Our Annual Statewide Conference
PLACES is Washington’s annual statewide conference focused on the continued care of place through historic preservation, placemaking, and economic vitality, brought to you by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. The PLACES Conference allows preservationists, planners, downtown development professionals, and anyone who cares about place to dive deep into creative ideas, build their network, and inspire new solutions.
Save the Date for PLACES 2026: October 6-8 in Ellensburg!
Registration for PLACES 2026 is now open. We’re excited to bring PLACES to Ellensburg in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, and the Ellensburg Downtown Association. Attendees at this fall’s conference can look forward to:
- Engaging panels and speakers
- Mobile tours featuring inspiring projects throughout Ellensburg and beyond
- Excellence on Main Awards Celebration
- Networking opportunities with peers and partners
To take advantage of everything the conference has to offer, be sure to add on tickets for mobile tours and our Excellence on Main celebration when you complete your registration!
Past Years of PLACES
Thank you to everyone who has joined us for the past two years of PLACES!
Revisit the conference programs, our favorite photos, and other highlights from PLACES 2025 in Gig Harbor and PLACES 2024 in Walla Walla on our recap pages below.
Why “PLACES”?
After over a decade of hosting this conference under the name RevitalizeWA, we’ve decided that it’s time to rebrand. We chose the name “PLACES” to represent the wide array of contexts already included in our learning experiences together. From historic districts to cultural spaces, rural communities to urban neighborhoods, preservationists to entrepreneurs, we’re all here for the same reason—our shared love of places.
Great places don’t just happen, and the PLACES Conference continues to bring people together every year to learn, explore, and take action together. See you there!
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