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Rethinking Our Historic Places as
Community and Economic Assets
Bill Callahan, Western RegionBryan Van Sweden, Central Region
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www.phmc.state.pa.us
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Bureau for Historic Preservation
National Historic Preservation Act
� State Historic Preservation Office� National Register of Historic Places� Review federal projects to evaluate
their effect on cultural resources (Section 106)
� Certified Local Government Program� Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit
Program
Pennsylvania History Code
� PHMC Grant Programs� Historical Marker Program� Technical assistance for
communities� Local Historic District
Ordinances
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Bureau for Historic Preservation
� Community Preservation� Project Review: archaeological sites� Project Review: historic buildings and structures� National Register and Survey
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Section 106 Review ProcessFederal agencies and/or their local project managers are expected to take the following steps and to contact local municipalities for their input as “consulting parties:”� Establish “Area of Potential Effect”� Identify cultural resources
� National Register criteria
� Assess effects� No effect
� Effect, but not “adverse”
� Adverse effect
� Resolve adverse effects� Avoid, minimize, or mitigate
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National Register of Historic Places� The Nation’s official list of cultural
resources worthy of preservation� Buildings� Districts� Sites� Structures� Objects
� Determining eligibility for listing� Is it more than 50 years old?� Is it historically or architecturally significant? � Does it retain integrity?
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The National Register DOES NOT:
� Restrict a private property owner's ability to alter, manage or transfer a property
� Require properties to be maintained, repaired or restored
� Require public access to private property� Enable federal government to impose
restrictions on the property or to acquire it
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Cultural Resources Geographic Information System
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CRGIS
“Ask Regis” Database Search
Map Search
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Certified Local Government Program
� Offers technical assistance and federal funding directly to local governments to establish and manage local preservation ordinances
� Administered jointly by the National Park Service (NPS) and the PHMC
� NPS formally certifies local governments and their preservation programs
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Certified Local Government Program PA Boroughs in the CLG Program
� Ambridge� Bath� Bellefonte� Bloomsburg� Bristol� Carlisle� Chalfont� Gettysburg� Hollidaysburg� Kennett Square
� Mercersburg� Newtown� Norristown� North Wales� Phoenixville� Pottstown� Ridley Park� Strasburg� West Chester
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Historic Preservation--Why bother? Community Development cultural preservation
� Reconnect citizens to their past
� Revive community spirit and encourage local participation
Economic Development� Maintain authenticity
� Restore tax base
� Create jobs
� Stimulate private investment
� Promote smart growth
Federal and state regulations� Section 106 consultation� State History Code
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationTourism and Preservation - Pt. 1
Tourism-the second biggest industry in PA
Source: Heritage Tourism in Pennsylvania, June 1999
Most Popular Tourism Sites
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationTourism and Preservation - Pt. II
PASHPO statewide community values survey results
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationTourism and Preservation - Pt. II
Pennsylvania’s New Towns A growing number of communities are becoming designated trail towns or river towns. By connecting trails to towns, users can visit business services and easily return to the trail to continue their journey. There is great opportunity to learn from recent efforts to connect Pennsylvania’s business community and the natural environment through outdoor recreation. There is potential to improve the business climate by linking communities to trails, rivers, parks, extensive public land tracts, historic canals and historic districts across the state.
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationResidential Neighborhoods
Property owners –
� Enjoy greater price appreciation and subsequent sale prices� Receive “investment protection” � May be eligible for financial incentives
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationResidential Neighborhoods
“Historic designation is associated with average property value increases ranging between approximately 5 per cent and 20 per cent of the total property value.”
Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values: An Analysis of Texas Cities, Leichenko, Coulson and Listokin, Urban Studies, 2001.
Patton HistoricDistrict
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationResidential Neighborhoods
� “…prices in the Mexican War Streets Historic District appreciated an annual rate 4% higher than the average in surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods…in the year following the District’s expansion in 2008, house prices increased by 15%
� The 2006 expansion of the West Chester Historic District has resulted an average $36,000 premium over houses in West Chester.
� Prices in the Powelton Village Historic District increased by 63% immediately following historic designation, and continued to increase by 3 percentage points more per year than the citywide average in the years following historic designation.
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationCommercialBusiness owners –
� Experience increased customer traffic and subsequent sales � Have a greater chance of achieving “small business” success
“… property values in the local historic commercial di strict grew about 385% over 30 years, those in the non-designated comparis on area grew just 72%.” Michigan Historic Preservation Network Special Report, November, 2006; 2004-05 study of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Oil City Titusville
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationCommercial
The Main Street Program incorporates four principles into downtown revitalization:
“… I cannot identify a single example of sustained success in downtown revitalization where historic preservation wasn’t a key component…(but) examples of expensive failures in downtown revitalization have nearly all (demolished) historic buildings…Downtown revitalization through historic preservation is the best example in this country of sustainable economic development.”
Donovan Rypkema, Principle, Place Economics—Keynote address 2010 Pennsylvania Downtown Center Annual Conference, Lancaster PA
OrganizationDesignPromotionEconomic restructuring
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationMarketing to Changing Demographics
Retiring “baby boomers”
“Creative Class”
Millennial Generation
� Authentic character� Access to recreation� Technology� Transportation� “Sustainable” development
Amber Waves September 2009> Features > Article
Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural AmericaBaby boomers, poised to retire, are expected to increase rural and small-town populations, bringing both additional benefits and costs.
John CromartiePeter Nelson, Middlebury College
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Economic Benefits Of Historic PreservationMarketing to Environmental Concerns
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Practicing What We Preach� Preservation is a proven
community and economic development strategy
� So where do communities start?� Planning to preserve� Historic preservation regulations� PHMC’s Keystone Historic
Preservation Grant Program� Incentives for private investment
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Pennsylvania Statewide Historic Preservation Plan
GOAL 1
INCREASE PRESERVATION PLANNING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL by helping communities to recognize, prioritize, and capitalize on the benefits of preservation.
� Identify : Identify and document locally important resources and issues.
� Plan : Encourage planning practices that protect and enhance local community character.
� Program : Better enable municipal governments to implement effective historic preservation programs.
� Educate : Publicize the benefits and responsibilities of preservation.
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Planning to PreserveIdentifying Assets
� Get a handle on what’s out there� Research locally significant themes
� Develop local criteria for identification
� Historic Building Survey
Pennsylvania is chock full of historic assets; historic properties. But it’s also full of just lots of old “stuff.”
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Property & business owners & residentsElected officialsMunicipal staffLocal press/mediaLocal organizations
Old school becomes recreation buildingBy Kelly McKinneyThe former Level Green Elementary School on Route 130 in Penn Township has served many purposes over the years."It's amazing how many people say to me, 'I went to kindergarten here,'
Planning to PreserveEngaging the Public
Get their feedback:� What’s important to them?� What are the challenges? � What are the community’s goals?
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Develop a work plan that articulates goals, objectives and implementation strategies
Planning to Preserve
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Municipal Resolutions
Planning to PreserveTaking Action
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Planning to PreserveLocal Designation and Regulation
� Historic District Act� Provides municipalities with the
authority to establish historic districts overseen by a local Board of Historical Architectural Review (HARB)
� Municipalities Planning Code � Allows communities to establish
ordinances that protect historic properties through the zoning permit process
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Municipalities Planning Code
� Overlay zoning� Regulate districts and individual properties� Landscape features� Demolition � New construction design� Building rehabilitation and alteration
� Traditional Neighborhood Development� Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance (SALDO)
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Keystone Grant Program
Preservation Project Grants
� Planning and Development
� Local historic preservation plans
� Historic district market analyses
� Feasibility studies
� Architectural plans and specifications
� Historic district design guidelines
� Cultural Resource Surveys
� National Register Nominations
� Archaeology
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Design GuidelinesPromoting economic development through good design
Design guidelines do not need to be complicated…
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Design GuidelinesPromoting economic development through good design
…and they will not stifle new development.
Phoenixville
Bellefonte
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Keystone Grant Program
Construction Grants
� Rehabilitating or restoring historic buildings that are open to the public:� Courthouses & Municipal Buildings
� Schools and community facilities
� Historic sites and museums
� Churches and cemeteries
� Theaters
Franklin Co CourthouseChambersburg
Jefferson CountyHistory Center
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Incentives for Private InvestmentFederal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credits� Available to private property owners� 20% credit based on the cost of the rehabilitation� Property must be listed in the National Register � Property must be rehabilitated for an income
producing use:� Shops� Restaurants� Offices� Apartments� B-and-B inns
Meade School Gettysburg
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Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program
� Information available on DCED websitewww.newpa.com/hptc
� Applications open December 5, 2014
� Provides 25% state tax credit for rehabilitating an income-producing property
� $3 Million in Credits Available
� Credits Limited to $500,000 per taxpayer� Application process same as the one used for
RITC projects, reviewed by PHMC/PA SHPO
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Partnerships and Mixed Uses
Eagles Mere General Store and Museum
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Wilbur Hotel, Sayre
Partnerships and Mixed Uses
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Community character counts
“Historic districts are a positive influence on property values. Homebuyers are willing to pay for the assurance that the neighborhood surrounding their houses will remain unchanged over time.”
-- Deborah Ann Ford, in the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
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� Thank you� Thank you� Thank you
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