The Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners, established by former National Trust President Richard Moe and his family, supports members of the National Preservation Partners Network (NPPN). The 2021 and 2022 funding cycles of this program focused on the key issues outlined by the ...
In Grace Young’s plenary session at PastForward Online 2022 , she stated, "My work as a cookbook author has always been about preserving recipes, but as the pandemic unfolded, I shifted my focus to saving Chinatowns. I realized that I was, of course, trying to save one of the great centers for...
This webinar Took Place April 12, 2022, and was a brought to you by the Preservation Priorities Task Force, a collaboration between the National Preservation Partners Network and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Decisions about whether to reuse, retrofit, or replace older...
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With contributions by Lindsey Wallace, Di Gao, and Priya Chhaya Lying at the intersection of climate change and racial equity, climate equity addresses issues related to health, affordability, accessibility, cultural preservation, community capacity, and accountability. Climate equity asks...
“The urgency of reducing embodied carbon emissions inverts common perceptions about older buildings and climate change. Rather than outdated structures that we hope to replace, older buildings should be valued as climate assets that we cannot afford to waste.” From “Avoiding Carbon:...
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In 2020, as the covid epidemic raged, black lives continued to be lost to police brutality, and systemic racism and entrenched white supremacy became impossible to ignore, many historic preservation organizations across the country carved out the time, resources, and discomfort to put matters of...
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition report T he Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes (March 2021) , “only 37 affordable and available rental homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income renter households." In the summer of 2021, as the affordable housing intern at the...
Six organizations are receiving grants from the Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners to support innovative projects that address key challenges facing the historic preservation movement. Established by former National Trust President Richard Moe and his family, the Moe Family Fund...
By David Preziosi, FAICP Preservation Dallas is the recipient of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2020 Trustee’s Award for Organizational Excellence . From its early days, newer, better, bigger has been the attitude in Dallas, Texas. As a result, a constant tearing down...
Last October, more than 500 preservationists participated in the PastForward Online 2020 Town Hall on climate change. This virtual gathering generated a range of opinions, ideas, and suggestions for how the preservation movement can more effectively engage in climate change advocacy and action. ...