2022 Saving Places Recap

Saving Places®

2022 marked the 25th anniversary of Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s (CPI) Saving Places® Conference, a fitting year to reflect and reimagine what is offered under the Saving Places Conference banner. Incorporating feedback and evaluations from previous conference events, CPI in 2022 embraced a new hybrid structure for the conference that combines in-person, online, and On the Road training presented in the proposed location of San Luis, Colorado. At its core, the Saving Places® Conference provides critical training, networking, and educational opportunities to support the preservation community locally and nationwide.

The title of the 2022 conference was “Perspectives in Preservation,” with the overarching theme of bringing voices that have been lost, sidelined, or overlooked within the preservation community and beyond. The theme also covered the different interpretations of preservation, from cultural to landscape to physical building preservation. CPI explored different viewpoints on preservation to broaden the discussion as we look to the future of this important movement. Speakers and conference attendees discussed what preservation means to different communities and how this definition could or should be expanded.



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Preservation for a Changing Colorado

Historic preservation has a direct economic benefit to communities and Colorado! Take a look at the 2017 study, which considered the ways adaption of historic places has a direct financial effect on the state.

This updated, most resent study, was the result of a partnership between Colorado Preservation, Inc and History Colorado, funded by a grant from History Colorado's State Historical Fund. Prepared by Clarion Associates, the new report document the economic benefits of rehabilitation projects, analyzes property values and neighborhood stability in local historic districts, and summarizes the increasing impact of heritage tourism, private preservation development and the success of Colorado’s Main Street program.

In a key finding, researchers determined that for every $1 million spent on historic preservation in Colorado it produced $1.03 million in additional spending, 14 new jobs, and $636,700 in increased household incomes across the state!

The 2017 report also considers the important role preservation plays in helping Coloradans provide new spaces for creative communities and co-working, create and sustain meaningful places, responds to the state’s changing demographics, and addresses climate concerns.

Click Here to see download and read the full report, "Preservation for a Changing Colorado".