Preservation Action, in partnership with the Historic Preservation Congressional Caucus, was excited to host the Preservation Month Congressional Briefing. If you missed the briefing or wanted to revisit anything, materials and a recording are available below. Scroll down for more.
As we celebrate May as National Historic Preservation Month, we invited congressional staff to hear from a panel of leading national historic preservation policy experts and learn more about federal historic preservation programs and policies.
Staff from nearly 30 congressional offices learned more about funding challenges facing State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, the great work being done by competitive grant programs funded through the Historic Preservation Fund, efforts to improve and enhance the Historic Tax Credit (HTC) through the Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (H.R. 1785, S. 639), the need to reauthorize the Historic Preservation Fund with the Historic Preservation Fund Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3350), which is set to expire in September, an overview of some of the economic benefits of historic preservation, and learning more about visiting a historic site or HTC project while in district.
A big thank you to our panelists at the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Trust Community Investment Corporation, and PlaceEconomics, for lending their time and expertise. We’d also like to thank the co-chairs of the Historic Preservation Caucus, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and their staff for helping to put this important briefing together.
Last, but certainly not least, we’d like to give a special thank you to our event sponsor, Heritage Consulting Group and all of our annual sponsors for helping to make the briefing possible!
Additional Materials
If you are interested in learning more, a recording of the briefing with slides and handout materials are available below.