Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

The ACHP met for its summer business meeting this morning in the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. There were votes to advise Congress on legislation and discussion on several program alternatives in various stages of development. Chair Sara C. Bronin introduced the newest ACHP members, Tribal Member Amelia Marchand, Expert Member Erica Avrami, and General Public Member Jane Woodfin. Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin and Governor Member Delaware John Carney also attended.

The ACHP is meeting this morning for its Summer Business Meeting. You can view it live on the ACHP Facebook page at 9 a.m. ET. www.facebook.com/usachp

There’s a new national park in Texas. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today formally established Blackwell School National Historic Site, the seventh national park unit designated under President Biden. Recent additions include the designation of Amache National Historic Site in Colorado, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi, and Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park in Kansas. Read about it here: https://lnkd.in/dYkzW3JU #historicpreservation #historicsite #nationalparkservice #achp

Join ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin at 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 23 at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for a discussion of federal preservation law and policy, including new ACHP initiatives on housing and climate change, and specific government actions involving Chicago's historic resources. The meeting is open to the public and will take place in Lincoln Hall, Room LM104, 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gmsBN2aq Preservation Chicago Landmarks Illinois

The public is invited to the ACHP Summer Business Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 18. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. The meeting also will be livestreamed. For details: https://lnkd.in/ePyGg8WD #historicpreservation #businessmeeting #achp National Alliance of Preservation Commissions National Trust for Historic Preservation National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers Permitting Council

If you’re going to be in or near Chicago on Tuesday, July 23, join ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin at 5 p.m. CT at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law School of Law for a discussion of federal preservation law and policy, including new ACHP initiatives on housing and climate change, and specific government actions involving Chicago's historic resources. The meeting is open to the public and will take place in Lincoln Hall, Room LM104, 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gmsBN2aq Landmarks Illinois Carey Mayer Carol J. Dyson Illinois Department of Natural Resources Preservation Chicago

Head on over to the ACHP’s Instagram today for Makayla Napper’s takeover tour of Washington, D.C. Makayla, a rising12th grader at Richard Wright PCharter School in Washington DC., spent time at the ACHP through her Real World History Class. See where Makayla will take us on her takeover tour at https://lnkd.in/e2gHd_jM #takeover #historicpreservation #dchistory

In this episode of the ACHP’s Preservation Perspectives podcast, host ACHP Expert Member Monica Rhodes speaks with Eugene Cizek, a preservationist, who has served as an architect, Tulane University professor, and city planner. He also is one of the volunteers who led the movement to preserve his neighborhood, Faubourg Marigny, in New Orleans, LA. Most people are familiar with the French Quarter, which was the first historic district in the city. Wanting to preserve its own history, the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood worked with the city to do the legwork to gather the data needed to establish the historic district legislation. During this time, the residents organized and established the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association in 1972. Soon after, the second historic district in New Orleans, the Faubourg Marigny Historic District, was created in 1974. https://lnkd.in/ek-qcVSv #NewOrleans #historicpreservation #achp #podcast #preservationperspectives

On July 8, the The San Diego Union-Tribune published an op-ed by ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin in which she lays out how adaptive reuse of historic buildings can help ease California’s housing crisis. Bronin writes: “Given the magnitude of the housing shortage, we’ll need an all-hands-on-deck approach. I’m optimistic about California and its largest cities making meaningful progress in advancing policies that make the most of its existing building stock.” Bronin cites The City of San Diego’s Preservation and Progress initiative and Los Angeles’ Adaptive Reuse Ordinance as the type of forward-thinking policies that more cities should adopt. https://lnkd.in/g6N2t_nU. Both policies aim to make it easier to convert aging, vacant, and underutilized buildings into housing. In December 2023, the ACHP approved a policy statement on housing and historic preservation that advances a multi-pronged strategy, at all levels of government, to encourage rehabilitation of historic buildings for housing and accelerate permitting and environmental review. https://lnkd.in/eGAiwQXw Read the full op-ed in the San Diego- Union Tribune: https://lnkd.in/gc4BsH3P

The ACHP Office of General Counsel today issued a statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, noting the Section 106 review process under 36 C.F.R. part 800, and the ACHP’s role overseeing it, remain unchanged. Read the complete statement here: https://lnkd.in/eQJV92uu