Preservation organizations that accept and hold preservation easements assume the long-term responsibility to manage the easement, often in perpetuity. Easement administration typically includes routine monitoring, staff time to respond to owner requests, and legal costs for questions about...
On March 13 Preservation Leadership Forum hosted the most recent Forum Webinar , which focused on easement monitoring as a critical component of a preservation organization’s easement program. Regular monitoring not only ensures compliance with the property’s easement but it can also be a...
Monitoring is a critical component of a preservation organization’s easement program. While regular monitoring is important to establish a property’s compliance with its easement, it can also be a valuable tool to improve relationships between an easement property owner and the easement-holding...
By Raina Regan and Ross Bradford The Land Trust Standards and Practices are the “ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust.” First developed by the Land Trust Alliance in 1989 and revised in subsequent decades, the Standards continue to evolve in...
An introduction to using Land Trust Standards and Practices as a benchmark for historic preservation organizations. This publication was prepared by the legal staff of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, with contributions by Julia H. Miller, Thompson M. Mayes, Paul W. Edmondson, and...
NTHP Easements Best Practices LTA Standards and Practices 2008.pdf
On Thursday, February 1, as part of the Forum Webinar Series , Preservation Leadership Forum hosted “Building Easement Stewardship.” The webinar highlighted the importance of responsible easement stewardship as an obligation of easement-holding organizations. Developing consistency in...
This is the slide deck for the webinar "Building Easement Stewardship" which aired on February 2, 2018. #Legal #easements
Slide Deck_Building Easement Stewardship.pdf
Are you looking to become more proactive and thoughtful in your preservation easement stewardship? How do you develop procedures and capacity to operate your easement program efficiently? This webinar panel discusses elements of an effective and sustainable easement program. Perspectives from...