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Webinar Recap: Increasing Intentional & Meaningful Public Input in Planning
The municipal planning process can intimidating and inequitable, but many of the most critical decisions that impact a community are made in the planning process. In order to create new resources for Maryland communities, planners, and citizens, Preservation Maryland...
Six-to-Fix Update: Old Orchard Street Church Receives State Heritage Area Funding
The Greater Baltimore Urban League are stewards of the Old Orchard Street Church and have recently received critical capital funding from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority to repair one of the historic structure's iconic windows. The Orchard Street Church is noted...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Set Sail on the Newly Restored Wilma Lee Skipjack
Two summers ago, the Wilma Lee Skipjack was transported from North Carolina back home to Maryland – and now the Annapolis Maritime Museum is offering heritage and sunset sails on one of the Chesapeake Bay's rare remaining Skipjacks. The Skipjack Wilma Lee is...
Draft Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan Available for Public Comment
The Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning has invited the public to read and comment on the draft Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan being prepared by lead firm, Mahan Rykiel Associates. Public Meeting: Join the Howard County Department of Planning and...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Carriage House at Mt. Pleasant Farm Restored by Howard County Conservancy
The Howard County Conservancy stewards over three centuries of history at Mt. Pleasant Farm, including a newly restored Carriage House, funding in part by the Heritage Fund grant program. Historic Mt. Pleasant farm was donated for preservation by sisters Ruth and...
Maryland Eats: Baltimore Coddies
A Maryland favorite with unknown origins, the Baltimore coddie, essentially a codfish cake, was ubiquitous in the city in the 50s and 60s. Made with a mixture of salt cod, potatoes, milk, and crackers, and served with mustard between two saltines, this tasty snack...
Banneker-Douglass Museum Wins Grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation Action Fund
The Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis is the only Maryland historic site to receive a 2020 African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Located in the historic Mt. Moriah AME Church, the Banneker-Douglass...
Legislative Victory: Sweeping Conservation & Preservation Legislation to Become Law
On the evening of July 22, 2020, the House of Representatives approved one of the most significant pieces of conservation legislation in a generation, the Great American Outdoors Act, with broad bipartisan support. Having passed the Senate in June, the legislation is...
Webinar Recap: The Next Frontier of Preservation: The Moon
Unique environmental characteristics, global political impact, and growing development pressure from private companies are real concerns for the preservation of the Moon - and the human ingenuity that got us there. To ponder preservation on the Moon, Preservation...
Maryland Heritage Area Authority Announces Over $5 Million in New Tourism Grants
The Hogan administration recently announced that 114 matching grants totaling $5.1 million were awarded to Maryland non-profits, local jurisdictions, and other heritage tourism organizations by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority in support of heritage tourism...
Maryland Receives Federal Grant to Study State History of Asian American Communities
The Maryland Historical Trust, in the Maryland Department of Planning, has received a National Park Service Underrepresented Communities Grant to study Asian American communities in the state. Since the National Park Service program's creation in 2014, almost $3...
Katie Parks Strengthens Preservation Maryland Team as New Director of Development
Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce Katie Parks as the organization's new Director of Development. Katie Parks is a formidable development and real estate professional, and as the organization’s new Director of Development, she will bring expertise in...
Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, four white men, Charles Carroll, Samuel Chase, William Paca, and Thomas Stone, represented Maryland's interests in breaking away from Great Britain's colonial rule and to embark on the creation of a new...
Webinar Recap: Historic/Self Preservation with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
In the first of many free webinars to replace our annual Old Line State Summit, Preservation Maryland hosted over 100 registrants to learn about the work of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture for a one-hour webinar titled, "Historic...
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Designates Four New Sustainable Communities
Earlier this summer, the State of Maryland designated four new Sustainable Communities. This revitalization program provides local governments with a toolbox of state resources to support everything from bricks-and-mortar projects to tourism and now includes 121...
House Passes Federal Historic Tax Credit Improvements in Infrastructure Package
The House of Representatives has passed The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2), a comprehensive infrastructure bill that includes enhancements and temporary emergency measures for the federal Historic Tax Credit, thanks in part to the advocacy of Preservation Maryland and...
[CLOSED] RFP: Documenting and Exploring the Interpretive Potential of St. George Island: Maryland’s Largest Revolutionary War Battlefield
Preservation Maryland is seeking Proposals from a consulting firm with demonstrated expertise in the preparation of historic preservation and planning reports as applied to land protection, historic preservation and battlefield sites. Update: Out of many interested...
[CLOSED] RFP: Preservation Maryland Seeks Consultant for Branding Project at South Mountain Battlefield
Preservation Maryland is seeking Proposals from a consulting firm with demonstrated expertise in the development of graphic design, branding, design guidelines and branding implementation plans for large landscapes, preferably with experience in historic and...
Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area Moves Toward Designation in Charles County
In an important step for land conservation in Southern Maryland, the Board of Charles County Commissioners recently unanimously approved plans to establish the Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area in the western region of the county. If designated, the...
New National Rehabilitation Guidelines for Covered Bridges Announced in Maryland
Late in 2019, the Historic American Engineering Record celebrated the release of new rehabilitation guidelines for covered bridges at a reception at the Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick, Maryland. The well-illustrated publication of over 230 pages...
Preservation Maryland Purchases Building in Historically African American Neighborhood of Hagerstown
At a socially distant closing held on Wednesday, June 24, Preservation Maryland Executive Director signed on the dotted line – formally acquiring 417 N. Jonathan Street in Hagerstown as a part of the organization's re-launched historic property redevelopment program....
Historic Malachi Mills House Stabilized with Baltimore Historic Preservation Funds
With funds from the inaugural round of the Baltimore City Historic Preservation Fund, the Southwest Partnership recently completed emergency stabilization work at the historic Malachi Mills House in West Baltimore. The Baltimore City Historic Preservation Fund is a...
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Announces House Vote on Great American Outdoors Act
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who represents Maryland's 5th District announced that the House would vote on the Great American Outdoors Act (HR 7092), the single largest investment in the preservation of historic, cultural, and natural resources for public lands...
State Preservation Grants Support Relocation of Historic B&O Railroad Tower in Brunswick
Gov. Hogan recently announced $600,000 in grants for capital historic preservation projects across the state, including a grant to relocate the historic B&O WB Tower in Brunswick, Maryland – also a Preservation Maryland Six-to-Fix project and recipient of a...
Support Future Historians by Sharing Your Pandemic Stories and Starting an Archive
During today's global pandemic, many of us are looking to history, including the Flu of 1918 for context and guidance. One hundred years from now, historians may be looking to understand the impact of COVID-19 on life in Maryland. Here's how to support future...
Reinvesting in Older Homes Can be Part of a Post-Coronavirus Solution to Affordable Housing
A leading consulting firm in the study of preservation, revitalization, and reinvestment economics, PlaceEconomics, has just released a clear case for including historic preservation principles squarely into COVID-19 recovery efforts. Event Recording: Del. Brooke...
Preservation Maryland Receives Grant to Support Maryland’s First LGBTQ National Register Nominations
With a grant from the Maryland Historical Trust through the Certified Local Government Program of the National Park Service, Preservation Maryland has selected Dr. Susan Ferentinos to begin work on the state’s first National Register nominations for properties...
Sykesville, Maryland Wins America’s Main Streets Contest
Sykesville, Maryland won America's Main Street contest with an unprecedented number of votes – the town of 4,400 with 44 small businesses garnered more than 125,000 votes in the national contest run by Independent We Stand, an organization that supports and promotes...
Preservation Maryland Statement on Racial Injustice
As Maryland and the rest of the nation protests racial injustice, Preservation Maryland issued the following statement: "Along with the rest of the nation, we here at Preservation Maryland are bearing witness to the widespread protests in response to the murders of...
Advocacy Alert: Land and Water Conservation Fund Essential Tool for Maryland’s Recovery
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is an essential tool for preserving America's vast and varied landscapes and cultural resources. Because of the Act's positive and proven impact, Smart Growth Maryland has joined with a number of national partners to call on...
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