Program areas at The Historic Trust
Master lease of city of Vancouver property: The Trust holds a long term lease of officers row and The west Vancouver barracks from The city of Vancouver where The Trust is responsible for The leasing, maintenance and preservation of The Historic structures. The Trust leases approximately 170,000 square feet of space to tenants with additional public spaces for education, interpretation and event rental venues. Public use buildings and event venues include The howard house, marshall house, grant house, red cross building and The artillary barracks building. These locations serve a variety of events throughout The year including weddings, business meetings, fundraisers, seminars and conferences for a variety of users who get to experience The history and The Historic site. Expenses listed above include operating expenses, master lease expenses, transfers out and capital fund expenses.
Aviation education programs:the Trust's aviation education programs involve hands on activities that are taught by professional educators and trained volunteers with extensive backgrounds in education and aviation. The programs include aviation summer camps, aviation education resource events, young eagles program, flight simulator lab instruction, open cockpit visits in a variety of aircraft and The education of The rich history of The pearson airfield, first airport in The northwest and one of The oldest operating airports in The country. The Trust operates The pearson field education center(pfec) and participates in partner programs with schools and organizations. Partners include airway science for kids, cascadia tech partners in careers, esd 112, clark college, eocf and multiple pilot organizations. Effective january 2023, management of this program and all related assets were transitioned to airway science for kids.
Celebrate freedom programs:the Trust coordinates and produces The celebrate freedom programs that include educational, interpretive and entertainment activities to engage The community on The Historic site and educate visitors on our rich history. These programs include The general george c. marshall public and youth leadership award programs, general george c. marshall lecture series. The general george c. marshall public and youth leadership award programs honored an adult and a senior high school student for their commitment to public service and demonstrated leadership potential.
Providence academy activities