Historic preservation is making headlines in Florida. Here’s a roundup of new items to watch, and updates on stories we’ve been following:
- Deadline: Early Bird Registration for Preservation on Main Street 2023 ends on June 1! Learn more and register here.
- Deadline: Florida Trust is accepting nominations for the 2023 11 to Save until May 31. Nominate a historic property today.
- Deadline: The application period for the Division of Historical Resources Small Matching Grants and Special Category Grants for fiscal year 2025 ends on June 1, 2023.
- Registration is open for Florida Trust’s Insider’s Tour: Tampa. Sign up and join us in this behind-the-scenes tour!
- The Florida Public Archaeology Network and the Florida Trust are hosting another History Happy Hour in Fort Myers! Join us for the session, Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Fort Myers, with Historian Adam Knight.
- Florida Trust is hiring a Development Director to steward the organization’s development program. Learn more and apply.
- The new issue of the Florida Preservation has been published!
- Florida’s Legislative Session is over, and we hosted a Legislative Session Wrap Up with key preservation advocates. Read the summary here.
- Florida Trust’s Lunch & Learn: Show me the Money! Financial Incentives for Historic Preservation will take place on June 29, 12 p.m. ET. Register today!
- Miami’s Little Santo Domingo neighborhood is named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Places for 2023 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
- Florida Trust Board Member Dr. Cleary Larkin speaks on the America Adapts podcast about challenges faced by island communities due to climate change.
- Zion Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest African American church in West St. Augustine, receives funding from the Florida African-American Cultural and Historical Grant program to repair its roof and windows.
- Tampa Housing Authority is looking to rebuild the Scrub, a historic Black neighborhood in danger of being erased.
- Jacksonville City Council Member Matt Carlucci i,ntroduces the Restore Endangered Historic Adaptable Buildings (REHAB) bill to prevent the loss of historic properties in the city.
- Pensacola’s Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood is launching a farmer’s market to help raise funds for Smith’s Bakery, one of Florida’s 2022 11 to Save.
- The historic Hacienda Hotel in New Port Richey has been preserved and restored.
- Dunedin opens the first phase of the Gladys E. Douglas preserve, after a significant campaign to save it from development.
- The City of Gainesville honors local preservation advocates at its annual historic preservation awards ceremony.
- The Villagers award three $5,000 scholarships to historic preservation students.
Do you have preservation news to share? Let us know! Send your story to DKirkpatrick@FloridaTrust.org.
