can’t get volunteers, running on a shoe string budget, spending hours, months or maybe the whole year planning that one big event? Let’s talk about why and how to host events in your downtown that won’t drain the budget or your volunteer base. Start having fun again planning events.

August 15, 2026

Young Ohio Preservationists: Wood Window Maintenance & Restoration Workshop Series
Columbus

Join Young Ohio Preservationists for a wood window maintenance and restoration workshop series with Lindsay Jones of Blind Eye Restoration! 

The fourth hands-on workshop will focus on common wood window repairs including an introduction to hand saws and power tools, epoxy, and doweling joints.