SUMMIT II issues

Historic Preservation Summit (May 14, 2009)

Issues of Mutual Interest

 EDUCATION

  • Increase/improve efforts to help property owners protect their buildings & associated landscapes through programs such as rehabilitation tax credits and conservation easements
  • Expand technical assistance to preserve other historic features (gardens, cemeteries, old roadways)
  • Educate non-preservation government staff on preservation topics
  • Publish the planned book on Orange County architectural resources (countywide survey publication)
  • Relate historic preservation to an event or theme
  • Promote the importance of trees in historic districts

 ENGAGING THE PUBLIC

  • Put the Orange County Survey on the public GIS system; also any municipal surveys
  • Notify property owners about the values of their historic resource (County/municipal inventories)
  • Highlight local African American cultural heritage
  • Locate and study traditionally African American farms and neighborhoods
  • Use events like Last Fridays to share information
  • Solicit photos from the community; scan to create on-line archival collection
  • Expand annual photo contest (May / National Preservation month)
  • Get churches involved to share their history
  • Make historic preservation more inclusive (include rural communities)
  • Promote the green aspects of historic preservation
  • Create a countywide award for good preservation projects (not just houses)

COORDINATING & SHARING INFORMATION AMONG ORGANIZATIONS

  • Develop centralized website for countywide preservation topics (with links to individual orgs.)
  • Exchange design guidelines among jurisdictions
  • Create an Orange County preservation listserv
  • Use the existing preservation listserves, such as the one for preservation staff through the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
  • Use signs and plaques to recognize historic buildings/properties (e.g., Carrboro program)
  • Pursue more training opportunities for the Historic Preservation/District Commissions that have training requirements as part of their Certified Local Government (CLG) certification

COMBINING FORCES

  • Pursue standalone Heritage Center
  • Do more to promote National Preservation Month (May)
  • Promote new requirement for Phase I Cultural & Archaeological survey as part of development process
  • Share resources (e.g., volunteers)
  • Adopt a Local Landmark Program for extra-territorial jurisdictions (ETJs) of Hillsborough and Chapel Hill
  • Coordinate preservation advocacy (countywide)
  • Develop grassroots monitoring system for preservation concerns countywide
  • Non-profits help with education and advocacy, since the Historic District Commissions and Historic Preservation Commission busy with certificate of appropriateness (COA) duties

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