Historic Preservation as Sustainable Economic Development

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Historic Preservation as Sustainable Economic
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• Florida Redevelopment Association Conference
• Tampa
• October 23, 2008

Donovan Rypkema PlaceEconomics Washington, DC
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Historic Preservation as Sustainable Economic
Development

• What the hell do we do now?

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The Republican Party is Dead
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The Republican Democratic Party is Dead
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140 oil will now be the floor not the ceiling
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Trends
Risks
Actions
Opportunities
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Home ownership!!!
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40 Second Homes
Real Estate only goes up!
Easy Money
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Trends driven in part by real estate recession,
mortgage crisis and energy prices
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Density
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• Shift to Public Transportation

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• Fewer Children served by School Busses

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• Comeback of Neighborhood Schools

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• More Mixed-Income Housing

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• More Mixed-Use Buildings

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• Infrastructure Replacement in Older Neighborhoods

But where will the money come from?
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• Falling Rates of Home Ownership

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• Fewer Second Home Purchases

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• Technology vs Aesthetics

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• More At Home Workers

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• Increased Voice for Transportation Advocates and
  Demand for Sidewalks and Bike Paths

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• Reduction of vehicles/house

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• More Multi-Generational Households

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• Increase in non-family households

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• More McMansions

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• Material life cycle and Old vs. Replacement

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• Smart Code Adopted

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• Demo, but Were reusing the materials

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• Gentrification but less race based

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• NIMBY Use of Historic Preservation

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• LEED Used as Demolition Justification

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• Limitations on Second Homes in Historic Districts

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• More Foreign Buyers of US Residential Real Estate

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• The Five Way Battle

Affordable Housing
Historic Preservation
Small Business Incubation
Density
Public Transportation
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Push for Density
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New Anti-Historic District Groups
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More Facadomies
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Sustainable Development
Environmental Responsibility
Economic Responsibility
Social/Cultural Responsibility
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New Grounds for Economic Hardship
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Rich Only center cities
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It is about Sustainable Development not about
Green Buildings!!
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Green Building is not a synonym for sustainable
development
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Sustainable Development
RISK
Environmental Responsibility
Waterless Toilet
Bike Rack
Economic Responsibility
Social/Cultural Responsibility
Back Draft Damper
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Preserving the Recent Past
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No longer good urbanism No longer sustainable
development No longer credible
Preserving the Recent Past
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Trends
Risks
Opportunities
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Opportunity
Density at a human scale
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Opportunity
Independent convenience store
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Design and manage for baby boomer renter
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Smaller historic homes for baby boomer tenants
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Back to the urban town home
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Size as contributor of affordability
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Embodied energy calculation for demolition permit
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Opportunity
Salvaged Land Sites for Infill and Densification
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Preservation Skills Job Training
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Design Guidelines to Encourage Innovation
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Rethink and design for the Segway
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Foreclosures as Workforce Housing Inventory
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Opportunity
Small Business and Immigrants
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Density Research
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Trade Association for preservation contractors
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I was wrongthere are some changes that would
make a difference
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1. Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency
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2. Establish Department of Sustainable Development

Department of Sustainable Development
Environmental Responsibility
Livable
Viable
Economic Responsibility
Social/Cultural Responsibility
Equitable
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3. Create measurable standards for Economic
Responsibility and Social/Cultural Responsibility
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4. Use or Modify LEED for Environmental
Responsibility Criteria
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5. Apply Sustainable Development measurements to
all applicable Federal programs
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Precedent for Federal Standards

• Section 106 Review
• ADA requirements
• EEOC
• No Child Left Behind
• OSHA
• Davis-Bacon

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Federal Standards for Sustainable Development
Economic Responsibility, Environmental
Responsibility, Social/Cultural Responsibility
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Fannie Mae/Freddie MacAdvance public policy
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Fannie Mae/Freddie MacForeclosures to Workforce
Housing
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If we dont change the debate from green
buildings to sustainable development historic
preservation will be the loser
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Im for change
No, Im for change
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Historic Preservation Downtown Revitalization
Sustainable Development
Thats what the hell we need to do now
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Thank you very much
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