
03/08/2023
By Dana Cohen
Preservation News: Sen. Cardin Introduces Tax Credit to Encourage Revitalization of Distressed Homes Nationwide
In 2021 Preservation Maryland celebrated our 90th anniversary and tackled some of our largest initiatives yet, working to preserve the state’s unique and irreplaceable heritage while concurrently creating a more just, equitable, and sustainable future. Through strategic programming we have used the best of our past to solve some of today’s biggest issues, including climate change, affordable housing, and workforce development. Read on for programming highlights – and some of our biggest victories – in 2021.
Partners from Conservation Legacy, The Campaign for Historic Trades and the National Parks Service at the Frederick Historic Preservation Training Center.
In 2021 The Campaign for Historic Trades, a bold workforce development initiative to broaden and expand training in the high–demand field of historic trades, accomplished:
Heritage Fund check presentation for Newcomer House at Antietam.
In 2021, The Heritage Fund, a joint program of Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust:
Landscape of Frederick County. Photo by Preservation Maryland, 2018.
In 2021, Smart Growth Maryland, a campaign of Preservation Maryland which advocates for a more environmentally and economically sustainable future that creates opportunities for all Marylanders through better development patterns, supported and helped accomplish:
417 N. Jonathan Street – AFTER (2021)
2021 was a prolific year for our Historic Property Redevelopment program, working on projects across the state and making direct investments in Maryland’s historic places through the restoration, rehabilitation, and revitalization of historic structures and the communities in which they reside. Here are our highlights:
HAGERSTOWN
417 N Jonathan Street
Robert W. Johnson Community Center
Asset Mapping
ANNAPOLIS
Burtis House
BRUNSWICK
Snoots House
ELLICOTT CITY
Old Ellicott City Jail
Of course this work is largely made possible by our generous donors. If you’d like to see us continue this important work across the state – and nationally via The Campaign for Historic Trades – please consider supporting our work! To learn more about our plans for 2022 visit our Annual Fund page.