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Commissioner summarizes SHPO conference: CLG training, facade reuse and tribal engagement highlighted
Summary
A commissioner who attended the June State Historic Preservation Office conference summarized CLG training, examples of building repurposing that preserve facades, outreach to tribes on sacred sites, and resources such as Place Economics and an Arizona Preservation Tracker.
Commissioner Feeney summarized the June State Historic Preservation Office conference and the CLG (Certified Local Government) training, telling the commission that the conference emphasis included updates to land-use and development codes, incentive resources and outreach to tribal partners.
Feeney said organizers discussed examples of facade-first repurposing — keeping or recreating a historic facade while building new structures or uses behind it — and described sessions that illustrated ways to adapt commercial and institutional buildings into new housing or mixed uses.
"One of the things they were concerned about is it seemed like several of the CLGs ... are working on revising and updating their land use codes and land development codes," Feeney said, and he highlighted Place Economics as a resource that provides incentives for redeveloping historically significant properties with a positive financial case.
Feeney also reported that SHPO is working to involve tribal partners in historic-preservation efforts but that tribal archaeological and sacred sites often cannot be publicly disclosed; he described a presentation about cultural repatriation by a Hopi speaker and said he and another commissioner asked that person to speak in Sedona to share the perspective.
Commissioners discussed the Arizona Preservation Tracker, a new database to inventory historic buildings in Arizona (the tracker was described as not yet live), and a funding opportunities worksheet compiled by the Arizona Preservation Foundation as a useful reference for pursuing preservation funding. Commissioners suggested staff consider adding Sedona properties to the tracker and reviewing funding sources for local projects.
No formal action resulted from the report; commissioners received the summary and discussed potential next steps for local use of conference resources.
