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<br /> The following information was derived ,from a collection of Superstore Sprawl9
<br /> national, statewide, and local newsletters. "The Hometown Advantage , " by Stacey Mitchell, is one of
<br /> `' y an emerging genre of publications examining how super-
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<br /> y stores have altered the economic fortunes of main street busi-
<br /> Vrr nesses . Its available through the Institute for Local Self
<br /> Reliance . Visit their website at www.ilsr. org or call their
<br /> Sprawl is a Growing `
<br /> Minneapolis office at (612) 379- 3815 .
<br /> American Concern A new series of polls reveals that Americans ' top concerns
<br /> are close to home, with frustrations over sprawl and growth ' '.
<br /> now edging out more traditional issues, such as crime. Ina
<br /> survey of four cities , a complex number of issues including On the Web _
<br /> sprawl, unfettered growth and traffic congestion surfaced as Technical Preservation Services , part of the National Park
<br /> an overwhelming concern, surpassing or joining traditional Service ' s Heritage Preservation Services , now offers aweb-
<br /> issues such as crime , the economy and education. In Denver, site on caring for your historic buildings . The site includes
<br /> cited sprawl as a top concern in an open ended materials on applying the Secretary of the Interior ' s
<br /> 60 percent
<br /> question, as did 47 percent in San Francisco , and 33 percent Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation , texts of TPS ' s
<br /> in Tampa. Preservation Briefs series , and interactive web classes such as
<br /> Electronic Rehab and The Walk Through . Visit
<br /> www2. cr.nps . gov/tps/care .
<br /> Useful Reading
<br /> Private investment of $ 2 . 3 billion in rehabilitation projects
<br /> Mark Your Calendar .
<br /> approved by the National Park Service in FY 1999 represents The 21st Annual Affordable Housing and Community
<br /> the highest amount since 1986 tax law changes . At the same
<br /> time, the number of tax credit projects was down slightly Development Conference, October 23 -25th, Corning, New
<br /> from 1998 . These and other salient facts can be found in York. For information , visit the Rural Housing Coalition 's
<br /> "Federal Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings website at www.ruralhousing . org,
<br /> Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1999 . " The report is available Restoration & Renovation, September 7 -9 , 2000 , San
<br /> from Technical Preservation Services , Heritage Preservation Antonio , TX, and January 1347 , 2001 , Washington, D. C.
<br /> Services , National Park Service, NC200, 1849 C Street, NW, For information , visit EGI ' s Exhibitions website at
<br /> Washington, DC 20240 . Telephone: (202) 343 -9585s www. egiexhib . com or call: (800) 982-6247 .
<br /> National Association of Towns and Townships Annual
<br /> New from Preservation Books Meeting, September 64 , 2000, Washington, D . C . . For infor-
<br /> mation visit www.natat. org or call (202) 624-3550 .
<br /> "How to Organize a Preservation Development Charrette ," Discovery 2000 : The National Park Service General
<br /> by Jennifer Goodman , is a how-to kit for planning and imple- Conference, September 1145 , 2000 , St. Louis , MO. For
<br /> menting a preservation development charrette to find reuse information , call: 202-208 -4988 .
<br /> solutions for threatened historic properties (Order No . 2138 ) . The International Downtown Association 's 46th Annual
<br /> "Board Development for Non-profit Preservation Conference, September 1649 , 2000 , Los Angeles , CA. For
<br /> Organizations , by Marc Smiley, provides advice for building information, call (202) 2934505 .
<br /> an effective board of directors . It clarifies the responsibility
<br /> of the board members , explains the process of building and
<br /> strengthening a board, and suggests ways to keep a board
<br /> functioning at its peak (Order No . 2140) . To order call the
<br /> National Trust for Historic Preservation at (202) 58 &6296 or
<br /> visit the Preservation Books website at www. nthpbooks. org,
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