Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Apply now for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2022-2023 ACHP/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation! This joint award honors outstanding projects that have advanced the goals of historic preservation while promoting affordable housing, community revitalization, and/or enhanced economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income families. Submissions are due August 15, 2022.

In this episode of Preservation Perspectives, the ACHP podcast, host ACHP Expert Member Luke Nichter spoke with Lucha Martinez de Luna, Director of Chicano/a/x Murals of Colorado Project. Martinez de Luna is working to preserve the murals and document them.

Washington, D.C.–The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is seeking public input on a proposed exemption that would release all federal agencies from the requirement to consider the effects on historic properties of their undertakings involving the installation and placement of certain electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE).

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation podcast host, ACHP Expert Member Luke Nichter, spoke with Crystal Zembal of Chicago, a preservationist and historic preservation volunteer as the AHP celebrates National Volunteer Month. Zembal spoke about her path to historic preservation and how volunteering has enhanced her life.

Members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation met March 30, 2022, for their spring business meeting. Topics they addressed included the President's Budget which will allow the agency to make needed IT upgrades and enhance staff capabilities; finalizing the agency's Strategic Plan; updating members on ACHP participation in the America the Beautiful initiative, the ACHP's Climate Change Task Force, and America 250.