The Historic District Action Guide: From Designation Campaigns to Keeping Districts Vital is a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations.
This how-to guide gives citizens who are fighting to designate a local historic district the political know-how to win the support of fellow residents and city hall. Everything is here: learning to think politically, mastering the political process; planning and strategy; campaign organizing and leadership; framing a practical vision; anticipating and handling the opposition; conducting community meetings; skirmishing with property rightists; managing issues, petitions, and public opinion; dealing with public officials; strategizing for public hearings; and winning the vote for district designation. Once the vote is won, the Action Guide shows how to maintain momentum in their communities once the initial political campaign to win historic preservation designation has faded and the real work of enforcement begins.
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The Historic District Action Guide
From Designation Campaigns to Keeping Districts Vital
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The Historic District Action Guide
From Designation Campaigns to Keeping Districts Vital
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. PRESERVATION & THE POLITICS OF HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION
- Ch01. Before You Take Another Step
- Ch02. Thinking Politically about Historic District Designation
- Ch03. How It Starts
- Ch04. A Walk through the Designation Process: A Guided Tour with Planner Kaye Graybeal
- Part II. CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
- Ch05. On Planning and Strategy
- Ch06. Our Strategic Line: A Community in/within Conflict
- Ch07. Makers, Breakers, Takers, and Shapers: The Political Field of Play
- Ch08. Leadership and Organization
- Ch09. Working with a Local Historical Society: A Conversation with Historic Annapolisâs Greg Stiverson
- Ch10. A Practical Vision
- Ch11. Gentrification: An Exchange with the University of Georgiaâs James Reap
- Ch12. Thinking Politically about Design Guidelines
- Ch13. Itâs Personal
- Ch14. Sticks and Stones
- Part III. CAMPAIGNING IN THE COMMUNITY
- Ch15. The Campaign Kickoff
- Ch16. Twitter Campaigning
- Ch17. Community Meeting Arrangements
- Ch18. Your Community Presentation
- Ch19. FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
- Ch20. Thinking Politically about Q&A: The Moving Pattern of Opponentsâ Challenges
- Ch21. Our Reframing Q&A Strategy
- Ch22. Answering Opposition Questions I: From âDistrust of Themâ to the âPivotal Shiftâ
- Ch23. Answering Opposition Questions II: From the âPivotal Shiftâ to âDistrust of Usâ
- Ch24. Property-Rights Extremists
- Ch25. Petition Politics
- Ch26. Reaching Out to the Opposition
- Part IV. MANAGING THE FORMAL DESIGNATION PROCESS
- Ch27. Moving on to City Hall: Preparing for Commission Hearings
- Ch28. Behind-the-Scenes Intelligence
- Ch29. Working with the Press: Guidance from a Reporter
- Ch30. A Civic Vision
- Ch31. The Top Tier of Local Government
- Part V. WINNING THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE
- Ch32. The Politics of Public Hearings
- Ch33. Lobbying City Hall: A Conversation with a Lobbyist
- Ch34. Speaking Mayor to Mayor: A Dialogue with Charlestonâs Joseph P. Riley Jr.
- Ch35. A Checklist for One-on-One Meetings
- Ch36. Our Public Hearing Presentation
- Ch37. The Politics of Compromise
- Ch38. Winning the Vote
- Part VI. THE POLITICS OF ADMINISTERING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT
- Ch39. Our Transition to the HPC
- Ch40. On Public Service
- Ch41. Our Community Compact for Rooted Growth
- Ch42. Drawing up Our Design Guidelines: Tackling the Problem with Consultant Peter Benton
- Ch43. Fusion Preservation: Thinking like a Districtist
- Ch44. Political Maintenance: Delivering Good Government
- Part VII. POLITICAL DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
- Ch45. Dispositional Gatekeeping
- Ch46. The Temptation of Administrative Legalism
- Ch47. Municipal Neglect
- Ch48. The View from City Council: A Talk with a Council Member
- Ch49. Districts under Threat
- Ch50. State-Level Interventions
- Part VIII. NAVIGATING THE MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION
- Ch51. The Preservation Plannerâs Role: A Discussion with Raleighâs Dan Becker
- Ch52. Relations with Your Mayor: The Views of a Mayorâs Adviser
- Part IX. THE POLITICS OF AGING HISTORIC DISTRICTS
- Ch53. The Crisis of Second-Generation Districts
- Ch54. OIMBYism
- Ch55. Getting Helpful Local Coverage: The Perspectives of a Newspaper Executive Editor
- Ch56. Our New Strategic Line
- Ch57. A New Political Whoâs Who: An Overview
- Ch58. Whoâs Who, Part One: District Rooters
- Ch59. Whoâs Who, Part Two: District Rotters
- Ch60. Confronting Polarizers
- Ch61. Gentrificationâs Dissidents: On Displacement with Baltimoreâs Eric Holcomb
- Part X. DISTRICT DECLINE AND ITS REVERSAL
- Ch62. Political Personalities: Who Leads?
- Ch63. The Stages of Declining Districts
- Ch64. The Politics of Decision Making: Defensible and Defendable
- Ch65. Enforcement: The Third Rail of Historic District Politics
- Ch66. The Politics of Appeals
- Ch67. Choosing Our Battles
- Part XI. REPAIRING OUR COMMUNITY COMPACT
- Ch68. Transformative Education
- Ch69. Reconstructive Programs
- Ch70. Institutionalizing Community Relations
- Ch71. Renewal through Revising Design Guidelines
- Ch72. A Preservation Plan? Looking Ahead with Consultant Elizabeth Watson
- Ch73. Our Sustaining Vision
- Epilogue
- Index
- About the Author
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