Tarrant County Historic Preservation Plan

HHM & Associates, Inc.; Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc.

From the Executive Summary: "The Tarrant County Historic Preservation Plan is unprecedented in Texas. This ground-breaking document has relied on the diligence and hard work of public servants and preservation advocates across Tarrant County – especially Tarrant County Historic Preservation and Archives Officer Dawn Youngblood, PhD, who conceived of the plan and guided its production from beginning to end, and the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, which sponsored the plan. The groundwork for the project can be traced back to 2004, when the Tarrant County Commissioners Court elected to participate in the Certified Local Government (CLG) program of the Texas Historical Commission (THC). This program enabled the County to expand public support for, and participation in, historic preservation in one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas. Beginning in 2018, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the Tarrant County Historic Preservation and Archives Officer to seek CLG grant funding from the THC to complete this plan, the first such countywide preservation plan in Texas. The THC awarded grant funding in May 2019. After a public bidding process, the contract award went to a team composed of Austin-based historic preservation planning firm HHM & Associates, Inc. (HHM) and subconsultant Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc. (CMEC). The scope of the project began in August 2019, first focusing on gathering data from prior surveys and examples of existing preservation policies and ordinances countywide. Through the fall of 2019 and winter of 2020, consulting work included public outreach and involvement, engagement with County and municipal staff, coordination with multiple preservation groups, and others with a demonstrated interested in historic preservation. Three draft plans followed, and comments from Tarrant County, the THC, and public stakeholders were reviewed and incorporated. The preservation plan herein presents the results of this ambitious effort. Keys goals of this final plan are listed below, and the timeline and estimated costs associated with these goals are presented in figure i. The total cost of implementation is approximately $1.36 million, spread over 10 fiscal years (FY 2022–2031)." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Texas Historical Commission, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P19AF00218).

Tarrant County Historic Preservation Plan

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