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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">We are pleased to announce that the Ohio Preservation Council has been awarded an LSTA Open Grant from the State Library of Ohio for $4,999.00. This will help offset the costs of the upcoming 2025
OPC Symposium, on August 1, 2025 at Columbus Metro Library. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">The symposium, "Preservation Everywhere: Bridging the Physical & Digital", will address key digital and physical preservation complexities and how they intersect in the cultural heritage landscape.
This full-day event will feature a keynote presentation by Beatriz Haspo, a culture heritage preservation expert who has worked for national and cultural organizations and is the Executive Director of APOYOnline.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://ohiopreservationcouncil.org/2025-Symposium" id="OWA1b20dfc7-60e7-1a0f-113a-d034925e163f" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohiopreservationcouncil.org/2025-Symposium" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://ohiopreservationcouncil.org/2025-Symposium</a></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><i>Please join us for our
</i><b><i>Quarterly Meetin</i></b><i>g on March 13th to learn more! (Zoom link and agenda at
</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><i><u><a href="https://ohiopreservationcouncil.org/event-6048584" id="OWAc52a16dc-1bc7-7d71-4fc9-9908681339ac" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohiopreservationcouncil.org/event-6048584" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://ohiopreservationcouncil.org/event-6048584</a></u></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><i> )</i></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Virginia Dressler</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Chair, Ohio Preservation Council</span></p>
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