The date was July 22, 2006 -- and the country’s first statewide blog on historic preservation, downtown and neighborhood revitalization, heritage tourism and smart growth was started with an initial post entitled “Downtown’s Role in Community Planning.”  In the 347 articles that have followed, including Tuesday’s post, we have chronicled the world of historic preservation in Ohio, from the enactment of the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit through two Statehood Days, the complete saga of the Seneca County Courthouse, two sets of Ohio’s Most Endangered listings, statewide summits on historic schools and public buildings, and much, much more.

Throughout that time, this blog has varied little in appearance.  We have added feeds from a variety of sources, but otherwise MyHometownOhio has maintained its characteristic three-column look.  With the arrival of two new Preservation Ohio websites this Spring (including the new Ohio Preservation Network), as well as a greatly revamped main site, we feel the time has come for a change here as well.

So, over the next several days you will see things “moving around” at MyHometownOhio.  You may notice that we have already taken the step of changing to a two-column format; many more changes are on the way. Once our other sites are activated we will initiate final changes.

A huge continuing thanks go to the hundreds of MyHometownOhio subscribers through Feedblitz, Google Reader and other RSS readers.  We hope you and our other regular readers enjoy our work.