Input Needed on the Future of U.S. Historic Preservation Policy
Historic preservation has always been a key priority for architects. Now, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), an independent federal agency advising Congress and the President on preservation issues, wants to hear from you on the future of historic preservation. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the ACHP is preparing recommendations for strengthening the program that the Act created.
As part of this process, ACHP has developed a collection of ideas that could form the basis of specific recommendations for improving national preservation laws, policies, programs, and procedures. The ideas are set forth here: http://www.achp.gov/p50ideas.pdf . The ideas are grouped under three major themes: Engaging all Americans in the Program; Enhancing and Sustaining the Program; and Improving the Program’s Effectiveness. The ACHP values your input as it develops these themes into a series of formal policy recommendations that will be presented to the incoming Administration and Congress.
The ACHP wants to know:
- Which ideas do you think are good, and which are not worth further development?
- What are the highest priority items?
- What needs immediate attention, and what might be a long-term goal?
- How might a particular idea be implemented?
- What is missing?
Please send your thoughts, the more specific the better, to NHPA50@achp.gov by the close of business on Monday, October 17, 2016. Visit the ACHP website, www.achp.gov, for further developments on this important initiative.
Ian McTiernan, Manager, Federal Relations