Boston Preservation Alliance

The Boston Preservation Alliance’s Neighborhood Preservation Workshop program brings information and support to underserved communities throughout Boston with the following goals:

To engage residents and business owners in Boston’s neighborhoods in learning and teaching about local historic buildings and places, to educate them about the array of tools available to help them care for these assets, and to support them as they take action to ensure their preservation, redevelopment and/or revitalization.
To offer communities support in integrating historic preservation into community development and planning processes.
To provide a forum for residents and business owners to voice their needs and priorities regarding historic and cultural resources and to foster connections between communities and the agencies and organizations that can work with them to achieve their goals.

In 2008, the Alliance and Historic Boston Incorporated (HBI) jointly received a $150,000 Partners in the Field grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With this support, the Alliance formalized our workshops as part of a joint initiative with HBI called the Neighborhood Preservation Partnership. This initiative prioritizes Boston Main Street Districts for workshops, but also engages nearby residential communities.

The Alliance is currently partnering with two Boston Main Streets districts, Upham’s Corner
(www.uphamscorner.org) and Allston Village (www.allstonvillage.com), to plan neighborhood walking tours or “mobile workshops” that will educate business owners, residents, and visitors about the architectural, social and commercial histories of these districts. For general information about Boston Main Streets, please visit www.cityofboston.gov/mainstreets.

For more information about the Alliance’s Neighborhood Preservation Workshops, please contact Erica Lindamood at elindamood@bostonpreservation.org or 617-367-2458.

For more information about Historic Boston Incorporated, please visit www.historicboston.org.

For more information about the National Trust for Historic Preservation, please visit www.PreservationNation.org.