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a 05 S T E. N E w S Q T Z S Part of the following information was derived from a residential area containing National Register eligible homes collection of statewide and local newsletter into a commercial district; and used the media to hightlight a community' s disagreement over a proposed Walgreen 's in historic Westside . HLFI has been at the forefront of the Maryland ' s historic preservation tax credit chain drugstore issue in Indiana, and has saved nearly 70 program, already one of the nation' s most pro- gressive, was improved, simplified and made historic buildings from demolition . more accessible during the 2001 legislative session. Changes to the Maryland Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Hawaii AL oft The success story of Kaniakapupu, Program include refundable tax credits, which will allow o the ruins of King Kamehameha III' s summer property owners to receive the full 25 percent tax credit in palace, started with a failure . Historic Hawaii one year. If the tax credit exceeds the amount of income Foundation (HHF) was involved with the lease tax owed, they will receive a refund check for the balance . and renovation of an 1899 pumping station to be used as an The tax credit program has also been expanded and is education center ' and HHF office . The project was halted available to non-profit 501 c 3 organizations rehabilitatingand HHF withdrew, leaving $400 , 000 worth of donated P ( ( ) ) g historic properties , money in HHF ' s hands . Over half of the money was returned to donors , $ 100, 000 was given to the National Connecticut State Superior Court Judge Socrates Trust' s Western Office to establish a Hawaii Preservation up Services Fund ant and the remaining was to be held the right of the Local Historic g money Mih.zlzk� s up District Commission to deny an application for used on a bricks and mortar project, vinyl siding within the district. The First Church of Kaniakapupu was one of the sites researched for a Christ, Scientist of Ridgefield was denied permission to possible project, but plans would have required community and state support . Workin public officials and com- install vinyl siding on its colonial revival church building . PP g with P ffi The church appealed the Commission' s denial, claiming that inanity members , it was decided to use the grant money for it was unjustified because the application of vinyl siding a low impact stabilization of Kaniakapupu . Bishop was ordinary maintenance and not a design change . Judge Museum and the University of Hawaii started things off by ;r Mihalakos sided with the Commission and quoted the using the site as an archaeological field school to research Secretary of the Interior' s Standards defining maintenance information needed before stabilization could begin. Volunteers assisted with the actual stabilization rocess , and and repair as the minimum amount of work needed to pre - P serve a building' s materials and appearance . a caretaking group , Malama Kaniakapupu, was formed to maintain the site . Indiana Five years ago, many historic neigh- borhoods and downtowns in Indiana were being New Hampshire The New Hampshire chain drugstores expanded Preservation Alliance , along with conservation damaged as several groups , local businesses , tourism associations, the throughtout the state . The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, (HLFI) working with the Main Street program and the SHPO formed the National Trust, responded to this threat by creating partner- largest advocacy coalition in New Hampshire history to ships with local residents to develop creative strategies to encourage the establishment of a state preservation and land beat the developers . They called these strategies conservation fund. In addition to circuit riding with a slide " show, op- ed pieces , polling and post card campaigns, the Prescriptions for Success . " HLFI and its partners have used local preservation ordinances and the legal system to coalition developed and implemented a very successful stall eventually change) plans to build a CVS where town meeting campaign, and used the Internet to communi and eventua ( Y c - g ) P six historic houses currently stand; encouraged grassroots cate with community members . The coalition succeeded in action to persuade a developer to abandon plans to rezone a securing $3 million for preservation and conservation. TAR I#hL:e �v,�cr12G0> 11