Community Revitalization
The Community Revitalization (CR) department helps communities use historic preservation as a means to revitalize neighborhoods and commercial districts while protecting their unique sense of place. As an integrated and holistic set of preservation-based approaches that catalyze and effect positive change, community revitalization empowers individuals, governments, and organizations to preserve, restore, and improve their communities. The CR department of the National Trust for Historic Preservation specializes in providing financial, technical and informational resources to build vibrant and sustainable communities - especially those rich in historic resources.
The National Trust Loan Fund, a certified Community Development Financial Institution, provides loans and lines of credit to nonprofit organizations, local governments, and for-profit entities to support historic real estate development.
The National Trust Main Street Center assists states and more than 1900 communities in the revitalization of business districts within a preservation context. It provides technical assistance to Main Street network communities; publishes the bimonthly Main Street News; develops and sells technical publications; and organizes conferences and workshops, including the annual National Main Streets Conference.
Strategic Consulting Services offers training in real estate finance, consulting on the rehab and re-use of older and historic properties, and technical assistance to build local capacity in preservation-based real estate development.
The National Trust Community Investment Corporation, a for-profit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, makes equity investments in historic rehabilitation projects that qualify for federal rehabilitation tax credits, as well as state credits and the New Markets Tax Credit, where applicable.
