Preservation Resource Center

Preservation is a word that one does not often partner with the word innovative.

But in reading the following passage by Erica Avrami it is clear that preservation is “of the moment”

Changes in population, migration toward cities, urban land economics, the spread of
sprawl, and environmental concerns all necessitate better management of the built
environment in order to meet the needs of future generations. An essential part of
sustainable approaches to building and construction is integrating policies for managing
existing built resources and architectural traditions with those for developing new ones.
Buildings are consistently preserved, reused, and adapted, in the face of changing social,
environmental, and economic factors- and for important cultural as well as practical reasons.

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Here in New Orleans the PRC has just begun a new blog as part of their advocacy efforts. Michelle Kimball who has been a communication life line for those of us who depend on her mailings of agendas to important meetings, such as the City Planning Commission as well as City Council has taken to the internet as another way to promote the important work of the PRC.

Trying to break out of the box of preservation is not an easy task and we wish our partners at the PRC good luck in spreading the word of the important work they do.

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