Are you interested in learning how to use façade easements to protect and preserve historic properties? Façade easements have long been a tool used by preservationists to protect historic community landmarks in cities throughout the United States and quite often…
April 15th is just around the corner and there's no better time to talk taxes; more specifically to talk about charitable contributions of preservation easements. Since 2006, the courts have collectively issued more than 47 decisions involving challenges to deductions claimed…
Invest Atlanta will award nearly $2 million dollars to 20 grant recipients whose proposals have been accepted as part of the Downtown Façade Improvement Program. The process, launched earlier this year, called for applicants located within the Westside and Eastside…
In Part 1 and Part 2 of the ‘CSI’ serial blog, we discussed three of the five most common findings during Easements Atlanta’s Conservation Site Inspections: the deterioration of both steel windows and wood windows, lintels, and masonry mortar. The…
In Part 1 of CSI we discussed the deterioration of both steel windows and wood windows, which is one of the five most common findings during Easements Atlanta’s Conservation Site Inspections. There isn’t necessarily an order to the "Big 5,"…
If you’re thinking of the addictive television series, think again. Every year, for the last 30 years, Easements Atlanta has conducted CSI: Conservation Site Inspections, a fitting term for our annual monitoring of properties on which we hold preservation easements. …
A bill before the U.S. House of Representatives would make permanent the enhanced federal tax deductions related to conservation easements, which includes qualified donations of historically and architecturally significant properties. The Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014, H.R. 2807, will…
The Atlanta Preservation Center's Phoenix Flies: A Celebration of Atlanta’s Historic Sites, March 7-23, 2014, will feature events presented by Easements Atlanta, Inc. (EAI), among other local historic attractions. As EAI revels in its 30th year, we will be host to not just one…
Thirty years ago Easements Atlanta, Inc. (EAI) was a newcomer to Atlanta’s preservation community, but incredible support launched us quickly as a facilitator within the local preservation movement. When EAI was established in 1984, Atlanta had a strong preservation voice. …
Mark your calendar for the next Atlanta Regional Commission’s Historic Preservation Forum, to be held Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 9:00-11:30 a.m. The program, developed by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, is a continuation…