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Practical Preservation Podcast COVID ROUNDTABLE Featuring John O’Brien of West Chester BID and Jim Brown of HPT of Lancaster County

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Historic streetscape, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics / By Laura Kise

John O’Brien, Director of West Chester, PA’s Business Improvement District, and Jim Brown, Vice-President of Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their organization’s respective responses to COVID-19. We covered multiple topics, including: Background information about John and Jim, and on both West Chester PA Business …

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Fall Maintenance Tips for Your Historic Home

Leave a Comment / Energy efficiency, facade maintenance, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, help for historic homeowners, Historic Preservation, Historical facades, historical integrity, How to Preserve a Building, Importance of facades, importance of interiors, Indoor Air Quality, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, maintenance, Safety / By Danielle Keperling

FALL MAINTENANCE FOR YOUR HISTORIC HOME – Fall is here. This brings Halloween fun, Thanksgiving, fall abundance, and cooler weather. It also signals the transition to winter and harsh conditions for our homes. We have often repeated, maintenance is essential for a home, especially an old or historical one. Read on for your fall maintenance …

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SYMPATHETIC ADDITIONS: Adding on Harmoniously

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Additions, architectural style, Building Codes, Contractor, damage, facade maintenance, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, help for historic homeowners, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic streetscape, Historical Architecture, Historical facades, historical integrity, Home exterior, Importance of facades, Kitchens, Materials, period architecture, planning, Rehabilitation, Using a good design / By Danielle Keperling

ADDING ON TO A HISTORIC HOME – You’ve found your historic or old home. And it’s nearly perfect…..BUT, maybe it does not have enough room for you. Or maybe you need to make adjustments to age in place. Maybe you want to add a room on your first floor, or even expand a tiny historical …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Bill Callahan of PA SHPO

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, cultural assets, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Sustainability, Preserving a building, Saving a building, State Preservation, Sustainability, Tax, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

Bill Callahan, the Western, PA Community Preservation Coordinator for the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO is a bureau within the PA Historical and Museum Commission) in Pittsburgh, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the state organization’s myriad services. We covered multiple topics, including: Bill’s background, including how exposure to the negative impacts of …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Dominique Hawkins of Preservation Design Partnership

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, climate heritage, coastal heritage, Community Preservation, Cultural landscape, damage, flood insurance, Foodways, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic streetscape, house and structural moves, keeping history above water, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Safety, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Dominique Hawkins, founder and managing principal of Preservation Design Partnership based in Philadelphia, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss flood mitigation in historic areas. We covered multiple topics, including: Dominique’s background in design, architecture, and historic preservation, including her early career transition from architecture for housing developments to the world of historic preservation, …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Briana Grosicki of PlaceEconomics

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, architectural salvage, Community Preservation, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic streetscape, Inclusivity, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Sustainability, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Rehabilitation, Salvaged materials, Why Preservation Matters, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Briana Grosicki, associate principal of PlaceEconomics based in Washington, D.C., joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the economic benefits of preservation. We covered multiple topics, including: Briana’s background, including growing up regularly visiting local battlefields in Virginia, volunteering with her main street district as a teen, to working with Donovan Rypkema Briana’s additional roles …

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Coffee Break RECAP: Existing Building Codes

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Building Codes, Coffee Break Recap, Contractor, Energy efficiency, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, historical integrity, historical interiors, Home exterior, home interiors, house and structural moves, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, Preserving a building, Rehabilitation, Replacement in kind, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

COFFEE BREAK RECAP – This month’s “coffee break” video recap focuses on how to navigate the existing building code and uniform construction code within your historic building project in Pennsylvania. Watch below. VIDEO SUMMARY: Focus: Exemptions (Existing Building Code) and things liable to the Uniform Construction Code, depending on the parameters of a historic …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring the Meyers of White Chimneys

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Colonial Architecture, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Reconstruction, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Indoor Air Quality, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Products Materials and Methods, retrofitting / By Laura Kise

Jack and Jessica Meyer – father-daughter owners of White Chimneys in Gap (Lancaster County), PA – joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their property’s history and their business. We covered multiple topics, including: The Meyers’ realization of their historic preservation values through the purchase and renovation of White Chimneys over the past 15 years …

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Coffee Break RECAP: Rising Sea Levels and Historic Buildings

Leave a Comment / climate heritage, coastal heritage, Coffee Break Recap, Community Preservation, cultural assets, flood insurance, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, keeping history above water, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, resilience planning / By Danielle Keperling

COFFEE BREAK RECAPS – Periodically, we will be bringing you recapitulations of our live “coffee break” videos, where Danielle and Jonathan address questions related to preservation and provide answers or brainstorm solutions. These recap posts will include additional information and resources. This month’s recap focuses on rising sea levels’ impacts on historic buildings and possible solutions. …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Lindsey Bennett of KIZ Resources, LLC

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Community Preservation, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, State Preservation, Tax / By Laura Kise

Lindsey Bennett of KIZ Resources, LLC, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the company’s tax credit transfer services. We covered multiple topics, including: Origins of the company – originally named for the Keystone Innovation Zone Tax Credit (KIZ) – and their focus on state and federal tax credit transfers for businesses Their specialized services …

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