Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2017 11 01

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Cityg I Louisville COLORADO . SINCE 1878 Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator Date: October 21, 2017 Re: Museum Coordinator's Report The Museum recently had its largest attendance for any one month. In the month of September, 501 people visited the Museum. Thanks to funding from the City as part of its capital improvements projects budget, a new furnace and air conditioning unit were recently installed in the Jacoe Store building at the Museum to replace the aging units that were there. Also, there is funding from the City to develop a new website for the Museum that would have a similar appearance as the Library website. I've started to work on this project, which will help the public be able to easily access the increasing amount of historical content and resources that we have been putting online. Last, the City is in the process of hiring a new Museum Technician I to fill the open position. Almost all of the Louisville Times issues from 1942 to 2007 are now digitized and keyword searchable by going to www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org and looking under the Louisville Times title. About 35 people attended the launch party on October 12th and we heard wonderful stories about how people are already using this resource that was made possible through City funding. The annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at which the Commission will present the Pioneer Award is scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, January 24, 2018. As a reminder, the Roybal firm will make a presentation to City Council on the revised Museum building conceptual design at a regular Council meeting in Council Chambers on December 5th. hope that Commission members will be able to attend and comment. Museum Visitors Report (these statistics represent visits to the Museum itself, and not inquiries that come in by email or phone): September visitors: 501; YTD: 2730.