Heritage Restoration & Adaptive Reuse

Your community's revitalization can start with a primary focus on any of the 12 sectors of restorable assets.  But one of the best starting places is your inventory of historic sites and structures, as well as your older (but non-historic) reusable structures. Heritage is one of the assets that virtually everyone, of any political, economic, or cultural stripe can agree.

What's more, these buildings are already connected to your infrastructure, and are usually centrally located.  These factors alone make them more sensible choices for accommodating your growth.  The alternative is sprawl, which might provide a short-term economic boost, but it will usually undercut your quality of life.  Renewing and reusing your urban buildings, on the other hand, helps you grow economically while enhancing your quality of life.  Which makes more sense to you?

If you've already got a strong historic preservation/restoration program, it can be an excellent foundation from which to launch your Renewal Capacity Program.

Definition & overview: There's no formal definition of heritage restoration, as it can focus on a number of restorable functions and assets, such as public & private buildings, industries, battlefields, institutions (such as a college), neighborhoods, infrastructure (such as historic bridges, roads, & dams), etc.