Over the past three years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has played a leading role in the effort to broaden the use of real estate programs to save historic assets through the Historic Properties Redevelopment Program (HPRP) , with gen erous support provided by the 1772...
Fund established by a public or nonprofit organization to purchase land or buildings or make grants or loans to facilitate the preservation of historic resources. Source: Miller, Julia H. A Layperson’s Guide to Historic Preservation Law: A Survey of Federal, State, and Local Laws Governing...
TrustLive, four marquee presentations that were also available to the virtual attendee live streaming, launched this year at PastForward, Nov. 11-14, Savannah, Ga. These presentations brought together new voices and new ideas to focus on the intersections between historic preservation and larger...
Partnerships are as varied as the challenges and opportunities they seek to address, and preservation-focused partnerships are no different. Because the revitalization of the built environment touches nearly every facet of modern life—political, economic, social, and environmental—the...
The Revolving Fund Impact Report by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and its historic preservation department is the result of a year-long study of 20 of the nation’s revolving funds. Here, SCAD graduate students studying historic preservation analyzed the scope and...
Revolving Fund Impact Report.pdf
A preservation revolving fund is a pool of capital created and reserved to control and protect historic properties for rehabilitation, with the restriction that the monies are returned to the fund to be reused for similar preservation activities. Many of the first preservation revolving funds...
revolvingfundbook.pdf
More than 60 such revolving funds exist throughout the US. Besides being a valuable tool for saving historic buildings, a revolving fund can influence the future of an entire neighborhood by bringing cash or rehabilitation expertise to a project.
Real estate development isn’t rocket science--but there is a science to it. And many would say that it is the foundation of all preservation efforts. This issue of Forum, Get Real About Real Estate brings you current practices in the development of historic properties. Real estate developers-...
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Real estate defines a finite resource—land—that supports an infinite of set of activities and responsibilities, but it also describes where we live. Real estate tools can be valuable asset for historic preservation.
By any measure 1996 was a banner year for Preservation North Carolina (PNC). Membership in the statewide, nonprofit preservation organization took its biggest jump in at least 20 years. Thanks in part to a series of "Preservation Celebrations" -- open houses, parties, and tours of historic...