Preservation Action is excited to host the Historic Preservation Month Congressional Briefing on May 11th at 12pm. The briefing will be held in 2045 Rayburn House Office Building.
Every year, coinciding with National Historic Preservation Month in May, Preservation Action hosts the Preservation Month Congressional Briefing. We work in cooperation with the Historic Preservation Congressional Caucus and leading national historic preservation organizations to help educate congressional staff on federal preservation program and key legislative issues impacting historic preservation.
This year will be joined by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Trust Community Investment Corporation, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and PlaceEconomics.
Help us spread the word! If you have a personal contact in your Representative or Senators’ office, contact that person directly, share our briefing flyer, and ask them to attend the Preservation Month Congressional Briefing on May 11th. If you need any help finding staff contacts, feel free to reach out to Rob Naylor at Preservation Action (rnaylor@preservationaction.org). We’ve also put together sample invite below:
“We appreciate your office’s past support of historic preservation and we wanted to invite you to attend an upcoming staff briefing.
This year marks the 250th anniversary of America and the 50th anniversaries of the Historic Tax Credit and Historic Preservation Fund. As we commemorate these important milestones, we invite you to attend the Historic Preservation Month Congressional Briefing on Tuesday, May 11th at 12pm in 2045 Rayburn House Office Building, hosted by Preservation Action, in cooperation with the Historic Preservation Caucus. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.The briefing will feature a panel of experts about the important role historic preservation plays in creating affordable housing, stimulating economic development, facilitating efficiency while continuing to balance history with progress, and offer resources for the Congressman/Senator to visit a historic preservation project while in-district/state. Please see the attached flyer for more information. You can RSVP athttps://bit.ly/maybriefing2026.”
Thank you to our event sponsor!
Thank you to our annual sponsors!
