New Funding Options for Building Rehabilitation You Are Not Using
July 20th, 2016, 11 am – 12 pm
Heritage Ohio is combining two sources of innovative non-debt investment for building rehabilitations which you have probably over-looked into one useful webinar.
PACE- Property Assessed Clean Energy
When you upgrade a building many of the decisions you make, from roof, to elevator, to mechanical systems and solar that impact your energy consumption. For these upgrades you can get low-interest fixed-rate capitalfrom a PACE investment, which in turn gets paid back not via a conventional loan, but through special assessment for up to 30 years along with your property tax bill. PACE can finance 100% of eligible project costs and is transferable to future owners so you don’t have to pay it off when you sell. PACE can reduce your debt load and expand your access to capital while saving money on your utility bills.
LGIF- Local Government Innovation Funds.
When working on significant rehabilitation projects, local political subdivisions often partner with developers as well as Main Street organizations, CICs, Port Authorities, etc. to bring about a successful project. Ohio’s LGIF fund has a 0%, 10 year loans (up to $500,000) for innovative partnerships which include building projects which will increase sales, income, and property taxes.
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PRESENTER BIOS
Andy Holzhauser– Is Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance, He also serves on the Board of Directors of PACE Nation and Green Umbrella.
Julia Hinten -Local Government Innovation Fund Program Manager Office of Strategic Business Investments, Business Services Division
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
This webinar has been approved for 1 HSW continuing education credit from AIA.
Heritage Home Program 101 Webinar
BEFORE
AFTER
Add a new tool to your organization’s service offerings! The Heritage Home Program (“HHP”) is a unique, preservation based program for older homes. The program is comprised of two parts, free technical advice on maintenance, repair, rehab, or modernization issues for older houses and low interest funding. The two parts of the program can be used together, or independently to meet the needs of the homeowner. This approach to home improvement provides the homeowner with specialized information to assist with renovating older properties, impartial advice and guidance throughout the construction process, and competitive financing that can help make the renovation project a reality. Does this program sound like something your community can benefit from? Staff at the Cleveland Restoration Society will discuss how this unique stabilization concept can be brought to your area and what it takes to implement this powerful preservation tool.
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An Introduction to HB233 Downtown Redevelopment Districts Webinar
Heritage Ohio worked with Rep. Kirk Schuring to create Downtown Redevelopment Districts, essentially creating a TIF (Tax Increment Financing) District to focus on downtowns across Ohio. Recently, the Ohio General Assembly enacted HB 233, which created two new types of tax increment financing (TIF) programs – downtown redevelopment district TIFs and innovation district TIFs. The districts will allow for many opportunities including assistance in funding downtown managers as well as investing in building rehabilitations. These new TIF programs complement long-existing TIF programs, such as urban redevelopment TIFs and traditional TIFs. This webinar will address the key elements of the new TIF programs, describe how they can work with existing TIF programs, and provide examples. Scott Ziance, an Advisory Board member to Heritage Ohio, will present this webinar.
This webinar has been approved for 1 AIA continuing education credit.
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PRESENTER BIO
Scott J. Ziance
Scott is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the tax group. He focuses his practice on the utilization of economic development incentives, tax incentives, economic development financing mechanisms, public-private partnerships and special economic development entities to assist developers, operating businesses and political subdivisions in developing and redeveloping property and creating jobs and economic growth. He also has substantial real property tax valuation litigation experience and significant experience with other aspects of state and local taxation, including oil and gas tax matters and unclaimed funds law. Scott leads the firm’s state and local tax efforts with regard to the firm’s numerous oil and gas clients involved in the Utica shale play.
Learn more about Scott HERE.
Reading the Rural Landscape
Join Steve Gordon for an exploration into Ohio’s rural landscape. People see rural landscapes every day, but don’t really “look” at them, because they don’t know what they’re looking at or don’t know how to look. We’ll cover the basics to introduce you to and give you a beginning understanding on structures and buildings common to our rural landscapes.
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Presenter Bio
Stephen Gordon holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Since 1976, Steve has worked for the Miami Purchase Association for Historic Preservation, the Kentucky Heritage Council, the State Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society, where he oversaw the Ohio Historic Inventory and National Register of Historic Places programs, and most recently, the McGuffey Museum at Miami University, the Three Valley Conservation Trust and MetroParks of Butler County.
A native of Ohio, Steve’s research interests include local and regional architecture, cultural landscapes, craft and building technology, especially vernacular buildings and barns and the study of regional material culture. His publications include How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory (1992), as well as articles on the U.S. Grant Birthplace, 19th century prefabricated housing, women architects, Cincinnati’s meat packing industry, maple sugar production in southwest Ohio, and Spring Grove Cemetery. Steve has written and co-authored over fifty nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.
YOP Roscoe Village Trip
Join the Young Ohio Preservationists for an exclusive tour of historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio on Saturday, June 4th! The Roscoe Village Foundation is leading us on a day-long tour of the restored canal town in eastern Ohio. We will learn how the efforts of many organizations and individuals contributed to the rebirth of Roscoe as a vibrant tourist destination that highlights Ohio’s prominent role in 19th Century canal commerce. The day includes presentations, walking tours, and a horse-drawn boat ride on the Ohio and Erie Canal!
The first 30 YOP members to register will receive free admission. Regular pricing is $7 per person. Lunch and transportation costs are not included.
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Time Activity
9:00-10:30 Drive Columbus to Coshocton/Roscoe Village
10:30-11:30 Rebirth of Roscoe and Coshocton Revitalization Plan
11:30-12:30 Walkabout Roscoe Village, Roscoe Basin Towpath, & Lake Park
12:30-2:30 Lunch, free time in Roscoe/Coshocton
2:30-3:00 Trek to Lake Park
3:00-4:00 Monticello III canal boat ride
Directions
I want to carpool!-Carpools from Columbus will leave the German Village Meeting Haus at 9:00 AM (588 S 3rd St, 43215) and return around 5:30 PM.
I am going to meet you there!– Please arrive at Roscoe Village by 10:20 am to meet-up with the group.
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Emerging Professionals Scholarship
This year’s Heritage Ohio Annual Conference in Cincinnati, will be unlike any other. Thanks to the support from Schooley Caldwell, this year will launch the Emerging Professionals Scholarship contest and conference sessi
on. Scholarship winners will receive the opportunity to present a mini-presentation on their preservation work, 2-nights at the conference hotel, $100 travel stipend, and complimentary conference registration. Winners will be announced in early August, and all applicants will receive early bird conference registration code if not selected. There are two scholarship opportunities for the 2016 Heritage Ohio Annual Conference.
All applicants must be current YOP members. If you are not a current member and would like to apply, become a member now HERE.
Proposals will be accepted until 5 PM on Friday, July 29.
2016 Heritage Ohio Annual Awards Call For Nominations
What is the awards nomination process?
To nominate a a person, building, or project, simply complete this form and attach supporting documents and high-resolution photos (Limit 9.75 MB). If your documents or photos are large files, please email them to heritageohio@gmail.com with the name of the nomination in the title of the email. To view a detailed description of the awards categories, view the 2016 Awards List.
All nominations must be received by July 1, 2016. Nominations that do not follow the formatting provided in the form and incomplete entries will NOT be accepted.
Not sure if your nomination fits a category? Contact us at 614-258-6200 or info@heritageohio.org and we will be happy to discuss the nomination with you.
Where will the awards ceremony be held?
The 2016 Heritage Ohio Annual Awards Ceremony will take place on October 11, 2016 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel in downtown Cincinnati. Tickets to the event will go on sale in June of 2016.
Here’s a sampling of 2015 Annual Awards winners:
Lakewood Wine & Craft Beer Festival
The Lakewood Wine & Craft Beer Festival was named the Best Main Street Committee Event for its creativity and economic impact.
Wassenberg Art Center
The Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert received the Best Adaptive Reuse Award.
Cristo Rey High School
The Cristo Rey High School was named co-winner of the Historic School of the Year Award for 2015.
Juliana Bridal
Juliana Bridal received the Best Retail Rehabilitation Award.
Paisley Monkey
The winner of the 2015 Main Street Business of the Year Award went to Paisley Monkey of Lakewood.
Artspace Hamilton Lofts
Artspace Hamilton Lofts was the recipient of the Best Public Private Partnership Award.
League Park
Historic League Park of Cleveland was the recipient of the Best Neighborhood Placemaking Award.
Randy Black
The Preservation Professional of the Year Award went to Randy Black for his long career in preserving the historic fabric of Columbus.
Kira Hennessey
Kira Hennessey was named 2015 Volunteer of the Year for her commitment to improving the Historic Gateway Neighborhood in downtown Cleveland.
The Shamakian Family
The Shamakian Family of Painesville was awarded the Preservation Hero Award for their dedication to historic preservation for the restoration project of the Steele Mansion.
National Historic Preservation Month Activities!
May is National Historic Preservation Month and Heritage Ohio is gearing up to celebrate all month long! Here are some of the awesome ways you can celebrate this month with us. Several of the listed activities have been approved for continuing education through AIA and some are HSW.
Activites
Apr 29 Preservation Month Photo Contest Entries Due!
May 3 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Teaching Walls to Talk
May 6 Old House Fair Reception
May 7 Old House Fair
May 7 Preservation Month Photo Contest Voting Opens
May 10 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Building Pathology
May 13 Preservation Month Photo Contest Voting Closes
May 16 Preservation Month Photo Contest Winner Announced
May 18 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Discovering Ohio’s Architecture
May 19 Tiffin Dollars and Sense of Building Rehabilitation Workshop
May 24 Preservation Month Webinar Series: Reading the Rural Landscape
May 31 Preservation Trivia Night (POSTPONED TO JULY 20TH!)
Be an Advocate for Preservation
Celebrate Preservation Month by speaking up for the places that matter most to you through the National Trust for Historic Preservation campaign This Place Matters. Download the materials and take pictures in the places that matter most to you, then share your pictures with #ThisPaceMatters.
Our 2015 Preservation Month Photo Contest winner, Judith Khaner, captured the architectural beauty of The Arcade in Cleveland
Building Pathology Webinar
What is that? Why is it doing that? How do I make it go away? Now, take those questions and apply them to your old house or commercial building and you will get a sense of what this webinar is about. From carpenter ants to ice dams, from rotted wooden windows to delaminating sandstone foundations, Dave Mertz of Belmont College’s Building Preservation/Restoration Technology Program will identify common problems found in old buildings, discuss their causes and offer possible solutions. Be prepared for a world-tour of building problems and a few laughs along the way.
Dave’s webinar is one of a series of May webinars presented by Heritage Ohio in celebration of Preservation Month and are free and open to all. This webinar has been approved for 1 AIA HSW Continuing Education Hour.
Register Here for this FREE webinar!
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Presenter Bio
Professor David R Mertz continues to serve as the director of the Building Preservation/Restoration Program at Belmont College in St Clairsville, Ohio, a post he has held since the program’s inception in 1989. The Belmont Program is seen as a national model for trades-based technical education in historic preservation and has been copied across the country. Mr Mertz has been an active participant in the development of historic preservation on a local, state and national level. He served four years as Chair of the National Council for Preservation Education, the consortium of colleges and universities that offer undergraduate and graduate programs in historic preservation, and four years as Chair Emeritus. He served on the advisory board of the Preservation Leadership Institute of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the editorial board of Preservation Forum, the nation’s scholarly journal on Historic Preservation and has authored numerous articles in national publications relating to trades education. He served as a board member and vice-president for both Heritage Ohio and the Ohio Preservation Alliance, Ohio’s two state-wide preservation non-profits. Mertz currently serves on the Board of the Preservation Trades Network and was awarded the 2014 Askins Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the Preservation Trades. He is a graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelors and masters degree in architecture and a certificate in Regional & Community Planning. Mertz lectures frequently on building pathology and American architectural history.