Cornerstones

Cornerstones Chattanooga is the group that focuses on preserving historic buildings, but now also offer workshops about how to preserve your vintage home.

Cornerstones chattanooga you automatically get about what a water but they do so much more than that were taught to ladies actively involved in grade is the executive director cornerstones and good to see yo again with you, melissa mortimer and melissa and says here you were the chair of preservation chattanooga to find out more about that here second and short with you tell us exactly give us the executive overview of what cornerstones as well.

You know, we've been around for about 25 years.

A little over 20 tell us exactly give us the executive overview of what cornerstones a well.

You know, we've been around for about 25 years.

A little over 25 years and in tha time we've raised about over 30 million we put back up sorry that was wrong 3 million only 3 million lot a organization that really just depends a lot on volunteers and board numbers and that monies come back into endangered property saving architectural heritage.

I'm in the city and we worked on about 24 buildings.

I think after this length of time you're starting to see that impact what we do.

Sure it's not a quick turnaround.

It's very much a very focused turnaround if it wasn't for what you and cornerstones does a lot of the buildings that are icons chattanooga simply would not stand that's true quite accomplished and so one of the things that were doing out toda with alyssa here who serves on our board and is to introduce some new programming that were dealing with cornerstones one o those new programs is preservation chattanooga were excited to have the opportunity for hands-on workshop not been able to do that before and so that's what melissa's talk abou today.

Tell me about this and so now i have to go and i said i still got together.

I'm also on the historic zoning commission lot people from now, maryland fireplace come in and and we thought what with the way we can show the people and educate them on their house and what how they can restore it themselves because a lot of times there is there's that financial shorthan piece that we came up with some workshop and some programming just educational opportunities preservation and where seller at any one is on break when the restoration with tendon intentions you see a lot of these antique stores, thrift store people by these antique windows just hang on wall in th home are absolute.

So what you're going to be doing here i talking about how to restore the refinished right, which i would more complicated cells like officer and the need.

I actually have been restoring someone as myself and fort led and that the quality of these windows is unmatched in lot hills.

I want the energy that is able (10% of energy lot.

Have your window if you think about the cost that you're playing into getting the oh and ... and then having to replace that window actually like 20 years the cost of acronym henry caper energy, stating that when he restore your when historic woodwind and doran add spring run weatherstripping you get much more out of that window then you let it replacement in that is just as it relates to the windows back the same thing with doors parts fireplaces.

I mean the list could go on and o and knowing and ignoring the other members of the board probably is going to lead us really wanted to come up with his opportunities to teach homeowners.

So even if they're not doing themselves they're educated when a contractor come about them and what they should be looking for and how to be winners.

This particular workshop going to take place.

So i first workshop and the window restoration on march 14 and it got home and will now working to teach, how can the windows or on fast cords of late that were it a shot.

Open up the window rehabbing those on the late henri glazed outside and and add spring rounds weatherstripping well now the march 14.

I think we have it, but will open six spots still open.

Can't make it to the windows workshop.

By all means try to give all the cornerstones around the calendar year is always something going on thinking it again.

It certainly what you guys got a lot of the buildings around town.

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Also good to see you.

I know more about cornerstones.

Check him out there easy to find their downtown at 1400 market st.

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