The Blair Historic Preservation Alliance began when a group of local citizens attended a March 2001 city council meeting, where the plan to address brick streets in Blair was first presented to the council as part of the "one and six year plan".  The group started meeting privately and evolved into the Blair Historic Preservation Alliance, as the need for a citizen action group to identify and safeguard Blair's historic assets became apparent. 

PREAMBLE
The history of any city is an important window onto the lives, values, and priorities of the people who live there. Who we are as a community is shaped, in large part, by our successes and failures, our responses to challenges and opportunities, and the extent to which we remember the past, embrace the present, and stay focused on what is yet to come.

VISION
Blair will be a better place tomorrow than it is today, providing a quality community in which to live, work, learn and play. Historic places will be widely valued as irreplaceable resources that contribute to our heritage, our economy, our neighborhoods, and our sense of who we are. Civic leaders will plan for growth and change that respects and includes our historic places. Communities will possess the knowledge, the legal and financial tools, and the authority to decide how preservation and new development will relate to one another.  Community members will possess a greater understanding and appreciation of our shared heritage in all its variations. People and organizations throughout Blair will work in partnership to preserve and use historic places. Our community's economy and environment will be better because of the preservation of historic resources.