Governor Moore's executive order to launch the "Reinvest Baltimore" initiative provides a substantive solution for vacancy and is a significant step forward in addressing the city's long-standing crisis. The plan to move 5,000 vacant properties toward outcomes such as...
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RECAP: Summit of Maryland Indigenous People and Archaeologists
By Dr. Katherine Sterner, Towson University On September 6, Preservation Maryland, the Baltimore Community Archaeology Lab (BCAL) at Towson University, and the Native American Liaison Committee of the Council for Maryland Archeology (CfMA) sponsored a Summit of...
Preservation Maryland Applauds Sen. Cardin for Expressing Concerns Over Planned Transmission Lines
Earlier this month Preservation Maryland joined a growing number of organizations, landowners, elected officials, conservationists, and preservationists in voicing its opposition to the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP). The MPRP...
RFP: Freedman’s State Historical Park Cultural Landscape Report
Preservation Maryland is soliciting proposals from qualified historic preservation professionals for a Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) of the future Freedman’s State Historical Park. To be considered as eligible, respondents must meet one or more of the Professional...
Preservation Maryland Awarded $750,000 by National Park Service for Fort Frederick Project
19 preservation projects across nine states funded to commemorate America’s 250th Anniversary Preservation Maryland has been awarded a $750,000 Semi-quincentennial grant from the National Park Service to fund a conditions assessment and critical repairs to Fort...
Sites of Enslavement Research Project- Public Help Needed
The City of Frederick recently received grant funding from the Maryland Historical Trust to research and compile a historic context study identifying sites associated with slavery. With their partners at the African American Resources, Cultural Heritage Society of...
Getting to Yes: 5 Ways Preservationists Can Support Affordable Housing
The complex challenges of the current affordable housing crisis center around low inventory, high interest rates, and the large gap between housing costs and income. Coupled with disruptions from the recent COVID-19 pandemic, finding housing is a challenge for many. A...
Barriers to Infill Development in Maryland
Have you ever walked past a vacant lot in an otherwise intact streetscape and wondered "why is that lot not built on?" The answers may surprise you. Infill development is one of the main strategies of Smart Growth and focuses on building on underutilized land in...
Preservation Month: Historic Property Redevelopment Week
This week we shared program highlights and more about the value of preservation in our everyday lives. Take a look at our HPRP feature content and make sure to follow along on social each week this month! Rock Run Mill Rock Run Mill - and check out this custom sketch!...
Heritage Orgs Team for Cemetery Preservation on Maryland Day
Preservation Maryland, Historic Annapolis, and the Maryland Center for History and Culture joined forces on March 25th at St. Anne’s Cemetery in Annapolis Md. to clean historic grave markers. Preservation Maryland has led cemetery preservation workshops across the...
Advocacy Support to Establish the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland (HB133)
As we recognize the first day of Black History Month, Preservation Maryland is highlighting our current advocacy work supporting a bill that would establish the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland (HB133). This new commission would be...
Building Communities Paper Model Series (pt. 2)
Preservation Maryland is excited to release the complete Building Communities paper model series, highlighting projects we've touched through grants, technical assistance, and our Historic Property Redevelopment Program. Each paper model features...
RFP: America250 Maryland Workshop Coordinator
Preservation Maryland is soliciting proposals from qualified workshop facilitators to host a series of workshops across the Chesapeake Bay watershed in select gateway communities and to compile a summary report with the goal of facilitating the networking, planning,...
Researching the History of the Berlin House
Featured image: The Berlin house circa 1900, when S. Maple Avenue was known as Third Street. The postcard misidentifies the street. Image courtesy of the Brunswick History Commission. Image directly above: The Berlin house in 2023. While some changes are evident, such...
Just Released: Building Communities Paper Model Project (pt. 1)!
If you saw our social media post last week featuring our handcrafted holiday mini "Maryland Main Street" you probably recognized some of the buildings that lined our historic cobblestone street. Today we're excited to release three of those paper model projects from...
Local Gift Guide 2023
Pictured above: Mid-century modern holiday houses at In Watermelon Sugar in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood. Each year the Preservation Maryland team compiles a holiday gift guide filled with unique local merchants and makers so you can shop small and support local...
Events
Preservation Maryland participates in and hosts many events in and around Maryland. Take a look at our upcoming events to see where we’ll be next.