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Tempe…Celebrate A Place That Matters To You!

National Preservation Month is celebrated during May and the National Trust for Historic Preservation wants you to join in a viral marketing campaign around this year’s theme, “This Place Matters.”  By simply printing a sign and taking a picture, you can tell the story about a place in Tempe that matters to you.

Visit www.preservationnation.org/thisplacematters and follow these simple instructions:

1. Register on the National Trust’s website, www.preservationnation.org.

2. Download and print out a special Arizona “This Place Matters” sign available at www.box.net/shared/c4e9uy9s00.

3. Snap a photo of people holding the sign and standing in front of a building or place of particular personal significance.

4. Then, upload the photo (or photos) to the National Trust www.preservationnation.org/thisplacematters, and post a brief story about the place and why it matters.

We’ve already had a number of communities participate, including, Fremont, NE and Greenville, OH, just to name a few.  So don’t get left out.  Post your picture today!

Want to do more?

· Spread the word about the campaign by mentioning the campaign in your e-newsletter.

· Post your picture and story on your own website and link to PreservationNation.org.

· Challenge your supporters to post other pictures from your town to the site.

· Learn how City Lore and the Municipal Arts Society in New York City have been using their own ”Place Matters” campaign for years to advocate for local places at risk by visiting their website at www.placematters.net.

Thanks so much and HAVE FUN!

Jim McPherson

Arizona Advisor, National Trust for Historic Preservation”

Tonight on Azcentral, courtesy of editor Joanna Allhands and the DTC’s indefatigable Chris Wilson, finnd the following video clip, “Mill Avenue Parking Secrets: Find the best places to park in Downtown Tempe.“

You just can’t have too much explication and commentary on this topic.

That and Hayden Flour Mill news from the City of Tempe Community Development department can be found here.

With all of the headlines about the subprime credit crunch, rising fuel and food costs and overseas food riots, is it any wonder that that the next trend is a turn away from gross consumption? Who wants to be constantly reminded of the lifestyles of the rich and famous, Bugattis and yachts when their Escalade is being repoed and their mortgage is in forclosure? So now we have (as usual I present just prime cuts chopped out for those of yo who have short attention spans):

Yawns: Rich and young, but frugal By Evelyn Nieves,

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO —
[...] They are a new breed of Gen Xers and Ys, Young and Wealthy but Normal, or Yawns. [...]are socially aware, concerned about the environment and given less to consuming than to giving money to charity. “[...]an extreme form of postmaterialism in the upcoming period.” Could it also be that we are sick to death of buying stuff? [...] Yawns live small, but they already own whatever they want[...] (Second-hand stores are to Yawns what The Gap was to Yuppies.) [...]Yawns hate ostentation.

Tyler Durden returns!