Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Tax Credits for South Texas
A Symposium Date: Friday, May 1st, 2015 Time: 11:30 am-5:30 pm Location: Texas Southmost College, ITEC-Center, Brownsville, Texas map Cost: Free CEUs provided by the LRGV-AIA chapter You are invited to a symposium introducing the new Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit. There will be a review of the South Texas historic built environment, a discussion of preservation projects in the Rio Grande Valley, and presentations by Texas Historical Commission staff regarding the process for evaluating projects and qualifying buildings for state and federal historic tax credits. Other presentations will include case studies of similar Historic Preservation Tax Credit projects. The event is free and includes lunch but seating is limited and registration is required. Please RSVP at http://hprtc-tickets.eventbrite.com. If you have any questions, please contact Roman McAllen, City of Brownsville, Heritage Officer, at (956) 548-6142 or roman.mcallen@cob.us
Organizers Texas Southmost College Texas Historical Commission City of Brownsville Heritage Office Downtown Harlingen Lower Rio Grande Valley American Institute of Architects
Sponsors
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Agenda 11:30 am
Luncheon
12:30 pm
Opening Remarks
12:45 pm
An Overview of the Historic Architecture of the Lower Río Grande Border Stephen Fox, Anchorage Foundation of Texas
1:30 pm
Break
1:45 pm
An Uncertain Future: Thoughts on the Historic Buildings and Places of the Rio Grande Communities Steven Land Tillotson, AIA| Munoz Architects, Partner
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Historic Tax Credit Program Valerie Magolan, Tax Credit Program Specialist, Texas Historical Commission Sara Ludueña, South Texas Project Reviewer, Texas Historical Commission
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Case Studies and Evaluation Process of Historic Tax Credit Projects Moderator: Cheryl LaBerge, Downtown Manager, City of Harlingen Sharon Fleming, Director, Division of Architecture, Texas Historical Commission Ben Dupuy, Director of Development, Enhanced Capital Partners, LLC Kevin McClintock, President, KMCC, INC.
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
5:30 pm
Tours & Reception at the historic Market Square map The program is subject to change
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Program An Overview of the Historic Architecture of the Lower Río Grande Border Stephen Fox, Anchorage Foundation of Texas A survey of the architecture of the lower Río Grande border demonstrates how buildings, cities, and places conserve the distinctive historical heritage of the Texas-Tamaulipas frontier. This session will analyze the building practices and typologies that characterize different historical eras; and will discuss the ways that buildings and sites preserve the layered cultural heritage of the lower border region. An Uncertain Future; Thoughts on the Historic Buildings and Places of the Rio Grande Communities Steven Land Tillotson, AIA| Munoz Architects, Partner Inadequate funding has often been cited as the reason historic buildings and sites suffer neglect and abuse, but available public funding programs are rarely utilized in the lower Rio Grande Valley. This session will identify the comparatively low magnitude of investment to preserve historic buildings in the Valley and financial mechanisms and actions that are available to increase preservation efforts. Historic Tax Credit Program Valerie Magolan, Tax Credit Program Specialist, THC Sara Ludueña, South Texas Project Reviewer, THC This session provides information about the new Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit, which went into effect in January 2015. It will cover both state and federal tax credit programs and how they can work together to offer significant incentives for rehabilitation of historic properties. Other highlighted topics will include eligibility, historic nominations and designations, architectural guidelines, and project planning. Panel Discussion Moderator: Cheryl LaBerge, Downtown Manager, City of Harlingen Sharon Fleming, AIA, Director of the Division of Architecture and Deputy SHPO, THC Ben Dupuy, Director of Development, Enhanced Capital Partners, LLC Kevin McClintock, President, KMCC, INC. This session will focus on the process for evaluating projects and qualifying buildings. Financing and construction practitioners with Historic Tax Credit experience will share insights gained from implementing Historic Tax Credit projects including the Valley Fruit Company, a tax credit rehabilitation project in Pharr, TX. Tour and Reception Enjoy a reception and tours of buildings in historic Downtown Brownsville including Market Square (built between 1852-1914); Building Community Workshop (built between 1866-1886); and Half Moon Saloon in the Historic Fernandez Hide Yard (built 1890). Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Tax Credits for South Texas Friday, May 01, 2015
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Speakers Ben Dupuy, Enhanced Capital Partners, LLC, Director of Development Ben Dupuy leads Enhanced Capital's Tax Credit Finance Group's development efforts nationwide. He works with developers of buildings to provide financing for their projects with the help of tax credits. In 2013, he worked with Texas policymakers, preservation stakeholders, and economic development stakeholders to lead the successful effort to create the Texas Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit. Mr. Dupuy is the former president of the National Coalition for Capital and the former executive director of the Alliance for Economic Development, both of which advocated for access to capital policies that lead to development, business growth, and job creation. Mr. Dupuy's experience includes serving as a federal government relations official for one of the nation's most influential advocacy organizations, as the executive director of an organization of statewide elected officials, as a member of a U.S. senator's staff, and as a member of several campaigns at the presidential and statewide levels. Sharon Fleming, Texas Historical Commission, Director of the Division of Architecture Sharon Fleming, AIA, is the director of the Division of Architecture and serves as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer for the Texas Historical Commission in Austin. Regulatory programs administered by her staff include Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the Antiquities Code of Texas. For over a decade, she served as a staff architect for the nationally acclaimed Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program, which has awarded over $250 million to Texas counties since its creation in 1999. She earned a professional degree in Architecture from Auburn University and a master’s degree in Architecture with an emphasis in Historic Preservation from Texas Tech University. Stephen Fox, Anchorage Foundation of Texas Stephen Fox is an architectural historian and a Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas. He is a lecturer in architecture at Rice University and the University of Houston. Fox has written and lectured extensively on the architectural history of the Texas-Tamaulipas border. He is a contributor to The Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, edited by Gerald Moorhead. Valerie Magolan, Texas Historical Commission, Tax Credit Program Specialist Valerie Magolan is the Tax Credit Program Specialist at the Texas Historical Commission, overseeing both the new Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit and the Federal 20% tax credit program throughout the state of Texas. Magolan came to the Historical Commission from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, where she also worked with the Virginia and Federal tax credit programs. She holds a Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Kevin McClintock, President, KMCC, INC. Kevin McClintock was the general contractor who served as project manager for the Valley Fruit Company building that now serves as headquarters for the Food Banks of the Rio Grande Valley. To date, this is the only tax credit rehabilitation project that has been completed in the valley. Sara Ludueña, Texas Historical Commission, South Texas Project Reviewer Sara Ludueña is the Project Reviewer for South Texas in the Division of Architecture at the Texas Historical Commission. She reviews changes to State Antiquities Landmarks (SAL) and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHL) as well as federal undertakings under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Sara came to the Texas Historical Commission from the City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation where she worked as a planner. She earned a Master of Architecture degree with a Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Steven Land Tillotson, AIA| Munoz Architects, Partner Steven Land Tillotson, a principle at Muñoz and Company in San Antonio, Texas, is a member of the prestigious fellowship class of 2015 of the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Tillotson has spent most of his life investigating the natural character and human experience in the bicultural landscape of San Antonio and the South Texas Borderlands. Mr. Tillotson also served as urban consultant on the Imagine Brownsville Comprehensive Plan, using design to resolve conflicts and allow for the future transformation of the Border Fence into a secure but more economically and ecologically beneficial environment.
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