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Bt DIANA BIRD MppaAMMMck N«wa
Coatritertiac Writer
(Editor's note: Lee and Diana Bird of Horseshoe Hollow Farm, Washington, recently traveled to England on a working tour sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Lee Bird is chairman of the board of the Warrenton based Piedmont Environmental Council and chairman of Rappahannock’s Board of Zoning Appeals. Diana has long been involved in farmland and historic preservation and other environmentally related issues as a citizen advocate. Also accompanying the group was Frank Reynolds of Washington, staff attorney for the Piedmont Environmental Council.)
Lee and I are in York, England, with 38 other Virginians hearing how historic preservation and community development are pursued. This ancient dty of 100,000 is a good specimen for concentration. In 1967, the central government designated York one of four dtiesfor pilot study and support in the areas of preservation and development. Because keen interest in historic preservation already existed in the dty among a few persons
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