Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

The ACHP is inviting public comment on its revised Proposed Program Comment on Certain Housing, Building, and Transportation Activities. The goal of the Program Comment is to accelerate federal historic preservation reviews of projects to rehabilitate existing housing or create new housing in existing buildings, to maintain and update buildings and their immediate environs, and to rehabilitate or create new transportation infrastructure. Read the revised draft and learn more: https://lnkd.in/e98_f6MU Questions and written comments can be submitted to [email protected]. Written comments are requested by Sunday, December 15, 2024.

National Park Service Technical Preservation Services is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters Construction Engineering Research Laboratory to test the flood resiliency of traditional building materials. Data on how inundation, drying, and cleaning a variety of historic materials can now be compared to data for modern construction materials found in FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency Bulletin 2-08, Flood Resistant Materials Requirements for Buildings Located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information go to Testing Traditional Materials for Flood Resilience https://lnkd.in/eHgVXTYf Photo: Preservation Maryland #traditionalbuildingmaterials #floodresistantmaterials #historicbuildings #flooding #floodresilience #postfloodrepairs #historicpreservation #achp

Today, the ACHP is hosting Aleena Abraham, a graduate student from Suffolk University in Boston, MA and she will be taking over our Instagram, showing us around her favorite historic sites in Boston. Aleena is majoring in Communication with Public Relations & Advertising concentration?and only moved to the US from Abu Dhabi, UAE at the beginning of this year.?Join her throughout the day today at: www.instagram.com/usachp? #interntakeover #instagramtakeover #historicpreservation #achp

Check out the new episode of the ACHP podcast, Preservation Perspectives, featuring host, Expert Member Monica Rhodes’ conversation with our new director of the Office of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples, Ashley Fry, recorded last week at the ACHP offices in Washington, D.C. Learn about Ashley’s impressive background and her goals as Director. They also discuss the work OTIP is doing. View the episode on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/ehkcbB5Z Monica Rhodes Amelia Marchand National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers National Trust for Historic Preservation National Alliance of Preservation Commissions World Heritage USA

Internship Opportunities The Historic Homes of National Capital Parks-East (Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, and Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Sites) are currently recruiting for three positions for the Historical Interpretation Internship via Conservation Legacy.?Interns would work with NPS staff to study and research key figures: Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson in order to be well-versed on each historical figure for interpretation and programming, provide house tours, walking tours, and grounds tours, support visitor centers, work on social media, and support the implementation and?facilitation of special events. For more information and how to apply, go to: https://lnkd.in/ehASNMqN #internship #historicpreservation #preservationjobs #achp

Researchers, regulators, and community members working together to chart a future for climate heritage policy? Count me in. Notre Dame, the Texas Historical Foundation City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation and The Conservation Society of San Antonio used the Duda Forum to shed light on the intersection of historic preservation and sustainability - and the pressing need for all preservationists and preservation-adjacent professionals to take bolder action on these issues. I talked about the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's recent policy statement on climate change and historic preservation (https://lnkd.in/e92DgHfk) and my report on the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (https://lnkd.in/dsfyRrw9). Check the links for more!

The ACHP and the National Trust for Historic Preservation annually honor outstanding partnerships between federal agencies and at least one non-federal entity that have advanced the preservation of important historic resources and have had an impact on their communities. Applications are now being accepted for the joint National Trust/Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation. The deadline is January 10, 2025. For details and instructions on how to submit an application, visit: https://lnkd.in/gdVc66tj

While in New Orleans last month for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s PastForward conference, ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin had the opportunity to speak twice about the links between historic preservation and climate change. On October 28, Chair Bronin gave the Laura and Sonny Shields Preservation Lecture at Tulane University entitled, “Changing Federal Preservation Approaches to Improve Community Resilience.”?The next day, on October 29, she addressed those gathered at the The 1772 Foundation, Inc.’s Climate Change Summit, and also joined a panel with NT Green Fund's Patrice Frey, the National Trust's Jim Lindberg, ACHP Experts Advisory Committee Member Andrew Potts, and Landmarks Illinois' Bonnie McDonald. During her appearances, she spoke about the ACHP’s role in leading federal efforts to take historic properties into account in federal decision-making and policy related to community resiliency. Chair Bronin pointed to the ACHP’s Policy Statement on Climate Change and Historic Preservation, which calls for a whole-of-government approach to ensure our historic places are better protected from the impacts of climate change.?Read the policy here: https://lnkd.in/eKKWE8zD Chair Bronin also attended and spoke to a gathering of the National Preservation Partners Network about the ACHP's recent work.??

There is still time to apply for a spring semester internship with the ACHP! The deadline is November 25. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eddn7e_2 #internship #preservation #internshipsavailable #intern #achp #historicpreservation Latinos in Heritage Conservation APIAHiP: Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

Join ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin in Washington D.C. at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, December 12 for a third Housing and Historic Preservation Roundtable, focused on how the Washington, D.C. region can implement policies to identify solutions to their housing needs using historic buildings. This event, which will take place at 777 North Capital St. NE, is generously co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the ACHP Foundation and will feature leaders in housing, planning, and historic preservation. For more details and registration information, go to: https://lnkd.in/edNi8d-T Greater Greater Washington DC Preservation League City of Alexandria, Virginia U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development National Trust for Historic Preservation National Alliance of Preservation Commissions