History
Dale H. Rahn founded the OTPA in 1986, as an organization to "preserve, protect, and enhance Old Towne." In 1988, the Association helped push forward city design standards for Old Towne, which were adopted in 1995. The OTPA also consider as one of their accomplishments the adoption of Old Towne Orange as a National Registry historic district in 1997.
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