Unfortunately, the fun of Holiday House Tour coverage we had been anticipating this week has been delayed by unfortunate news from Congress. We\u2019re forwarding an urgent message below from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Virginia. On Thursday afternoon, we learned the Historic Tax Credit was eliminated in the House Tax Reform Bill. Contact your House of Representatives member and urge them to add the Historic Tax Credit back to the final House bill. Also, contact Senators Kaine and Warner and ask them to include the Historic Tax Credit in the forthcoming Senate bill. <\/p>\n
This proposed legislation will have a devastating effect on our communities. The Historic Tax Credit not only attracts private capital for the revitalization of our community\u2019s historic assets, but it also stimulates job creation and generates more revenue for the Treasury than it costs.<\/p>\n
How Can You Take Action?<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact House and Senate Members no later than November 6<\/strong> (find your House Representatives<\/a> and Senators<\/a>) and ask for them to use their voice to advocate for the credit to be added back to the final House bill or include the Historic Tax Credit in the forthcoming Senate bill.<\/p>\n A suggested outline of your email message or phone call: <\/strong> 2. Say \u201cI heard the historic tax credit is eliminated in the House version of the tax reform bill. I am extremely concerned that this important community redevelopment incentive will no longer be available to revitalize our main streets, towns and cities and preserve our heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n 3. Explain why you value Historic Tax Credits, and that the redevelopment of historic buildings will not get done without the HTC.<\/p>\n 4. Let them know some previous and future Historic Tax Credit projects in your state\/district. From the interactive HTC mapping tool developed by Novogradac and Company<\/a>, the following properties utilized Historic Tax Credits in downtown Winchester:<\/p>\n Old Frederick County Jail | 317 South Cameron 5. Touch on why these historic buildings are so challenging but important to our communities.<\/p>\n 6. Ask, \u201cAs tax reform moves forward, will Rep.\/Sen. XXX stand up for the Historic Tax Credit and use his\/her voice to insist that the credit be retained in tax reform?\u201d<\/p>\n 7. Share with the office the video of President Reagan supporting the HTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Addendum: <\/strong>The National Trust for Historic Preservation has also put together a similar rundown on the threats facing the Antiquities Act, which was the precursor to many other historic preservation programs. Find their article at On the Hill: Bill to Overhaul the Antiquities Act Moves Forward in the House, Tax Reform Update<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unfortunately, the fun of Holiday House Tour coverage we had been anticipating this week has been delayed by unfortunate news from Congress. We\u2019re forwarding an urgent message below from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Virginia. On Thursday afternoon, we learned the Historic Tax Credit was eliminated in the House Tax Reform Bill. … Continue reading Historic Tax Credit Alert!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,21],"tags":[39,52,55],"class_list":["post-4230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informational-events","category-national-trust-for-historic-preservation","category-preservation-virginia","tag-informational-events","tag-national-trust-for-historic-preservation","tag-preservation-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4230"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4237,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4230\/revisions\/4237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. Introduce yourself as a constituent.<\/p>\n
\n302-304 North Cameron Street
\nThe Old Star Building | 29-31, 33-35 East Boscawen Street
\nThe Taylor Hotel | 119-129 N. Loudoun Street
\n146 North Loudoun Street
\n315 S. Loudoun Street
\n317 S. Loudoun Street
\nUnion Bank Building | 101 North Loudoun Street
\n116-118 South Braddock Street
\nSnapp Foundry | 403-419 N. Cameron Street
\nThe Savage-Solenberger Building | 140 And 142 N. Loudoun Street
\nStryker House | 130 S. Cameron Street
\n133 East Monmouth Avenue
\nLovett Building | 163-165 North Loudoun Street
\nPiccadilly’S Brew Pub & Restaurant | 125 E. Piccadilly Street
\nCharles Brent House | 320 S. Loundoun Street
\nThe George Washington Hotel | 103 E. Piccadilly Street
\n445 N. Loudoun Street
\nSamuel Brown Residence | 35 North Braddock Street
\nThe Lewis Jones Knitting Mill | 120 And 126 N. Kent Street
\nAdam Bowers House | 410 S. Cameron Street
\nThe Douglas Adams Building | 403 & 407 S. Loudoun Street
\nGiacometti Building | 7 North Loudoun Street<\/p><\/blockquote>\n