The 2007 Annual Meeting/Advocacy Day was held in conjunction with Preservation Action, the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC), and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, February 26 - March 1 in Washington, DC. There were over 300 participants from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau representing:

• State Historic Preservation Officers;
• Members of Preservation Action;
• Members of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions;
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Advisors; and
• Federal agencies.

  List of Registrants

• Click here for a list of NCSHPO registrants arranged alphabetically by last name (this includes SHPOs, Deputy SHPOs, and SHPO staff as well as federal agency representatives).
• Click here for a list of NCSHPO registrants arranged alphabetically by state/organization/agency (this includes SHPOs, Deputy SHPOs, and SHPO staff as well as federal agency representatives).

Participants attended a variety of sessions, and were updated on important legislative issues (summaries are available below).

With this information, participants then made visits to Capitol Hill, meeting with their Representatives and Senators and advocating for these issues.

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Summaries of Legislative Issues (PDF Format)

• Funding for State Historic Preservation Offices
  • Supplemental to Funding for State Historic Preservation Offices
• Funding for a Historic Resources Inventory
• The Community Restoration and Revitalization Act (H.R.1043 and S.584)
• Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus
• Funding for Preserve America
• Funding for Tribal Historic Preservation Offices
• Funding for Save America's Treasures

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SHPO Squaretable Discussions

• The National Park Service, Tourism, and the SHPO Perspective
  • Agenda for the SHPO squaretable discussion
  • A draft of the “vision” and “strategies” elements of the National Park Service tourism strategic plan that is under development.
• Data Management in SHPOs.
  • Prior to the discussion, a survey was conducted to assess the current state of data management in SHPOs. Click here for the results of the survey (NOTE: the file is in pdf and it is large, so it may take some time to load).
• The National Park System Advisory Board (NPSAB) Committee's Report on the Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program.
  • Draft documents of the NPS’s Implementation Plan for improving the Rehabilitation Tax Credit are available at: www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/tax/implement/index.htm
• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
  • Agenda, Concepts and Strategic Directions for the SHPO squaretable discussion.
  • Historic Preservation and Green Building: A Lasting Relationship article from the January 2007 issue of Environmental Building News
  • White Paper from The Greening of Historic Properties National Summit from October 2006
  • National Park Service Response to the White Paper from The Greening of Historic Properties National Summit
  • Excerpts from the 2005 APT Bulletin special issue on Sustainability and Preservation
  • Executive Order from the Office of the Governor of California on Green Building
  • Executive Order from the Office of the Governor of New Mexico on Green Building

    Click here for more information on LEED and historic preservation

• A Tale of Two States - Section 106 in the Wake of the Worst Natural and Cultural Disaster in American History.
  • Secondary Programmatic Agreement Regarding the Demoliton of Privately-Owned Residential Buildings within Orleans Parish Damaged as a Result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  • Louisiana Historic Building Grant Recovery Program Guidelines and Application

NCSHPO Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation

The 2007 awards were presented on February 28, 2007 at the NCSHPO Annual Meeting. And the winners are. .

For more information about PDF format, please click here.

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