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The
Cleveland Restoration Society brings you
breaking news about local, state, and national
preservation issues, up-to-the-minute
information
about advocacy efforts, and a calendar of
events.
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State Tax Credit Update
program has reached budget cap
On March 13 the Ohio Department of Development
(ODOD) announced the closing of the state
historic preservation tax credit program. The
program was
conceived as a two-year pilot for up to 100 projects per
year beginning July 1, 2007 and was given a cap of
$120 million. To date approved projects total
approximately $123 million. The ODOD press release states, "The tax credits
for applications approved to date approximate the
$120 million budgeted for the program. Following a
review of four pending applications for low value
projects to satisfy the statutory requirement that a mix
of high and low value projects be approved, no other
applications will be approved for the remainder of the
two-year program." For more perspective, check out
an article
published by the Toledo Blade on March 23.
New approvals including one Akron project and nine
Cleveland projects have also been announced:
- The Gothic Building, Akron
- Ford Motor Co. (Cleveland Institute of Art),
Cleveland
- The Swetland Building, Cleveland
- Cleveland Trust Company, Cleveland
- Union Gospel Press, Cleveland
- Neal Terrace Apartments, Cleveland
- Boulevard Terrace Apartments, Cleveland
- Exhibit Builders, Inc. Complex, formerly Baehr
Brewing Company & The Odd Fellows Hall,
Cleveland
- Hanna Building Complex, Cleveland
- Higbee Building, Cleveland
This brings the number of approved Cleveland
projects to 20, out of 37 in total.
Of special note is the news that
The George Gund Foundation has awarded
$100,000 to the
National
Trust for Historic Preservation to evaluate Ohio's
pilot Historic Buildings Rehabilitation Tax Credit and
determine its economic impact.
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Calendar of Events
what to do, where to do it, and when to go
April 10
GreenCityBlueLake.org Open House
Cleveland Environmental Center, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
3500 Lorain Ave., Cleveland
GreenCityBlueLake
April 10
FutureHeights Annual Meeting
Heights Rockefeller Building, 7:30 p.m.
RSVP to 216-320-1423
FutureHeights
April 11
"Photographic Processes: History and
Identification"
Cleveland Public Library, Lakeshore Facility
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., register by 4/1, $$
Intermuseum Conservation
Association
Ohio Preservation
Council
April 11
A Community Conversation with Mayor Frank G.
Jackson
and Chief Operating Officer Darnell Brown
Cleveland State University, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Glickman-Miller Hall, 1717 Euclid Ave.
Free but registration required
Maxine Goodman
Levin College of Urban Affairs
April 12
Antiques Appraisal Day with Wes Cowan
10825 East Blvd., Cleveland, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
$
Western Reserve
Historical Society
April 16
Arts in Ohio Day 2008
Columbus, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Reservations online only
Ohio Arts
Council
Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation
April 19
OAHSM Region 3 Meeting
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Akron
Register
by 4/14, $$
Ohio Association of
Historical Societies & Museums
April 26
SNOOP! of the Hanna Theatre
2067 East 14th Street, Cleveland, 11:00 a.m.
Lunch at Bricco
and showing of "The Crucible" optional
Tour of Hanna free to CRS members, optional events
$$
RSVP to Erin Dorsey
Cleveland Restoration Society
April 26
OAHSM Region 4 Meeting
Hiram College, Hiram
Register
by 4/21, $$
Ohio Association of
Historical Societies & Museums
April 27
Community Forum:
The
Housing/Credit/Foreclosure Crisis
21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, 9:30 - 10:45
a.m.
Moderated by Jim Rokakis
First
Unitarian Church of Cleveland
April 28 - 30
Urban Forum 2008
Indianapolis, registration
is open, $$$
Local Initiatives Support
Corporation
May 3
All Aboard Ball
Akron-Fulton Airport, 6:00 p.m., $$$
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
May 6 -8
Heritage Ohio Annual Awards and
Conference
Bowling Green, discount registration before
4/18, $$$
Heritage
Ohio
May 6
Celebration of Preservation
Ohio Theatre, 5:30 p.m.
Free to members,
RSVP to 216-426-1000
Cleveland
Restoration Society
AIA Cleveland
May 9
"The Civilian Conservation Corps"
Happy Days Lodge, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., $
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley
National Park Association
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Make plans now to join the 
Last week the National Trust for Historic Preservation
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
accepting applications from communities, regions,
and states for free technical assistance under the 
On May 14 Cleveland-based 