From The Archives: 2016 Article Recognizing Monrovia's Preservation Efforts

​In 2015, the California State Office of Historic Preservation approached Ili Lobaco*, associate planner for the City of Monrovia at the time, to contribute an article in their newsletter about historic preservation in selected cities. Monrovia was among the nine cities featured. As part of her role in the city planning office, Ili Lobaco had been called upon to present at a few workshops with the state office, and it was was through her network of friends there that they became well aware of the success of local preservation efforts being made in Monrovia. This article was a result of that. Ili wrote it in October 2015, two months before she retired from the city. Read Ili's article here (excerpted from the full newsletter). 

The article, "Monrovia: Preserving Big in a Small City" was published in 2016 in ‘Preservation Matters,’ a newsletter of the California Office of Historic Preservation, Vol. 9, Issue 1. "It was an honor to be included with the other eight California cities, and it also gave Monrovia great visibility with their historic preservation program." Here's the link to the full document posted in the city's website. 

*Ili Lobaco retired from the City Planning Office of the City of Monrovia in 2015, after 15 years of service. Thereafter, she served on the board of the Monrovia Historical Museum from 2016 to 2021, and re-joined the board in May 2023 through the present.