To: The Maine State House, The Maine State Senate, and Governor Janet Mills
Please support LD 126 & LD 423 Bond Bills!
Maine Preservation
Please support these bond issues to help preserve Maine's heritage and enable our historic built environment to be a driver of economic growth and community strength.
Why is this important?
Paired with our unparalleled natural resources, our picturesque communities offer Mainers’ powerful economic growth tools. Our built environment is recognized as an incredibly rich resource that has not yet been deeply tapped to deliver value.
These two bills provide a powerful tool for local economic and community revitalization, supporting governmental bodies, nonprofit organizations, and citizens in their mission to rehabilitate and preserve historic buildings. Our historic buildings are not only important to our cultural heritage, they are a valuable investment in our future. Buildings benefiting from these funds will be substantive drivers of activity in their communities. Rehabilitated and preserved buildings:
--generate revenue from property and sales taxes;
--create jobs, strengthening the local and state economies,
--foster a strong sense of place that tourists love (tourism is our #1 economic driver) and locals need to maintain and deepen their ties to their neighbors and their community;
--maximize conservation efforts by recycling buildings;
-- provide attractive public spaces for citizens to meet, do business, and recreate; and
--serve as a generational bridge to the history of our state; they articulate the story we tell about ourselves.
These two bills provide a powerful tool for local economic and community revitalization, supporting governmental bodies, nonprofit organizations, and citizens in their mission to rehabilitate and preserve historic buildings. Our historic buildings are not only important to our cultural heritage, they are a valuable investment in our future. Buildings benefiting from these funds will be substantive drivers of activity in their communities. Rehabilitated and preserved buildings:
--generate revenue from property and sales taxes;
--create jobs, strengthening the local and state economies,
--foster a strong sense of place that tourists love (tourism is our #1 economic driver) and locals need to maintain and deepen their ties to their neighbors and their community;
--maximize conservation efforts by recycling buildings;
-- provide attractive public spaces for citizens to meet, do business, and recreate; and
--serve as a generational bridge to the history of our state; they articulate the story we tell about ourselves.