Greetings!
I'm thrilled to let you know that after a two-year hiatus, the Grand Isle Lake House will re-open in May of this year!
Throughout their history, Let’s Pretend Catering has earned a reputation for exceptional service, consistent use of local ingredients, and a balance of creativity with function. With their commercial kitchen and office space in South Hero, they consider the Islands their permanent home and are proud to put their personal spin on every Grand Isle Lake House event. They have been hard at work revitalizing the indoor and outdoor spaces, and can’t wait to host PTV retreats, weddings, reunions, events and more.
Our Preservation Retreats at the Lake House are at the core of the work we do to help communities save and use the places that are important to them. Here you can learn from both experts and those on the ground about tried-and-true methods, excellent models, available resources, creative problem solving, and much more.
We are proceeding cautiously (see Covid protocols below) so that we can all learn together and enjoy this beautiful piece of Vermont. We hope you will join us.
Sincerely,
Ben Doyle
President
P.S. If you have a need for an upcoming meeting space or event, check out the Grand Isle Lake House to see if we can accommodate you.
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2022 Preservation Retreats at the
Grand Isle Lake House
Preservation Retreats at the Grand Isle Lake House are an immersive adult learning experience designed to support anyone undertaking or considering a community development or historic preservation project. Attendees will be asked to present a challenge or issue that once solved will move their project forward. This brief presentation is followed by a robust and informative group discussion with peers, funders and technical support providers.
All retreats begin at 2:00 pm and end after lunch the following day. Space is limited. Retreats often fill up well before the registration deadline so please register at your earliest convenience.
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Covid Safety Protocols
- All attendees are required to show proof of vaccination prior to the retreat. You will receive an email two weeks before the event asking for proof of vaccination.
- The shared room option is only available for people who are attending from the same project/community and/or for couples.
- Due to limited space for overnight lodging, we ask that you send ONE representative for your project or a maximum of TWO people if you are willing to share a room.
- Single Room Occupancy is $135 and includes meals, lodging and retreat materials for one person.
- Double Room Occupancy is a total of $200 and includes meals, lodging and retreat materials for two people.
- In group discussion settings indoors, we require people to remain masked when not presenting.
- Weather permitting, we will share discussion and meals outdoors on the large wrap-around porch overlooking Lake Champlain!
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Arts and Cultural Heritage Retreat
May 17-18, 2022
A lot of energy and good ideas flow when you put arts organizations in the same room with cultural heritage buffs. Do you have an underutilized public space that could be transformed through arts and cultural programming? Are you interested in finding ways to draw new audiences to your cultural facility or historic property?
Whether the context is churches doubling as performance venues, historic sites hosting art installations, or industrial spaces being repurposed for community use, this retreat promises an interesting and inspiring mix of ideas.
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Registration Deadline:
May 2 at 5 pm.
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Fundraising for Community Projects Retreat
June 14-15, 2022
What are some techniques that community projects are doing to successfully fundraise while enhancing the use of their historic buildings?
Christine Graham of CPG Fundraising will be on hand to provide training in the area of capital campaigns and annual giving. We will also explore how to manage a rehabilitation project, work with grantors, contractors, and the community to help you get to success.
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Registration Deadline:
May 31 at 5 pm.
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Community Trusts & Historic Preservation Retreat
July 12-13, 2022
Is there a commercial building in your village or downtown that has struggled to stay afloat? Forming a Community Trust may be a possible way of supporting difficult to develop properties or to help create a shared management model that will sustain a commercial entity through challenging economic shifts. This retreat will explore the pros and cons of Community Trusts and Community Supported Enterprise models and will help you to determine if this is the right approach for your project.
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Registration Deadline:
June 27 at 5 pm.
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Sacred Places Retreat
September 13-14, 2022
Churches, Synagogues and other sacred places play a critical role in the health and wellness of our communities. These spaces often provide overflow shelters for our most vulnerable citizens or act as community gathering places for cultural performances or events. All the while, these buildings can be challenging to maintain. We offer this retreat in partnership with Partners for Sacred Places, a non-denominational nonprofit organization, to explore potential partnerships for existing churches and sacred places and new uses for under-utilized sacred buildings.
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Registration Deadline:
August 29 at 5 pm.
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Energy Efficiency and Historic Preservation
October 11-12, 2022
Are you struggling to understand how best to weatherize your historic building? Retrofitting historic properties to improve energy efficiency, reduce heating costs and keep historic features intact is possible! Historic buildings were designed to be efficient and take advantage of the resources available at the time of construction - sunlight, airflow, water.
This retreat will explore how best to approach energy retrofits to maximize the building's inherent efficiencies and will share best practices that generally will not impact the historic character of your building.
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Registration Deadline: September 26 at 5 pm. |
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The Preservation Retreats are underwritten in part by generous support from the Kelly Lorraine Baggett Fund. Kelly was a UVM Graduate, a 31-year veteran of the United States Forest Service, and a former resident of Burlington, VT, where she spent many hours restoring and caring for her historic brick home overlooking Lake Champlain. Kelly won many awards for her outstanding contributions in research pertaining to sugar maple decline and American elm restoration, and wrote or co-wrote numerous scientific papers during her career. This fund pays homage to Kelly’s passion for history, the environment, and scholarship.
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We are grateful for our partnership and underwriting support from The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. |
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