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State of Maryland Announces Awards For 376 Businesses to Revitalize Downtowns and Main Streets
A total of 376 businesses in all 23 counties and Baltimore City will receive $24.5 million through the Project Restore initiative—including $8.8 million in property assistance grants and $15.7 million in business operations grants. Project Restore was launched by...
Preservation News: Frederick County to Develop Rustic Roads Program
To ensure Frederick County’s historic scenic rural roadways are preserved for future generations, Frederick County recently announced the creation of a new Rustic Roads Program. The program’s goal is to balance the competing interests of ensuring safe travel with...
Giving Tuesday: Support Our Cemetery Preservation Workshop Series
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,...
Culinary Heritage: Recipes for a Traditional Maryland Thanksgiving
Preservation Maryland is thankful to be part of a wonderful community committed to protecting and promoting our shared heritage - not least of which is our culinary traditions. Enjoy our tastiest post of the year as we share an array of classic Maryland...
Cemetery Preservation: Why It’s Important + 2022 Workshops Recap
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...
Preservation Maryland and The Campaign for Historic Trades Release First-of-its-Kind Labor Study on the Status of Historic Trades in America
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...
Guest Blog: Del. Brooke Lierman on the Role of Historic Preservation in Winning the Battle for Smart Growth in Maryland
Today we are revisiting Maryland Comptroller-elect Lierman's words from a 2020 guest blog as she makes a powerful case for the important role historic preservation can play in helping Maryland grow smarter. The Role of Historic Preservation in Winning the Battle...
Maryland Votes: Historic Places Tell the Story of The Struggle For Suffrage
As Marylanders head to the polls, election day provides an opportunity to look back and reflect on the long struggle for universal suffrage – the right of all citizens to vote – and here in the Old Line State, that story is recorded in countless historic places and...
Job Opportunity: Policy Manager
Preservation Maryland seeks applicants for its Policy Manager position. This is a full-time, benefitted position based in Baltimore, Maryland. Summary of Position Reporting to the Vice President, the Policy Manager leads Advocacy efforts for Preservation Maryland,...
Hogan Administration Announces More than $19 Million to Revitalize Historic Buildings
The Hogan administration today announced the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), a division of the Maryland Department of Planning, has awarded 16 projects more than $19 million in revitalization tax credits, leveraging more than $92 million in additional investment....
Events
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