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Historic Tax Credit Compromise: |
Lawmakers find common ground and reach agreement to ensure job creation, continued housing development, and a strong economic future
Since its inception in 1998, Missouri’s historic tax credit program has been recognized nationwide as the national model for its ability to generate jobs and spur housing growth across every region of the state. This year, historic tax credits faced strong pressure from some legislators who sought to greatly restrict its use through the economic development bill. Opponents argued for more limitations on the amount of credits issued through the state program, which faces more stringent requirements than those of the federal historic preservation tax credit. Advocates of the historic tax credit emphasized the immense economic benefit of the program, which, according to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, generated nearly 5,000 jobs in fiscal year 2007 and, as stated by Donovan Rypkema, leading preservation economist, has produced over 40,000 jobs throughout the life of the program.
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HISTORIC KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS |
Historic Kansas City Foundation announces award recipients for the 2009 Preservation Awards.
Award recipients include: 1841 Pendleton Avenue, 3223 Gladstone Boulevard, The Boley Building, East Armour apartments (Georgian Court, Linda Vista, Bainbridge), The Midland Theater, National Archives and Records Administration, The Taylor Building, Washington Wheatley Neighborhood Action/Conservation Plan, Women’s Leadership Fountain and Yankee Hill Apartments. Preservation professionals and activists to be recognized include: Shirley Bush Helzberg, Joan Kent Dillon, Cydney Millstein, Dr. Carol Grove.
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Historic Preservation Across the Community |
A lecture series of Kansas City's first 3 female architects
June 7th, 14th and 28th
Host: The Kansas City Bungalow Club
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Truman Forum Auditorium.
June 7--Nell Peters, presented by Nancy Powell
June 14--Mary Rockwell Hook, presented by professor Tom Cooke
June 28--Mary Colter, presented by architect Susan Richards Johnson (who will be “in costume”!)
The Kansas City Bungalow Club is an advocacy, educational, & social organization dedicated to promoting the restoration & preservation of early residential architecture in the Kansas City area, with an emphasis on the Arts & Crafts style.
The Kansas City Bungalow Club
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HISTORIC KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION RECEIVES ‘PREFERRED PARTNER’ DESIGNATION |
HISTORIC KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION
RECEIVES ‘PREFERRED PARTNER’ DESIGNATION
Kansas City (MO)… Historic Kansas City Foundation, the only Greater Kansas City nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation of the area’s architectural heritage, has been selected as a preferred Statewide and Local Partner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, engaging a broad base of the American public in historic preservation cannot be accomplished by any one organization. It takes a collaborative effort, bringing together the mission, interests, skills, activities and resources of hundreds of groups and entities across the country at national, state and local levels.
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The Greenest Building Is...One That Is Already Built
Carl Elefonte, AIA, LEED AP
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