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OLSON, Christine Happ (  ). In 2019 Christine Happ Olson, assistant planner in the City’s planning services department, served as staff to the City of Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission and the Long-Range Planning Commission. She had gained experience over sixteen years in historic preservation, planning, housing, local foods, and youth development as the Executive Director of the [[FOUR MOUNDS]] Foundation. In 2003 Four Mounds was named one of the first partners in the Silos and Smokestakes National Heritage Area. Olson's experience managing a partner site for 16 years, serving on the SSNHA Interpretive and Educational Signage Committee, and assisting SSNHA with partner program evaluation process made her the ideal candidate when officials of the City of Dubuque named Olson its choice to join the board of Trustees for the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA).


OLSON, Christine Happ (  ). In 2019 Christine Happ Olson, assistant planner in the City’s planning services department, served as staff to the City of Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission and the Long-Range Planning Commission. She had gained experience over sixteen years in historic preservation, planning, housing, local foods, and youth development as the Executive Director of the [[FOUR MOUNDS]] Foundation. In 2003 Four Mounds was named one of the first partners in the Silos and Smokestakes National Heritage Area. Olson's experience managing a partner site for 16 years, serving on the SSNHA Interpretive and Educational Signage Committee, and assisting SSNHA with partner program evaluation process made her the ideal candidate when officials of the City of Dubuque named Olson its choice to join the board of Trustees for the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA).  
Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area was created to preserve and tell the story of American agriculture -- past, present and future. SSNHA has 119 partner sites throughout its 37-county region in northeast Iowa. Dubuque County houses eight of those partner sites, including five in Dubuque: the [[DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART]], the Four Mounds Inn & Conference Center, the Mathias [[HAM HOUSE]] Historic Site, [[MINES OF SPAIN STATE RECREATIONAL AREA]], and the [[NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM]]. Other partner sites in Dubuque County are the National Farm Toy Museum in Dyersville, Park Farm Winery in Bankston, and the Black Horse Inn in Sherrill.


Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area was created to preserve and tell the story of American agriculture -- past, present and future. SSNHA has 119 partner sites throughout its 37-county region in northeast Iowa. Dubuque County houses eight of those partner sites, including five in Dubuque: the [[DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART]], the Four Mounds Inn & Conference Center, the Mathias [[HAM HOUSE]] Historic Site, [[MINES OF SPAIN STATE RECREATIONAL AREA]], and the [[NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM]]. Other partner sites in Dubuque County are the National Farm Toy Museum in Dyersville, Park Farm Winery in Bankston, and the Black Horse Inn in Sherrill. (1)
Olson was reporting on activities associated with Four Mounds as early as 2004. As the Executive Director of the Four Mounds Foundation, she requested that the City sign an owner consent form for a grant application to the State Historical Society of Iowa for funding to restore the structurally damaged Porte Conchere at the Grey House. (2) In 2008 a feature article in the Telegraph Herald noted Four Mounds participation in the [[HEART PROGRAM]]. (3)
In 2013 as a volunteer on the [[OLD HOUSE ENTHUSIASTS TOUR]] committee, she was involved in the first year the popular tour moved its focus from many popular homes to its first tour of buildings in the Millwork District. The tour raised an estimated $7,400 for the group's grant program which supported preservation and history education projects in Dubuque. (2)




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1. "Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Announces New Trustee from Dubuque," City of Dubuque News Release, 2019
1. "Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Announces New Trustee from Dubuque," City of Dubuque News Release, 2019
2. Legal Notices, ''Telegraph Herald,'' January 1, 2004, p. 27
4. Schmitt, Michael, "Places of the Heart," ''Telegraph Herald'', November 9, 2008, p. 10A
2. Munger, Amanda, "New-Look Old House Tour Draws Big Crowds Downtown," ''Telegraph Herald'', May 21, 2013, p. 13

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Being researched Italic text OLSON, Christine Happ ( ). In 2019 Christine Happ Olson, assistant planner in the City’s planning services department, served as staff to the City of Dubuque Historic Preservation Commission and the Long-Range Planning Commission. She had gained experience over sixteen years in historic preservation, planning, housing, local foods, and youth development as the Executive Director of the FOUR MOUNDS Foundation. In 2003 Four Mounds was named one of the first partners in the Silos and Smokestakes National Heritage Area. Olson's experience managing a partner site for 16 years, serving on the SSNHA Interpretive and Educational Signage Committee, and assisting SSNHA with partner program evaluation process made her the ideal candidate when officials of the City of Dubuque named Olson its choice to join the board of Trustees for the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA).

Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area was created to preserve and tell the story of American agriculture -- past, present and future. SSNHA has 119 partner sites throughout its 37-county region in northeast Iowa. Dubuque County houses eight of those partner sites, including five in Dubuque: the DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART, the Four Mounds Inn & Conference Center, the Mathias HAM HOUSE Historic Site, MINES OF SPAIN STATE RECREATIONAL AREA, and the NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM. Other partner sites in Dubuque County are the National Farm Toy Museum in Dyersville, Park Farm Winery in Bankston, and the Black Horse Inn in Sherrill.

Olson was reporting on activities associated with Four Mounds as early as 2004. As the Executive Director of the Four Mounds Foundation, she requested that the City sign an owner consent form for a grant application to the State Historical Society of Iowa for funding to restore the structurally damaged Porte Conchere at the Grey House. (2) In 2008 a feature article in the Telegraph Herald noted Four Mounds participation in the HEART PROGRAM. (3)

In 2013 as a volunteer on the OLD HOUSE ENTHUSIASTS TOUR committee, she was involved in the first year the popular tour moved its focus from many popular homes to its first tour of buildings in the Millwork District. The tour raised an estimated $7,400 for the group's grant program which supported preservation and history education projects in Dubuque. (2)


Sources:

1. "Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Announces New Trustee from Dubuque," City of Dubuque News Release, 2019

2. Legal Notices, Telegraph Herald, January 1, 2004, p. 27

4. Schmitt, Michael, "Places of the Heart," Telegraph Herald, November 9, 2008, p. 10A

2. Munger, Amanda, "New-Look Old House Tour Draws Big Crowds Downtown," Telegraph Herald, May 21, 2013, p. 13

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