"Now it's up to community groups and preservation organizations to come up with a plan to push this through the commission."

In addition to the county historical society, there are a number of other historical preservation organizations.

This association was among the earliest historic preservation organizations in the country.

It acts as a representative for them with federal agencies and national preservation organizations.

The waterfront was nominated for the endangered list by the society, a nonprofit preservation organization.

Each preservation organization is putting up $1 million in seed money.

"This is a bit like working for a national preservation organization."

Private preservation organizations have stepped in to fill this void.

She is to take over the private, nonprofit preservation organization on Jan. 17, 1994.

The Conservancy is the largest membership based historic preservation organization in the country.