A Vision for President Barack Obama Download Full Platform
President Barack Obama is at the helm of a nation facing unprecedented economic and environmental challenges. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has presented his team with a policy platform exploring how preservation – when integrated into economic, energy and climate change policies – can not only protect the places that matter most, but also lead to more livable, sustainable and economically viable communities.
Sustainability Download as PDF
We cannot build our way out of our environmental problems. Rehabbing and reusing existing buildings is as "green" as it gets.
- Recommendations | Background
- Poll: How Green Could You Be?
- Reader Comment: "We no longer can afford to keep using our natural resources to expand urban development. We need to create a sustainable future by using our existing cities and built environments."
Economic Development Download as PDF
Preservation not only creates new jobs and protects our identity, it bolsterers investment where we can see it – on our Main Streets.
- Recommendations | Background
- Economic Stimulus Proposals
- Vision for a National Public Lands Service Corps (PDF)
- Reader Comment: "For each local community, rehabilitation and reuse present greater economic opportunities...this activity should be underscored to the new administration."
TransportationDownload as PDF
The more highways you build, the more traffic you create and the more historic resources you threaten. It's time to invest in what we have.
- Recommendations | Background
- Reader Comment: "Reinvest in existing infrastructure, which is by default investment in historic resources. Will aid historic preservation, preserve working farmland, and open space."
Public Lands Download as PDF
From vandalism to insufficient funding for critical surveys and research, our irreplaceable sacred lands are at risk.
- Recommendations | Background
- Vision for a National Public Lands Service Corps (PDF)
- Reader Comment: "There is no issue more critical to our future than preserving the land, the stories and the monuments of our past."
Federal Stewardship & Funding Download as PDF
Beyond providing funding for important programs, the federal government is responsible for leading by example in the field of preservation.
- Recommendations | Background
- Reader Comment: "Why not move federal offices in small communities into the Main Street downtowns instead of exorbitant contracts that contribute to sprawl?"
