Information for Policy Makers
Policy makers can improve the quality of life for everyone by supporting the very best ideas that historic preservation has to offer, such as
- Revitalizing our communities, neighborhoods and downtown Main Streets
- Provide tools for the rehabilitation of existing buildings through tax incentives
- Providing transportation alternatives that improve our nation's infrastructure while preserving cultural sites
- Stopping unnecessary demolition and improving the energy sustainability of our existing building stock
- Combating urban sprawl through smart growth strategies of development
- Saving our older and historic schools
- Saving our historic and cultural sites on public lands
To these ends, policy makers require advocacy tools and policy resources that will give them the necessary background and information to implement policies that support these aims.
Best Practices
The National Trust's Model Public Policies series provides an analysis of specific preservation policies and examples of best practices at the state and local level.
