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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">Restore Oregon Offers Aid to Historic Building Owners with New Preservation Toolkit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">The enduring popularity and charm of older buildings – and the growing recognition of their value to a community – means Restore Oregon, a non-profit preservation advocacy organization, receives
hundreds of calls from all types of Oregonians. Calls come in daily from individuals, local agencies, and organizations requesting help to preserve historic properties, heritage barns, shuttered theaters, decommissioned schools, and just about anything else
that can be considered a historic place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">To better serve Oregonians trying to understand and navigate the often daunting task of rehabilitating a historic structure for current use, and figuring out how to pay for it, the non-profit recently
created a Preservation Toolkit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">The Preservation Toolkit offers a step-by-step framework to develop and execute a Preservation Plan for a historic property so it can be viably, sustainably reused. It’s a valuable tool for individual
property owners, organizations from Main Street business associations to historical societies, and government agencies working to revive a historic building. And thanks to grant funding from the Oregon Cultural Trust, Pacific Power, and the Oregon Community
Foundation, it is available free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">Individual modules tackle particular aspects of preservation planning in a logical way:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Preservation Process Overview</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">: a simple
flowchart illustrating the steps for a successful preservation project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;font-stretch: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Orientation to Preservation & Adaptive Reuse</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">:
introductions to terminology, standards, organizations, and the National Register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;font-stretch: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Condition Assessment Checklist</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">: a top-to-bottom
checklist for examining and documenting the current state of your property.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Creating a Viable Rehabilitation Plan</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">:
a guide to determining a feasible new use for your property, and testing the economic dollars and sense with financial pro forma templates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;font-stretch: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Funding Sources & Incentives</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">: bank
loans, grants, tax credits – what is available and the associated stipulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Working with the Right Preservation Professionals</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">:
assembling the right team and understanding the role they play can make or break your project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;font-stretch: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Organizing & Building Community Support</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">:
tips on telling your story and getting the community on board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;font-stretch: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#555555"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Maintenance Planning</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">: what should be
included in a maintenance plan and how to approach it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">The Preservation Toolkit is an effort to address the enormous need for preservation assistance and information across the state, and the fact that there are few resources to meet it. From assessing
the condition of a structure to developing a reuse strategy, understanding standards and regulations to locating contractors qualified to do the work and finding the money to pay for it, Restore Oregon’s Preservation Toolkit provides the roadmap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#555555">It may be downloaded at
<a href="http://www.RestoreOregon.org/preservation-toolkit">www.RestoreOregon.org/preservation-toolkit</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Peggy Moretti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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