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Historic Plaza and Square Renovation Paris, Texas I. Key Personnel and Qualifications ARCHITEXAS Principal in Charge/Project Coordinator Craig Melde is a founding principalin the firm. Before the creation of ARCH1TEXAS, he was an urban planner for the City of Dallas and played a significant role in the Historic Preservation Program. Since the founding of ARCHITEXAS, he has over 23 years of experience as principal in charge and project manager for many of the firm's historic preservation and preservation planning projects. He has directed many of the firm's most significant projects including the Hill County Courthouse Restoration and is principal-in-charge and designer for the Ellis County Courthouse, Hotel Gibraltar Rehabilitation and the Lamar County Courthouse Restoration. Craig was the principal in charge and project planner for the Architectural and Historic Resource Survey of Paris, Texas. He is a registered architect in the State of Texas and has served on many boards and commissions including the Dallas Landmark Commission and the Fair Park Design Review Task Force. -i Project Manager/Project Architect Nancy McCoy is an Associate in the firm. She joined ARCHITEXAS in Septemher of 1997 and directs preservation projects for the firm. Ms. McCoy's experience in historic preservation includes eleven years in New York City, seven of which were in the employ of Ehrenkrantz & Eckstut Architects where she directed restoration and adaptive use projects including the restoration of the U.S. Custom House and the installation of the Museum of the American Indian, the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC and Union Station in Kansas City. Ms. McCoy assisted in the preparation of the master plan for the Fair Park Esplanade and has recently completed the master plan for the downtown revitalization plan for Grand Prairie, both with MESA Design. Ms. McCoy received her Bachelor of Environmental Design front Texas A&M University, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in historic preservation from Columbia University. Ms. McCoy is a registered architect in the state of New York. -i -i 1 Project Preservation Specialist/THC Liaison Jay Firsching came to ARCHITEXAS in 1999, having worked as a courthouse specialist for the Texas Historical Commission (THC) since 1996. There he was a team leader for the Texas Courthouse Alliance Project (TCA), documenting some of the state's most important and endangered county buildings. Mr. Firsching assisted the THC and Governor Bush in the creation of the Texas Courthouse Preservation Project, working with a Governor appointed task force to establish the scope of the 50-million dollar grant program. He worked to develop the THC rules and requirements for the project's implementation and provided public information and education on courthouse related issues. He coordinated the firm's courthouse master planning projects including Denton, Hardeman, Throckmorton, Lamar and Hood County Courthouses. ARCHITEXAS Team