Smith County Historical Society Meeting 7/7/09

SMITH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.

MUSEUM & ARCHIVES • 125 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE • TYLER, TEXAS 75702
903-592-5993 • http://www.smithcountyhistoricalsociety.org

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Beverly Abell to Address the Historical Society

Beverly Abell, director of the City of Tyler’s Main Street department, will give a presentation at the Smith County Historical Society’s July meeting. Her program will cover such recent events as Main Street becoming a city department, its upcoming move to the square, the Spring Avenue fire, and the Moore Grocery Lofts.

Beverly began her Main Street career in the early 1990s as manager of the Woodward Main Street Program. She went on to work for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Main Street Center in Washington D.C. While living in England, she did consulting work with the Civic Trust in establishment of Main Street-type programs in Cambridgeshire. She also managed local programs in Cushing, Oklahoma and Greeley, Colorado. Today she is director of the City of Tyler Main Street Department and the non-profit Heart of Tyler. In addition to her local duties, she serves as vice president of the Texas Downtown Association Board of Directors.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 7, at 7:00 pm in the Payne Auditorium on the second floor of the Carnegie History Center. Located at 125 South College Avenue in Tyler, the Carnegie History Center is the museum and archives for SCHS. Attendees should park on the street and enter the building through the north door, which faces the Bank of America drive-through bank. There is also a ramp for handicapped access at this door, as well as an elevator inside.

The Smith County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1959 to discover, collect, and preserve the history of Smith County, Texas. SCHS meetings are always open free of charge to all interested members of the public. Various publications and photographs will be available for purchase at the event. For more information about this event or the Society, please e-mail info@smithcountyhistoricalsociety.org or call 903-592-5993.