Partners for Sacred Places

Our team is expanding! We're are currently looking for a full-time Technical Assistant Associate for our growing National Fund for Sacred Places team. Interested? Learn more about the position and how to apply by clicking the ?? below! https://lnkd.in/eS7bZQ8h

This past week, we were honored to present in one of the technical sessions for conserving materials and finishes at Historic Preservation Education Foundation - Preserving the Recent Past 4 Conference in Boston, MA (Boston Architectural College)! A special thank you to Kim Gant with GSA for collaborating with us on our presentation about our work on the exterior bronze cladding of the Federal Building in Juneau, Alaska. Our session featured incredible expertise, with presentations by RLA Conservation and Kate Allen, and session moderator @Richard Pieper with Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation We also had the opportunity to attend a joint event with Partners for Sacred Places and Docomomo US which included a tour of two historic Modernist churches: the First Church of Boston and the First Lutheran Church of Boston. Our Jennifer Correia is a board member with Sacred Places and was proud to be there to support them. Reconnecting with our ARG colleagues from LA and Portland (Architectural Resources Group) was a highlight. there’s no substitute for in-person collaboration! #PRP4 #preservingtherecentpast #conservation #historicpreservation #architecture

Inside of the United Parish in Brookline Massachusetts (a 2023 National Fund Grantee), volunteers gather every Friday and Saturday to run Thrifty Threads, a second-hand clothing, accessories, and homeware store? First established in 1993, Thrifty Threads has grown in both size and popularity. Click the ?? below to read how the thrift shop has connected the community to the historic church!

Check out our 2024 Faith & Form awardees ? The Faith & Form awards program was founded in 1978 with the goal of honoring the best in architecture, liturgical design, and art for religious spaces. The 2024 awards recognized excellence in the creation, re-use, and restoration of religious spaces, the design of religious landscapes, and the making of religious art. Learn more and see the full list of this years winners by clicking the ?? - https://lnkd.in/gfhVi54A

Partners for Sacred Places presents First Christian Church with a Faith & Form International Award for Religious Architecture / Restoration. “It is wonderful to see that this modern landmark church is receiving such thoughtful care. It is a feature in the historic modernist town of Columbus.” – Jury comment. The iconic First Christian Church, designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen and designated a National Historic Landmark, introduced modernist architecture to the city, shaping its architectural legacy. Learn more about the award-winning project: https://lnkd.in/gfhVi54A ? #DesignforImpact?

I’m excited to share that Squaremoon Studio has received a design award from The Faith and Form awards by Partners for Sacred Places. This will be presented at the AIA National Convention in Boston in June. We’re honored to be among a prestigious group of award recipients. Here is more information: https://lnkd.in/gV7SVv5z And here is a full press release: https://lnkd.in/gs8FRp4P

Take a peek into our asset-mapping event we hosted with Trinitarian Congregational Church in North Andover, MA, earlier this week?? This is the first step in a longer process to help prioritize how Trinitarian can use their buildings and land to better serve the larger Merrimack Valley community!

Last week some of our team members traveled down to Kansas City to attend the 40th annual Episcopal Parish Network Conference? During the 3-day event, Partners hosted two talks and shared our work with attendees. We are excited to take what we learned from this event to help better serve the congregations we collaborate with! #EpiscopalParishNetwork

Congratulations to Called To Serve CDC and Rev. Majors for this monumental milestone! We are excited for you and Mosaic Development Partners JV as you bring this transformative project to North Philadelphia. This project was a marquee example of the importance of our work in helping projects take root and a testament to community design process as a catalyst. We celebrate with you! We are also thankful to Partners for Sacred Places for their collaboration on Sacred Places/Civic Spaces- our initiative that supported three local faith congregations around visions for their spaces. The investment that made this possible from William Penn Foundation & National Endowment for the Arts combining monumental funds for public spaces, art and design. This work was made possible by our incredible team of former staff and consultants who dedicate their careers to equitable community development, the amazing volunteers who donated 1,369 of professional time to set this vision into motion, and the incredible neighbors in the Nicetown/Tioga community who trusted us with their ideas and hopes! We are cheering you all the way to the ribbon cutting!! https://lnkd.in/eCySJkt7

What if there was a single statutory change that would enable religious institutions to generate a revenue stream to maintain their historic buildings, while providing much-needed housing for people who need it? New York State has a proposal to do just that - and preservationists should get behind it! In my role leading the federal historic preservation agency, I heard from many, many faith leaders about their challenges maintaining their historic religious buildings - including at events hosted by Partners for Sacred Places and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and in public comments that shaped my report on the Secretary's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (https://lnkd.in/dsfyRrw9). The proposed NY Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act would remove certain zoning barriers to housing creation, enabling congregations to put unused spaces to productive use and to generate extra income that they can use for preservation. This is a straightforward, necessary reform to empower faith institutions to sustain themselves while addressing a critical housing shortage. There are a number of groups working to support this bill: Bricks and Mortals NY, Trinity Church NYC, Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing, New York State Council of Churches, Open New York, The Episcopal Diocese of New York, CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS, United Way, Regional Plan Association, and Ithaca's own Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties and Interfaith Affordable Housing Collaborative to name a few. More info on here: https://lnkd.in/emhN8rBX Read more in?City Limits: https://lnkd.in/ej2FJ8HP