Hi YPs!  I just wanted to let you guys know about a great learning opportunity that the City of Hutchinson Planning and Development Department, the Downtown Hutchinson Revitalization Partnership, and the Hutchinson Landmarks Commission are putting together.

On Friday, January 22, we will be hosting Taking Preservation to the Bank, a workshop about historic preservation tax credits.  The workshop will be at Memorial Hall, 101 South Walnut from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.  This is a great opportunity for anyone who owns a historic property, is thinking about buying a historic property, or works with historic property owners.  If you are a banker, architect, accountant, contractor, engineer, realtor or other professional who works with historic property owners, you don’t want to miss this opportunity learn how to help your clients save money!

The workshop will feature an overview of state and federal historic preservation tax credit programs, sessions for homeowners, businesses, and non-profit organizations, and a luncheon with keynote speaker Donovan Rypkema.  Donovan is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The firm specializes in services to public and non-profit sector clients who are dealing with downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of historic structures.  Donovan is also the nationally renowned author of The Economics of Preservation.   His presentation during lunch will focus on how Historic Preservation ties into the overall economic health of the community.

This workshop is free, but we are asking people to pre-register so that we know how many people to expect.  How can we put on such a great event for free?  We got help from the folks at the Hutchinson Community Foundation through a Fund for Hutchinson Grant.  The workshop is also financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, a division of the United States Department of the Interior, and administered by the Kansas State Historical Society through the Historic Preservation Fund grant program.

For more information about the workshop schedule, our speakers, and how to register, go to http://www.hutchgov.com/department/?fDD=11-0.  If you have any questions, contact me at work:  amyf@hutchgov.com or 620-694-2681.

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