Preservation Maryland hosted a Year-in-Review live video event for the organizations’ members and supports on Facebook in early-December 2020. Watch this recording of a conversation among Preservation Maryland’s Executive Director and key staff members about the highs and lows of the year – and major projects on the horizon in the New Year.
TOP THREES of 2020
Top Preservation Maryland Success Stories
- Reactivating our Revolving Fund with 417 N. Jonathan Street in Hagerstown
- Leading a massive public history project that resulted in the Maryland LGBTQ Historic Context Study
- Legislation that results in no-net-loss of trees and forested land in Frederick County
Major Preservation Losses
- On-going impact of COVID-19 on Main Street small businesses and restaurants, small museums and historic sites
- Demolition of the historic Baltimore Jail to be replaced with a new correctional facility
- Loss of Maryland’s Mid-Century Modern architecture, illustrated by the demo of the WSSC building in Prince George’s County
Major Preservation Maryland Projects on the Horizon
- Our Campaign for Historic Trades program has made a major pivot due to COVID-19 and will bring on a new staff member in early 2021 to steward the next phase of this program
- Preservation Maryland received a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to laser scan a collection of historic structures related to the Underground Railroad
- Maryland’s General Assembly will convene their historic 442nd Session virtually on January 13, 2021 – and we’ll be there, as we have been, as the voice for preservation
TOP THREE REASONS TO GIVE TO PRESERVATION MARYLAND
- Preservation Maryland is a trustworthy non-profit that has an 89-year track record of success
- Preservation Maryland does what we say we will – every year we make promises to our donors and we deliver on them
- Preservation Maryland is ambitious, innovative, and tackling projects big-and-small, at the local, regional, and national levels