As Maryland strives to meet its ambitious climate goals such as net zero emissions by 2045, innovative approaches to sustainability are essential. One approach is accelerating the circular economy – a system that reuses, recycles, and refurbishes products and...
Inspired by a gift from Harrison Goodall and made possible by Preservation Maryland, this NPS program aims to develop students and enterprising professionals into the preservation leaders of tomorrow. Fellows grow professionally through coaching from the fellowship...
The Campaign for Historic Trades partnered with Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) to create a customized training program focused on providing participants with an introduction to the preservation trades. The 12-week program is comprised of 60 contact hours of...
A note from Natalie Henshaw, Director of The Campaign for Historic Trades Happy New Year! As we move into 2023, I want to take a moment and reflect on 2022. The Campaign for Historic Trades’ mission is to expand and strengthen careers in the historic trades. Necessary...
Cemeteries, like historic buildings and landscapes, provide critical connections between our past and future. This Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting our Cemetery Preservation Workshop series so we have the capacity to educate more future preservationists,...
Cemeteries, like historic buildings and landscapes, provide critical connections between our past and future. Cemeteries literally contain the physical remnants – human remains – of our past. Cemeteries are evocative and powerful places that speak to descendants and...
Analysis shows the need for a larger and better-trained historic trades workforce; 100,000 workers needed within the next decade BALTIMORE (November 15, 2022) - Preservation Maryland and its national program, The Campaign for Historic Trades, today announced the...
Join us on Thursday, October 27, 2022 as we attend the Symposium: Solving the Workforce Development Puzzle, hosted by the Maryland Center for Construction Education and Innovation (MCCEI) and the University of Maryland’s Project Management Center for Excellence. The...
The Campaign for Historic Trades and Preservation Maryland visited Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine to speak to the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Training Center Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) trainees. The Campaign...
REVITALIZE. RECRUIT. ADVOCATE. Preservation Maryland works to protect Maryland’s unique and irreplaceable heritage while creating a more equitable and sustainable future. We remain at the forefront of the reservation movement, creatively working to preserve place,...
The Campaign visits the National Association of Women in Construction summer camp for young women The Campaign for Historic Trades and partner National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center staff spent a day teaching historic trades skills to young...
The Harrison Goodall Grant for Innovative Historic Preservation gives graduate students and enterprising professionals the opportunity to undertake a focused pursuit that makes a meaningful contribution to the field of historic preservation and support the stewardship...
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust, with the help of several partner organizations, including Preservation Maryland and descendant communities, have recently released a draft study report on Maryland's...
Preservation Maryland and our program, The Campaign for Historic Trades, are hosting cemetery preservation workshops across the state, where participants learn the basic preservation techniques of caring for a cemetery. The first workshop will take place this...
Today is the International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day. Created as a way to celebrate diversity and cultural heritage around the world, Preservation Maryland and our program The Campaign for Historic Trades are celebrating the value...
The 2022 Legislative Session of the Maryland General Assembly will come to a close on Monday, April 11, 2022. After 90 days of championing key bills and testifying on many other pieces of important legislation, it is safe to say that Preservation Maryland had one of...
We are closing in on the last few weeks of an extremely busy 90-day legislative session, and Preservation Maryland is staying engaged in Annapolis, with the organization championing several key bills and testifying on many other important pieces of legislation. With...
President & CEO Nicholas Redding testified this week, in front of the Senate Budget and Tax Committee, in support of legislation, SB228, to make improvements to the Maryland Corps program, including the creation of a state Historic Trades Corps. Preservation...
The Campaign for Historic Trades, powered by Preservation Maryland, is striving to demonstrate the need for - and the value of - workers with specific knowledge, training, and experience in historic preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation. We Need Your Help...
The Campaign for Historic Trades, powered by Preservation Maryland, is working to address the systemic barriers to historic trades training to grow the trades workforce. The Campaign's Program Manager Natalie Henshaw has a letter in Monday's Washington Post entitled...
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...
Preservation Maryland and The Campaign for Historic Trades seek applicants for the Cemetery Preservation Workshop Coordinator position. Position: Cemetery Preservation Workshop Coordinator Position Description: This is a part-time, 20-hours-per-week, 9-month term,...
This Giving Tuesday Preservation Maryland is excited to announce a new program coming Spring 2022. With your help, we will also be able to provide young adults with the supplies needed for historic cemetery preservation. Help preserve history + engage the next...
For 100 years, Arlington National Cemetery’s staff have worked to maintain and preserve the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, ensuring that future generations can pay their respects to the nameless - but not forgotten - soldiers who fought for freedom. In anticipation of...
President & CEO Nicholas Redding testified today, in front of the federal subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (NPFPL), in support of H.R. 4494 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Frederick County for the Historic...
The National Park Service and Preservation Maryland are pleased to announce the 2021 Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellows. Now in its second year, the Fellowship awards support innovation and professional growth in the field of historic preservation. The Goodall...
An occupation is the principal activity one engages to earn money. A profession is an occupation requiring special knowledge or skill. At the time writing this, historic trades are not an official occupation. For example, a carpenter has a job code on the Occupation...
Preservation Maryland is proud to announce our role in the introduction of federal legislation, a first in the organization's (almost) 90-year history. The bill, the Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land Authority Act, would authorize a...
Construction has a labor supply problem. This week, CNN Business published an article entitled America desperately needs 1 million more construction workers. The Campaign for Historic Trades, powered by Preservation Maryland, is a national effort to reshape the...
The Campaign for Historic Trades, a national program of Preservation Maryland created to broaden and expand training in the high–demand field of historic trades, and Conversation Legacy, a nationwide nonprofit that engages youth, young adults and veterans in...
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