http://www.heritageohio.org Ohio Downtown Revitalization and Historic Preservation Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wellington has been recognized by This Old House Magazine as having one of the Best Old House Neighborhoods 2010 in the country. The folks at Main Street Wellington certainly deserve to be commended for their contribution to their community and making such recognition possible. http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/02/24/this-old-house-magazine-recognizes-wellington/ Main Street Newnan, Georgia is rewarding downtown employees that park in public lots thereby freeing up the best parking spaces for customers and visitors. Maybe an incentive approach might finally help address this perpetual Main Street problem. http://www.times-herald.com/local/You-may-get-a-treat-from-Main-Street-if-you-park-in-downtown-parking-lots--10092 http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/02/23/a-different-approach-to-downtown-parking/ Representatives in both the Senate and House have introduced legislation to amend the federal tax credit, allowing Qualified Rehabilitation Expenses incurred in the rehabilitation of historic schools to be eligible for the 20% rehab tax credit. For example, if this legislation is passed and signed into law by President Obama, a ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/02/17/rehabilitation-tax-credit-for-historic-schools-introduced/ Do you want to make your community a better place to live, work, play, and visit, while increasing civic pride and property values? If so, then you need to check out America in Bloom. A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting beautification programs through the use of flowers, plants, and trees (in ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/02/08/america-in-bloom-planting-pride-and-an-athens-conference-note/ The restaurant recently opened in downtown Bellefontaine in a  renovated warehouse. The liquor license was possible through the new revitalization district liquor permit legislation. The restaurant's owner is committed to community involvement, environmental protection, purchasing local and employing and training the developmentally disable. This is a great success story and embodies so much of ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/01/28/check-out-chattan-loch/ Heritage Ohio is happy to announce that we have received a $99,000 grant from the USDA to provide technical assistance to business people in targeted rural communities.  Our program "Retail is Detail" provides market analysis and individual business recommendations to participants to fine-tune their strategy for succeeding in bringing more ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/01/26/heritage-ohio-recieves-usda-arra-funding/ Yesterday in Indianapolis I attended a symposium  sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region 5) entitled “Green Historic Preservation Symposium: What Works, What Doesn’t, What Should Change”   What I learned was that the “green-sustainability” constituency from the professional environmental sector knows little about historic preservation and the historic preservation ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/01/22/green-historic-preservation-symposium/ Click through to get the upcoming dates for our Main Street 101 Trainings. Learn the basics of downtown revitalization for traditional commercial districts using the proven Main Street Four-Point Approach. Upcoming dates: March 17, 2010 in Lebanon (download the registration form here) July 14, 2010 in Canton (download the registration form here) September ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/01/18/main-street-101-in-2010/ Register for our next Tax Credit workshop to be held in Mount Vernon March 19, 2010. Learn from Ohio's experts on utilizing tax credits to make your historic building project a reality. Download the registration form here. [caption id="attachment_1009" align="alignleft" width="301" caption="Knox County Courthouse"][/caption] http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/01/17/tax-credit-workshop-mt-vernon/ Join us on March 23, 2010 in Medina for Building Buy Local Campaigns That Work! Presenter Jeff Milchen, co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), will pack a decade of experience designing campaigns for communities nationwide into a one-day intensive workshop to help you launch or dramatically improve your local ... http://www.heritageohio.org/2010/01/16/save-the-date-shop-local-initiatives/