Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas

In February, President Obama released his FY2011 budget request that would eliminate funding for Preserve America and Save America's Treasures, and cut funding for National Heritage Areas by 50%.  These critical historic preservation programs matter now more than ever - not only because they protect our national heritage, but because they serve as economic development engines and job creators in the thousands of communities they serve. For example, Save America's Treasures alone has been responsible for more than 16,000 jobs since it was created just ten years ago.

Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas Announces its 2010 list of Arkansas’s Most Endangered Historic Places: Nine in Need

Announcement by Secretary of State Charlie Daniels
Special Guest—Speaker Designate Robert Moore, Jr.

Join us for the announcement of the 2010 "Nine in Need: Arkansas' Endangered Places" list and Preservation Libations cocktail party on May 13th as we celebrate Arkansas Heritage Month and National Preservation Month.

Registration for the 2010 Arkansas Preservation Conference, April 15-17 in historic Helena is open!  Click here for a printable schedule and registration form. 
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The Historic Preservation Alliance requests your help in identifying endangered historic places that reflect our Arkansas Heritage for the 2010 Most Endangered Places List.

The Arkansas’s Most Endangered Historic Places list highlights threats facing historically and architecturally significant properties throughout the state.  The Alliance is soliciting nominations from residents and organizations across Arkansas of endangered places to be considered for inclusion in the list.  The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, April 16, 2010.  Click here to download a nomination form or to submit a nomination online.

On January 15, 2010 the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas awarded 13 individuals and organizations - including the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, and the City of Texarkana - for their efforts to preserve Arkansas’s diverse historic resources, from the restoration of a plantation home in the Arkansas Delta to new construction on an historic farm.

District 1 Representative Steve Harrelson presented the Mayor of Texarkana with a designation certificate and Preserve America road sign on Monday evening. 

On Monday, the Administrative Rules and Regulations Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council approved the administrative rules for the AR Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit.

The FY 2010 budget bill that includes appropriations for the Department of the Interior was signed into law by the President on October 30; the bill includes $4.6 million for Preserve America Grants administered by the National Park Service. 

Senator Blanche Lincoln, along with Senator Olympia Snowe (ME), is expected to introduce the Revised Community Restoration and Revitalization Act to amend the tax code that defines the Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit on October 1^st.

Rules have been drafted for the recently enacted AR Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit and are now out for public comment.

Benton, Pocahontas and Texarkana are among the newest towns designated as Preserve America Communities.

Check out "Rooted in History," by Tracy Courage, an article on the Alliance's Six To Save: Arkansas's Endangered Places

The Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas invites you to "get in the preservation spirit!" Stop by to have an Old Fashioned with us and learn more about the Alliance; enjoy happy hour prices, tours of the hotel, and special membership rates for young professionals.

The Historic Preservation announced the 2009 list of Six to Save: Arkansas' endangered historic places on May 8th in the State Capitol Rotunda.

HB1953 is now Act 498! 

The spring 2009 Preservation Digest is now available online!

Representative Robert Moore introduced HB1953 for an Arkansas Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

The Winter 2008 Edition of Preservation Digest, the Alliance's quarterly newsletter, is now available online.

The Deadline for submitting nominations for the Arkansas Preservation Awards is November 14th.  To be considered, all nominations must be postmarked by this date.

The preservation and restoration of the historic Lakeport Plantation is the subject of an article in the November 2008 Issue of Arkansas Life

The building at the northwest corner of Pulaski and 3rd Streets is the subject of "Tribute to a Tattered Treasure," published on October 28th in the Sweet Tea column of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Bill Clinton's first home in Hope is listed on the National Park Service's new Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary on the American Presidents

2009 Preservation Conference in historic Eureka Springs!
"The Heritage Connection"
May 14-16, 2009

National Trust for Historic Preservation President to speak.

The Historice Preservation Alliance of Arkansas announces the hiring of Vanessa Norton.

Join us for the 7th annual Preservation Crustacean. Benefiting the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas!

The Alliance Spring Ramble is Saturday, March 29, 2008. Please join us for this wonderful spring trip!

The Alliance is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Arkansas Preservation Awards...

The Arkansas Delta Rural Heritage Development Intitative, a National Trust for Historic Preservation program, recently launched its new web site. 

Today, the Alliance announced the 2007 list of Arkansas's Most Endangered Historic Places at the State Capitol rotunda...

The 2007 Fall/Winter issue of Arkansas Preservation Digest is out...

Centennial Baptist Church in Helena, one of the 2006 Most Endangered Places, received a Save America's Treasures grant...