President of the Preservation Society of Fall River’s Board of Directors Jim Soule has joined the City of Fall River’s Bedford Streetscape Oversight Committee.

Soule recently attended one of the first committee meetings to advocate for historically-sensitive designs to be incorporated into the Bedford Streetscape project as a way to help highlight the city’s Downtown Historic District.

During the City’s Purchase Streetscape project, the Preservation Society submitted suggestions to the City asking for the use of historically sensitive streetlights and building materials for things like curbing in streetscape projects.