IEBC CODE REVITALIZATION/PRESERVATION WORKSHOP TO BE PRESENTED:
 
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Area residents with interest in adaptive reuse of current inventory of buildings and commercial properties are invited to a Revitalization/Preservation workshop on Friday, February 26 at the Wichita Theatre, 925 Indiana.  (9:00am-1:00pm) Sponsored by Downtown Wichita Falls Development and the Small Business Development Center, presenters will be Kate Singleton and Tony Eeds, principals of CRS (Community Revitalization Strategies) Group of Dallas Texas. 
 
This workshop will be of special interest to architects, real estate professionals, investors, developers, City/County government officials and property owners.  Potential investors in historic buildings are urged to attend. 
 
Ms. Singleton consults in economic and business development, financial incentives, community development, municipal planning and planning and zoning.  She has thorough knowledge of development finance tools to provide funding for projects including various HUD programs, CRA, TIFs, PIDs, tax abatements, low-income tax credits and Federal Investment Tax credit for historic buildings. 
 
She has consulted on over $150 million in Federal Investment Tax Credit projects, including the award-winning Southside on Lamar/Sears Project in Dallas.  Ms. Singleton served as Chair of the Building Code Committee for the City of Dallas.  In this capacity, she co-authored the historic preservation amendments to the building code.  The amendments were passed unanimously by the Dallas City Council. 
 
Mr. Eeds has 30 years of experience in architecture, construction and development specializing in downtown revitalization, downtown economic development, historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and community consensus building. 
 
As an architect, Mr. Eeds has completed restoration and adaptive reuse of National Historic Register properties ranging in size from exhibit facilities at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas to a 17 story high rise hotel in Abilene, Texas.  He has offered professional consulting services in the areas of program and project development, coordination and management of construction activities, economic development, financial incentives, strategic planning, community development, historic preservation, as well as project design and implementation.
 
Some of their projects include:  Downtown and Economic Development Consulting for Alice, Beaumont, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Odessa, and Plano, Texas; Haviland and Concordia in Kansas; Historic preservation for Southside on Lamar in Dallas, Sanger Building in Fort Worth, Windsor and Wooten Hotels Abilene, Hotel Beaumont, and Federal Tax Credit Projects.  They also wrote the ordinance and design guidelines for Weatherford, Dallas and Bryan Texas. 
 
Cost for the workshop is $35 with a discount for current DWFD members.  For more information or to make reservations, requested by Tuesday, February 23, please call Kelly Atkins, executive assistant, Downtown Wichita Falls Development, 322-4525.
 
 
 
 
Cynthia Laney, Executive Director      
DWFD, Inc
719 Scott Street, Ste 418
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
940-322-4525
940-733-4382