Advisory group meets to determine history’s role in city’s future
NORWICH – The Norwich Historical Preservation Society was created to protect the history of the city, while helping to guide it into the future. “We link the past and the future by revealing heritage, revitalizing community, conserving resources, and designing new areas that are sensitive to the City of Norwich,” the group’s mission reads.
The committee is still in its infancy, but Mayor Joseph P. Maiurano has appointed eight people to participate in the panel. Fran Nial, a teacher at Perry Browne Primary School, chairs the committee. Other appointees include Don Windsor, Patricia Scott, Joseph Telesky, Todd Dreyer, Dale Storms, Terry Bresina and Kate Stewart. The members of the organization have varying experience and come from different backgrounds. The mix includes a common council member, a planning board member, local historians, and community residents.
According to Telesky, the city’s historian, the Historic Preservation Committee will meet once a month and will focus on what he calls the three P’s – protecting, preserving and promoting the city’s architecture. “We want to keep the history of the community, but we don’t want to stop progress,” Maiurano said.
Telesky explained municipal buildings, such as the fire department, police department, and city hall are all historical buildings that have been protected. The buildings were in a dire state, but after renovations, they are now fully functional spaces.
“History is being made now,” Telesky said. The group’s long-term goal will be to protect the historical architecture, but to also look to the future.
The Historic Preservation Committee will deal with issues like the one in the past regarding the green Victorian house that stood where Rite-Aid currently operates. Many concerned citizens objected to the house being torn down to make room for the drug store in the late 90s. If the committee had existed then, this would have been the type of issue they would have dealt with. However, it may not have changed the outcome. Telesky asserts a solution was offered. The contractors offered to allow someone to haul the house away. There is no way of telling if the outcome would have been different, since the committee is purely an advisory one. The city council still has the final say.
“The city has a proactive stance on trying to preserve history, and the mayor promotes programs that promote the preservation of architecture,” Telesky said.
The committee will soon be coming up with a list of public sites in need of attention, and in the future they may look at private buildings as well. They hope to establish a historical district, encompassing North and South Broad Street and other streets in downtown Norwich. Buildings erected on this route would need to fit in with the surrounding architecture.
“We want to preserve history, but we have to live today,” Maiurano said.
The committee is still in its infancy, but Mayor Joseph P. Maiurano has appointed eight people to participate in the panel. Fran Nial, a teacher at Perry Browne Primary School, chairs the committee. Other appointees include Don Windsor, Patricia Scott, Joseph Telesky, Todd Dreyer, Dale Storms, Terry Bresina and Kate Stewart. The members of the organization have varying experience and come from different backgrounds. The mix includes a common council member, a planning board member, local historians, and community residents.
According to Telesky, the city’s historian, the Historic Preservation Committee will meet once a month and will focus on what he calls the three P’s – protecting, preserving and promoting the city’s architecture. “We want to keep the history of the community, but we don’t want to stop progress,” Maiurano said.
Telesky explained municipal buildings, such as the fire department, police department, and city hall are all historical buildings that have been protected. The buildings were in a dire state, but after renovations, they are now fully functional spaces.
“History is being made now,” Telesky said. The group’s long-term goal will be to protect the historical architecture, but to also look to the future.
The Historic Preservation Committee will deal with issues like the one in the past regarding the green Victorian house that stood where Rite-Aid currently operates. Many concerned citizens objected to the house being torn down to make room for the drug store in the late 90s. If the committee had existed then, this would have been the type of issue they would have dealt with. However, it may not have changed the outcome. Telesky asserts a solution was offered. The contractors offered to allow someone to haul the house away. There is no way of telling if the outcome would have been different, since the committee is purely an advisory one. The city council still has the final say.
“The city has a proactive stance on trying to preserve history, and the mayor promotes programs that promote the preservation of architecture,” Telesky said.
The committee will soon be coming up with a list of public sites in need of attention, and in the future they may look at private buildings as well. They hope to establish a historical district, encompassing North and South Broad Street and other streets in downtown Norwich. Buildings erected on this route would need to fit in with the surrounding architecture.
“We want to preserve history, but we have to live today,” Maiurano said.
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