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An Integrated Approach to Stabilization: Defining Holistic Preservation

An Integrated Approach to Stabilization: Defining Holistic Preservation. Historic Preservation in America’s Legacy Cities Conference June 6, 2014. Lavea Brachman, Executive Director of Greater Ohio Policy Center. About Greater Ohio Policy Center.

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An Integrated Approach to Stabilization: Defining Holistic Preservation

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  1. An Integrated Approach to Stabilization:Defining Holistic Preservation Historic Preservation in America’s Legacy Cities Conference June 6, 2014 Lavea Brachman, Executive Director of Greater Ohio Policy Center

  2. About Greater Ohio Policy Center An outcome-oriented statewide non-profit organization that champions revitalization and sustainable redevelopment in Ohio: • Revitalize Ohio’s urban cores and metropolitan regions • Achieve sustainable land reuse and economic growth

  3. Legacy Cities: Setting the Stage • Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. (Confucius) • I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. (Thomas Jefferson)

  4. One view of Preservation: National Historic Registration Criteria From http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb22/

  5. Holistic Preservation Photos from http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2010/04/streetcar-sunday-akron-ohio.html and http://www.akronapex.com/vision.aspx

  6. Historic Preservation: A Valuable Tool An historic neighborhood in Detroit

  7. Historic Preservation is a Strong Revitalization Strategy… Source: Chart from GOPC, Data from Dayton Landmark Preservation Task Force including the University of Dayton Business Research Group

  8. …Made more Valuable When Aligned with Other Strategies Source: Chart from GOPC, Data from Dayton Landmark Preservation Task Force report, prepared by the University of Dayton Business Research Group

  9. Investment Alone is Not Enough From Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program Annual Report

  10. Preservation is More than Buildings Tire plant, Akron, Ohio, 1964 Photo from http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/11/25_years_ago_driving_back_the.html Goodyear Headquarters, Akron, Ohio, 2013 Photo from http://www.industryweek.com/expansion-management/goodyear-opens-new-global-hq-slideshow

  11. Legacy Cities Face Exceptional Challenges • Unemployment • Impoverishment • Weak demand • Physical decline • Vacancy and abandonment • Fiscal incapacity • Deteriorating public services • Suburbanization • Regional migration • Loss of central functions • Deindustrialization • Job loss

  12. Right-Sizing is Critical Housing Vacancy Rates for Legacy City Urban Areas Source: GOPC Chart, Data from ACS 3-year Estimates

  13. Definitions of Right-Sizing • Matching a City, its services, and its infrastructure to current population and needs

  14. The Goal of Preservation in Legacy Cities St. Luke’s Manor, Cleveland Photo from http://www.huduser.org/portal/about/ExcellenceHistPres_2012_1.html

  15. Demolition is a Necessary Step to Rebuilding Legacy Cities Dayton, Ohio Photo from Downtown Dayton Partnership Content from Laying the Groundwork for Change by Alan Mallach

  16. In Legacy Cities, Demolition Is Another Piece of the Strategy Photos by GOPC

  17. Integrated Neighborhood Stabilization Strategies 1. Consider Neighborhood Fabric http://www.virtourist.com/america/pittsburgh/44.htm

  18. Integrated Neighborhood Stabilization Strategies2. Use a Range of Legal Tools

  19. Examples of Policy Recommendations

  20. Land Banks are Valuable Partners Historic Building in the West End, Cincinnati, Ohio Photo from http://www.hamiltoncountylandbank.org/portfolio-items/1201-linn/ Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation currently accepting redevelopment proposals for the space.

  21. Integrated Neighborhood Stabilization Strategies 3. Set Priorities

  22. Demolition and Preservation Must be Strategic Content from Laying the Groundwork for Change by Alan Mallach

  23. Case Study: Slavic Village Recovery, a Holistic approach Slavic Village, Cleveland Photo from http://slavicvillagehomes.org/1971-2/

  24. Neighborhood Stabilization is Part of Legacy City Revitalization Trumbull County Courthouse, Warren OH

  25. Re-establish the Central Economic Role of the City

  26. Use Assets to Build Competitive Advantages Downtown Mansfield, Mansfield Ohio from http://www.hivelocitymedia.com/cities/Mansfield/

  27. Leipzig: The Story Population Development of Leipzig Inhabitants *Eingemeindung= Annexation

  28. Leipzig Recovery Strategies

  29. Preservation in Leipzig Old Town Hall Photo from abritabroad11.blogspot.com/ Waldstrassenviertel Photo from http://www.architektouren-leipzig.de/german/leipzig/tour_6.html#Waldstrassenviertel

  30. Macro Legacy City Issues

  31. Build Stronger Local Governance Capacity and Partnerships

  32. Preserving our Cities • Preservation is not a silver bullet, but is a very important tool • Goal of preservation in legacy cities should be to stabilize communities • Preservation should work in tandem with strategic demolition, policy changes and other tools • Preservation should align with larger stabilization and economic revitalization efforts Cleveland Institute of Art, Photo from Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Annual Report, 2010

  33. Questions? Lavea Brachman Executive Director Greater Ohio Policy Center lbrachman@greaterohio.org www.greaterohio.org 614-224-0187 This presentation prepared in part by Christina Cudney Old West End, Toledo, Ohio Photo from Smithr1981 Wikimedia Commons

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