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Public Policy

Preservation Texas plays an important role in the creation and interpretation of public policy at the local, state, and federal levels that impacts historic preservation. As a unifying voice for the preservation community, Preservation Texas is positioned to bring together disparate interests across the state who are united in the conviction that preservation of the built environment and cultural landscapes enhances our quality of life, sustains traditional building trades supports local economies, and protects places of beauty and significance from permanent damage and destruction.

Providing public policy leadership is one of the five strategic directions outlined in our Strategic Vision, which will guide Preservation Texas’s work over the next decade.

POSITION STATEMENTS

2025-02-06 Letter to the City of San Marcos Historic Preservation Commission in opposition to the demolition of 325 N. Comanche Street in San Marcos

2024-12-04 Letter to Austin City Council in support of recognizing Eisenbeiser's East End Saloon as a local historic landmark

2024-09-18 Letter to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in support of including the Institute of Texan Cultures building in San Antonio on the America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list

2024-08-14 Letter to the Board of Directors of the Calaboose African-American Museum in San Marcos in support of the museum’s relocation

2024-07-27 Letter to the Texas Historical Commission in support of Austin Park Foundation’s application for a Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grant for the Henry G. Madison log cabin

2024-07-26 Statement to the Antiquities Advisory Board of the Texas Historical Commission in support of the designation of the Institute of Texan Cultures Building in San Antonio as a State Antiquities Landmark

2024-06-24 Letter to the Texas Historical Commission in support of the designation of the University Junior High building in Austin as a State Antiquities Landmark

2023-09-26 Letter to the City of El Paso in support of listing the Downtown El Paso Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places

2023-03-21 Statement in opposition to proposed H.B. 4499 threatening Austin’s Capitol View Corridors

2022-11-02 Letter to Palacios City Council in support of finding a preservation solution for the Luther Hotel