Historic Preservation

• Government Regulations• Guest speaker:

Mark Hartney

• Non-Profit Information• Interview with

Tom Atiyeh, Chief Development Officer for Restore Oregon

• Q&A Session

Agenda

Mark Hartney

• Senior Planner• City of Allentown, PA

• 14 years of experience in professional planning, public involvement, and project management

Preservation – Govt Administration• Federal• National Park Service Technical Preservation

services• http://www.nps.gov/tps/

• State• Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation

Office• http://phmc.info/historicpreservation

• Local• Allentown Historic Architectural Review

Board • www.allentownpa.gov/HARB

Preservation – Local Design Guidelines• http://www.allentownpa.gov/Portals/0/

files/Planning_Zoning/HISTORIC%20PRESERVATION/HARB-Desing-Guidelines-2012-web.pdf

Non-Profits• Assist in providing funding to rehabilitate

run down buildings• Educating the public on the importance

and need for preservation in their community• Educational events• Fun, community events at historical sites

• Ex. Tour of homes

• Encouraging the professional development of historical preservation related careers

Non-Profits: National• National Trust for Historic Preservation• Acquisition and administration of historic

sites• Lobbying for preservation funding and

regulations• Public advocacy and education• Relies on private contributions• 300 employees, 750,000 members

Non-Profits: State• Restore Oregon

and Preservation PA• Pool funding from

local non-profits for larger missions such as lobbying for tax credits• Larger marketing

campaigns for historic site awareness• Conferences for

statewide advocacy

Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay – given seed money by Restore Oregon to start funding campaign

Photo credit: http://egyptiantheatreoregon.com/

Non-Profits: Local• Main Street and District

Organizations• Focus efforts on revitalizing

a specific section of town• Concentrated educational

efforts and events• Old Allentown Preservation

Association (www.oldallentown.org/)

• Mexican War Street Society (www.mexicanwarstreets.org)

• Best place to start when networking

Photo credit: www.oldallentown.org/

How to start?• Chart out what

your state and city run preservation offices are• Read the local

design guideline books

• Understand grants and tax credits available• Ask what lobbying

they are doing for the future

How to start?• Find out the historical

non-profits in your area• Become sponsors to

support their preservation efforts• Find out about preservation

listings/directories• Ask about educational

events you can assist on• Inquire about other

marketing opportunities• Ex. Specific site fund raising,

home tours