QUALIFICATIONS
Stark Preservation Planning is solely operated by its principal, William E. (Will) Stark. Will has experience conducting all phases of historic preservation planning, including research, survey, documentation, assessment of effects, and mitigation. Over the past decade, he has conducted a wide variety of research, survey, and consulting projects in historic preservation and architectural history. Rural farmsteads, grain elevators, industrial facilities, bridges, cemeteries, schools, big-city and small-town commercial buildings and houses, are among the resources types that Will has studied and evaluated.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree in Historic Preservation Planning, Cornell University
U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards
for history and architectural history
Pre-qualified consultant with the Minnesota Department of Transportation
PRESERVATION LEADERSHIP
Advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2008-present
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
• Board Director, 2002-2008, Ex-Officio, 2008-present
• Board Chair, 2006-2008
• Past chair for Communication Committee, Advocacy Committee
and 10 Most Endangered Historic Places task force |
Co-Chair National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2007 National Preservation Conference
Historic Preservation Planning Alumni (Cornell University), Board of Directors, 2000-2006
Friends of Christ Church Lutheran (Eliel Saarinen-designed landmark), Board of Directors, 2008-Present
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
National Trust for Historic Preservation 2007 National Preservation Conference
Kansas Preservation Alliance
St. Paul Chapter of the Minnesota AIA
Friends of Minnesota Barns
Minnesota Statewide Historic Preservation Conference
Cornell University’s Department of City and Regional Planning Career Day
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