MAYOR JOHNSON, PLEASE WRITE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Mayor Johnson, Yesterday, City Council voted 8-0 to proceed with a RFQ that will result in the sale of 17 City-owned properties within the former Arena Footprint to private…
CITY VOTES TO REMOVE FINAL OBSTACLE TO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN
Today, for the reading of ordinances, our City Council voted unanimously for item 32 on the agenda, deleting Section 20.20.080.A.1 of the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance, which purported to regulate…
LAWSUIT: FOUR EL PASO DEVELOPERS VS. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Friends and Media, I have attached to this email the lawsuit that was filed in Travis County by four developers who are suing the Texas Historical Commission to “postpone”…
NIEMAN AND GUDENRATH ATTEMPT TO KILL DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media: City Attorney Karla Nieman, at the behest of five members of City Council, and Joe Gudenrath, Executive Director of the Downtown Management District (DMD), are attempting…
MEDIA ALERT: STATE BOARD OF REVIEW SET TO VOTE ON SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Media and Friends: The State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission is currently convening and moving through its agenda. Item IV.8 is the establishment of the Segundo…
MEDIA ALERT: STATE BOARD OF REVIEW TO VOTE ON SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT THIS SATURDAY!
Dear Media and Friends, I am pleased to report that the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission will be voting on whether to recommend approval of the…
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: STATE HISTORIC TAX CREDIT HAS GENERATED $2.6 BILLION AND 54,000 JOBS SINCE 2015
Dear Media and Friends, There has been much talk about the potential economic impact of historic tax credits on National Register districts in Texas, much like the ones that the…
AUDIO: STATE BOARD OF REVIEW VOTES TO APPROVE NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO NATIONAL REGISTER
Dear Friends and Media, The audio from Saturday’s meeting of the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission is now online here. Item 6 concerns the County’s nomination…
COUNTY JUDGE TO TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEAVE “ARENA FOOTPRINT” PROPERTIES IN PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, Yesterday, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego sent the attached letter to the Texas Historical Commission in support of establishing a National Register historic district in Downtown El…
DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: WRITE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Friends, This Saturday the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission will take up the nomination of Downtown El Paso to the National Register of Historical Places.…