"We want to make her a real exemplary preservation project."
"Besides being a preservation project it's a way to do community renewal."
Last month, the group received the kind of news that would make any preservation project envious.
"We do preservation projects in urban neighborhoods where others have not," he said.
One example would be funding sources for historic preservation projects.
An initial restoration and preservation project was undertaken in 1968.
This organization started a preservation project in 1990s to stabilize the flag.
"There is very little grant money anywhere, and even less for these smaller preservation projects."
Listing was viewed as a boost to the preservation project.
The 21st century has been marked by numerous restoration and preservation projects.