First held at Hot Springs in 2014, “Dollars & Sense of Historic Preservation” is a day-long program designed to discuss the economic potential of historic building rehabilitation as well as tools for redevelopment. The agenda includes presentations on the National Register of Historic Places, Historic Preservation Restoration Grants, Federal and State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits, Historic Rehabilitation Financing, Revitalization through Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Qualified Opportunity Zones and Historic Tax Credits, and local success stories. The program is designed to meet the needs of chambers of commerce, private and public community and economic development organizations, realtors, owners of historic properties, planners, bankers, municipal officials, county leaders, and anyone with an interest in community and economic development.
The Forrest City program is available below.
Registration is required to attend. The registration fee is $20 for Preserve Arkansas members and $25 for non-members. Your registration pays for programming, lunch, beverages, and snacks. A variety of box lunches will be available from local caterer Fabulous Foods.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
9:00 AM Registration Opens – Coffee & pastries sponsored by First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas
9:20 AM Welcome
The Honorable Cedric Williams, Mayor of Forrest City
Rachel Patton, Executive Director, Preserve Arkansas
9:30 AM National Register of Historic Places
Travis Ratermann, Survey Historian, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
10:00 AM State Preservation Grants
Travis Ratermann, Survey Historian, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
10:30 AM Break – Sponsored by First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas
10:40 AM Federal and State Historic Tax Credits
Amber Jones, Historic Preservation Consultant, Preservation Consulting, LLC
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Financing Your Historic Rehab Project
John French, Executive Vice President for Risk and Operations, Southern Bancorp
1:00 PM Revitalization of the Arkansas Delta through Outdoor Recreation and Cultural Tourism
Martin Smith, PLA, ASLA, Principal, Ecological Design Group
2:00 PM Opportunity Arkansas: How Opportunity Zones and Historic Tax Credits Can Work Together
Jamie R. Wright, Co-founder and Executive Director, Alliance for Rural Impact
Adam D. Reid, Attorney, Gill Ragon Owen, P.A.
2:40 PM Success Story: The Grumpy Rabbit in Lonoke
Ryan Biles, Architect
3:15 PM Program Concludes