During 2007, an important change took place in the way that people interface in community online. The new leader in such sites, particularly for young adults through thirty-somethings, is Facebook. Facebook is a platform with almost 60 million current subscribers, the fastest-growing sector of which are users are aged 25 and older.

Recently, Facebook opened up the possibility for organizations to create their own "Facebook Pages." More powerful than Facebook's previous "Group" pages, these new sites can include a wide variety of applications developed by users. In late December, Preservation Ohio became the first historic preservation organization in the country to launch its own Facebook Page.

Registered visitors to our site can already do the following:

* Look at upcoming events, and receive notices from Preservation Ohio about new events;
* Read excerpts from stories about preservation and revitalization from across Ohio, as well as national stories of note;
* View the latest photos from the Ohio Architecture Pool on Flickr;
* View a video which features an exterior and interior tour of the endangered Seneca County Courthouse;
* Read the last three stories posted on MyHometownOhio;
* View photo albums posted by Preservation Ohio;
* Receive advocacy alerts, activity and event notices, news, and more.

To access a scaled-down version of the site, click here. If you are registered on Facebook, you can become a "fan" of Preservation Ohio, which gives you access to the entire site. And - its all free!

Coming soon -- we will be creating our own Facebook application, which will create a single interface between all Preservation Ohio websites.