“Vickie Oldham and the rest of the team behind Newtown Alive began researching and consolidating the history of Newtown in 2015 with a simple directive.They created a 365-page research report using 22 oral history interviews from Newtown residents, collected primary and secondary source historical documents and created an inventory of Newtown’s historic structures.
Since then, Oldham and her team have added historic markers, organized a trolley tour of the neighborhood and written a book, “Newtown Alive: Courage, Dignity, Determination,” based off the original report. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed.
Newtown Alive received a Historic Preservation Award on March 19 from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation in the preservation education and media category.”
Read more about the Historic Preservation Award in Observer:
https://www.yourobserver.com/article/newtown-alive-earns-state-recognition
