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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It would be a big favor to me and to Preservation Durham if you would send the message below to your neighborhood listserves. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Then and Now: Part II</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Preservation Durham is thrilled to invite you to our 2023 Home Tour, where we celebrate excellence in preserving, rehabilitating, and adapting historic homes in Durham. Building upon the success of last year's theme, we present Then and Now: Part II, which recognizes the best private preservation projects undertaken by home and business owners. Our tour is designed to showcase how preserving and adapting an historic house or building can enrich the lives of the people who live in them, their neighborhoods, and the Durham community as a whole. You will see the work of some of Durham’s best designers and contractors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many of the properties on tour this year are concentrated in East Durham others are in neighborhoods across Durham’s historic center. In addition to homes we are pleased to include two important commercial buildings and one home that was converted to business use forty years ago and now has been converted back again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The tour is scheduled for the weekend of May 20 and 21</b>, from noon until 4:00pm each day. Your ticket will include both days so you can visit all the houses at your own pace. Tour-goer will receive a tour booklet describing each house and its history.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tickets and more information available at <a href="http://www.preservationdurham.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.preservationdurham.org</span></a> .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This event is always huge fun. You will not want to miss it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you on the tour!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>