Partnership

The Preservation Priorities Task Force is a partnership between the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Preservation Partners Network. Formed in 2020, this multi-year project is designed to support statewide and local organizations by providing new resources and grants to tackle four distinct but often inter-related issues:

• Affordable housing and density
• Diversity, inclusion, and racial justice
• Preservation trades and workforce development
• Sustainability and climate action

The task force includes four working groups, one for each issue, plus a steering committee and a communications subcommittee. To date, more than 50 preservation practitioners have joined working groups, representing 23 states and dozens of organizations.

A group of advocates from across the country have come together to develop a series of publications on key issues facing the preservation movement. Available online, the four Issue Briefs address significant, interrelated issues facing the preservation movement.