SHPA Series: Space for Place

Mar 22, 2010

Representative Marcia Fudge

Longworth House Office Building, Room 1513

Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SE

Washington, DC 20515-3511

Dear Representative Fudge,

I am writing to ask you to join your colleagues in signing a letter to

Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Moran and Ranking

Member Mike Simpson in supporting restored funding to historic

preservation programs for FY 2011.

The proposed budget terminates funding for Save America's Treasures and

Preserve America. These programs are proven drivers of economic

development and have a successful track record of generating jobs.

Save America's Treasures (SAT) is the only bricks-and-mortar federal

preservation grant program. It is estimated that between 1999 and 2009

SAT grants have created over 16,000 jobs in cities, small towns and

rural communities across the country. Preserve America compliments the

SAT program by helping local communities develop sustainable resource

management strategies and sound business practices for the continued

preservation and use of heritage assets. The loss of these programs

would have a devastating impact on the protection and promotion of

cultural resources across the country.

The letter also supports funding for core programs of the Historic

Preservation Fund -- $55 million for the State Historic Preservation

Officers and $12 million for the Tribal Historic Preservation Officers.

Please contact Ken Reidy in Representative Carnahan's office at

[email protected] or Brett DeWitt in Representative Turner's

office at [email protected] to sign on to the letter.

Thank you for your consideration and commitment to preserve our

treasured heritage.

Sincerely,

Miss Jessica Wobig