Category: Heritage Preservation

The Gas and Preservation Partnership (GAPP) held its inaugural Summit, Honoring Our History-Fueling Our Future, in Pittsburgh on March 21, 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel.

As one of its last items of business in 2013, the IRS released its long-awaited Revenue Procedure addressing Historic Tax Credits on December 30 (Revenue Procedure 2014-12, 26 C.F.R. § 601.105).

While front page news remains focused on the shutdown’s impact to the still-fragile economic recovery, the looming debt ceiling debate, health care and tax reform, the heart and soul of the city are dark and quiet.

A few years ago, I arrived in a small midwestern city with a master’s degree from the University of Vermont’s Historic Preservation Program and a couple of years of cultural resources management under my belt.

On June 25, the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Alito, reversed the Florida Supreme Court’s holding in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. The case may have long-term ramifications for the protection of cultural resources and for cultural resources management (CRM) firms.