Historic Trades Labor Analysis: Baseline Data for Covington, Kentucky
Myers C and PlaceEconomics. 2022. Historic Trades Labor Analysis: Baseline Data for Covington, Kentucky. City of Covington
From the Executive Summary: "The City of Covington and its partners are creating the Covington Academy of Heritage Trades (CAHT), a preservation trades school that will energize the local economy and direct investment to older and historic properties. This report provides a baseline snapshot of current conditions in a defined Study Region that includes Kenton County, Boone County, and Campbell County in Kentucky, and the neighboring Hamilton County in Ohio. Using quantitative data, interviews with individuals knowledgeable about the historic trades, and data from an extensive national survey of both historic trades experts and historic preservation experts, this baseline will help track the impact of Covington's Academy of Heritage Trades over time as it develops and evolves. This report includes an analysis of the national labor shortages in construction trades and historic trades, as well as the number of existing trades-related businesses, jobs, and pay ranges in Covington and the Study Region. It also provides a selection of case studies of training programs using existing workshop models and an overview of existing trades training programs in the Study Region. It provides an assessment of the impact of historic preservation-related projects in Covington, including building permit activity in historic districts and its subsequent job and labor income creation. Finally, this report shares testimonies expressing the importance and benefit of historic craft and trades training." Table of Contents: Executive Summary Introduction Baseline Snapshots of Current Conditions Overview of Existing Trades-Related Programs in Northern Kentucky Impact of Historic Trades Experience and Training Conclusions Appendices Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Kentucky Heritage Council, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P21AF10399).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Myers, Christopher; PlaceEconomics
- Date of Issue
- 2022-04
- Publisher
- City of Covington
- Units
- HPF