Enriching Our Heritage: 2016 District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan
2013. Enriching Our Heritage: 2016 District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan. District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office
From introduction: "This plan is a guide to a broad range of historic preservation efforts through 2016. It lays out a manageable list of goals and suggests the actions the HPO, city agencies, federal partners, cultural organizations, preservation non-profits, and other partners can take collectively in the near term to help achieve a long-range vision. It strives to include a wide range of activities and be responsive to many opinions, while also setting priorities that will allow us to focus on the most pressing of our needs. Several major themes weave through this plan and underlie many of its recommendations. They reflect a critical assessment of where preservation stands now, based upon the public comments received and a thoughtful look at what the city’s preservation community is doing well and not so well. These five themes are: 1. Preservation should get back to basics. Preservation should concentrate on what most people understand is valuable. 2. We should build from an understanding of history. Telling the story of our communities is the way to foster civic pride in the accomplishments of the past. 3. Preservationists should work together. Partnerships are essential to draw on all available talents and resources, communicate effectively, and make progress toward common goals. 4. We should celebrate our achievements. Our historic environment is in remarkable condition overall, and preservationists can take credit for decades of solid accomplishment. 5. Preservation should consider new possibilities. A changing city presents new opportunities, but new tools and approaches are also needed to address the challenges we face. The plan is organized in seven chapters: First, it portrays images for a common vision, and reviews our history and heritage — Chapters 1 and 2. Then it assesses our strengths and challenges, and proposes the goals we should set and actions we should take to reinforce our strengths and confront our challenges — Chapters 3, 4, and 5. In Chapter 6, it looks in depth at our goals and charts how to respond over the next four years to the preservation mandates of the District’s Comprehensive Plan. And finally, in Chapter 7, it includes a list of planning resources and describes how to give critical feedback throughout the life of this plan. Your thoughts, suggestions, observations, and participation are needed as we move forward together." Funding was provided in part by a 2012 Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (project number DC-12-019, grant number 11-12-41915) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Date of Issue
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Preservation Plans and Reports (State)
See also
- District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan, 1996
- District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan, 2000
- Preserving Communities and Character: The Historic Preservation Plan for the District of Columbia 2008-2012
- 2016 DC Historic Preservation Plan, Updated Objective and Actions 2015
- 2020 District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan
- 2025 District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan: Celebrating Our Diversity