MAPPING OUR IMPACT 2019 ANNUAL PROJECT & DONOR REPORT AS WE LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST YEAR OF CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND VICTORIES, IT’S HARD TO BE FILLED WITH ANYTHING BUT SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS. IN 2019, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF OUR MANY DONORS, PRESERVATION MARYLAND SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THREE MAJOR NEW PROGRAMS: SMART GROWTH MARYLAND, OUR NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HISTORIC TRADES, AND AN AMBITIOUS NEW HISTORIC PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT FUND. In addition to tackling these complex new programs, the to preservationmaryland.org, the flagship website of the organization continued to invest, support, and expand its organization. existing programs: from the Heritage Grant Fund to Six-to-Fix Thankfully, we accomplished all of this while keeping a to the Old Line State Summit. balanced budget — a budget that is nearly 260% larger than The beginning of a new year is always a time for reflection the operating budget of the organization just five years ago. and review — and for an impact-oriented organization like Sustaining this growth in light of the profound challenges Preservation Maryland, we’re proud of the numbers we’ve brought on by a global pandemic and deteriorating economy racked up. will be extremely difficult — perhaps one of the most difficult Since the launch of the Heritage Grant Fund, we’ve moments in our nearly 90-year history. Without any ongoing provided nearly $1.4 million in grants to projects around government operating support, we are dependent on the state — leveraging nearly $7.5 million in total projects individuals, corporations, and foundations to help sustain, completed — a powerful 5:1 return. In 2019, our expanding expand, and advance this important work. portfolio of grant programs distributed nearly $200,000 in In 1775, the American patriot Patrick Henry famously total — the most ever distributed in our nearly 90-year history. declared, “I know of no way of judging the future, but by the The impact of the Six-to-Fix program has also continued to past.” In moments such as this, history is more important than grow — with over $2.5 million in support, services, and grants ever before — and we must allow the lamp of history to guide generated for our portfolio of 30 projects since the program’s us through the difficult days ahead. Together, we’ll persevere launch in 2016. and history will lead us. Reaching new supporters, donors, and friends is an equally important task — and in 2019 our digital outreach set new Nicholas A. Redding, Executive Director records — with 30,000 downloads of PreserveCast, the podcast Thomas Spencer, Board President of Preservation Maryland, and nearly 200,000 unique visits PRESERVATIONMARYLAND.ORG Page 2 Page 3 4 2 3 5 12 6 IMPACT MAP . LEADING THE 4 2 PRESERVATION MOVEMENT 10 2 Preservation Maryland’s works takes us across the state 1 and across the country. In 2019, our expanded staff and 11 programmatic efforts reached every single county in Maryland 10 6 15 Ellicott City and with our new national program, The Campaign for C 7 D 2 12 1 4 9 Historic Trades, into a position of leadership to increase 3 the opportunity for all Americans to enter the preservation 7 2 movement we’re leading in Maryland and beyond. 7 1 10 11 Annapolis 3 1 10 10 8 7 3 6 6 2 6 1 5 1 6 13 15 13 8 5 15 4 BALTIMORE CITY 16 5 5 17 11 14 4 14 5 2 1 3 4 9 3 6 1 2 5 6 8 7 7 8 9 3 9 19 3 18 20 10 11 13 12 14 PUERTO RICO Interior Restoration of the Picture brought a cemetery specialist onto our staff Opposing the Land Swap Transit Options Smart Growth A. Six-to-Fix Program 6 Easton Armory We are providing 12 Finding Fort Tonoloway With a grant 3 Shoring Up an Iconic Lighthouse / C. Historic Ellicott City 6 2 6 7 George Washington Birthplace Gallery / THE PEALE CENTER FOR to complete the work. On this map, we’ve Smart Growth Maryland opposed the Maryland and its partners in the Smarter National Monument / What started out a few years ago as a handful preservation assistance and bringing from the American Battlefield Protection UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY/ANNE Revitalization Grant Program BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE geo-located over 60 of the 100 cemeteries land swap proposed by Governor Hogan Growth Alliance for Charles County have long WASHINGTON, VA of focused priority Six-to-Fix projects has yielded in expert architects and engineers to aide Program, Preservation Maryland contracted ARUNDEL COUNTY Essential repairs at the As part of our continued commitment, that were documented during the course of this whereby 2,841 acres of parkland in Frederick supported plans for Southern Maryland Rapid 30 examples of preservation success all across Waterfowl Chesapeake in their goal to repair with an archaeological firm to investigate the National Historic Landmark Thomas Point Shoal Restoration of Caulker’s Houses / Petersburg National Battlefield Preservation Maryland partnered with our 7 project that will become part of a state GIS data and Washington counties comprising the South Transit – high-capacity, fixed-route transit from 8 Maryland. Our diverse portfolio of projects are and utilize the historic National Guard building location of the lost ca. 1755 earth stockade. Lighthouse will secure the structural foundation SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF Monument / PRINCE GEORGE, VA local partners at Historic Ellicott City, Inc. layer. Learn more at: presmd.org/cemeteries. Mountain Battlefield and adjoining lands would the Branch Avenue Metrorail Station in Prince becoming a model for successful engagement. to support their mission of habitat conservation Tobacco Legacy in Southern of this iconic octagonal structure in the FEDERAL HILL AND FELL’S POINT Richmond National Battlefield Park / 13 to provide direct financial support to be turned over to the federal government in George’s County to White Plains in Charles 9 There is also a proven financial value to on the Eastern Shore. Maryland Preservation Maryland is Chesapeake Bay. Emergency Stabilization RICHMOND, VA preservation projects in Ellicott City, including 8 G. Smart Growth Maryland exchange for 512 acres of Oxon Cove National County. Severe traffic congestion in Southern our efforts, over $2.7million dollars worth of Planning in Ellicott City Preservation supporting Charles County in selecting a George Washington in Allegany of Malachi Mills House / Chickamauga and Chattanooga 7 4 to property owners and business owners. Over Park in Prince George’s County. The proposal, Maryland results in one of the longest daily 10 donations, leveraged funds, and pro bono Maryland has been involved in creating preservation-positive redevelopment plan for County / BOARD OF COUNTY SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, INC. Smart Growth Maryland has been a major National Military Park / two years, we have awarded $70,000, including which remains in play, sets a concerning commutes in the country. We are advocating services have been directed to our project a resilient Ellicott City for many years, including the historic Winstead Packing Plant buildings. COMMISSIONERS OF ALLEGANY COUNTY Rehabilitation of Sellers Mansion / program of Preservation Maryland since late OGLETHORPE, GA these most recent grants in 2019. Learn more at: 9 precedent where state lands could be traded for passage of legislation to compel the state partners and project sites. Here are a few successfully providing viable alternatives to A Future for Newtowne Manor Carpenter Family Mausoleum ST. JAMES TERRACE APARTMENTS, INC. 2018 and has grown with the organizational 14 5 presmd.org/ecgrant. away without any public input or a transparent to complete the design, engineering, and 11 Fort Pulaski National Monument / examples of our recent work. For a catalog demolition after the 2016 and 2018 floods. Preservation Maryland participated Restoration Project / CUMBERLAND and programmatic support of Preservation and open process. environmental review process. TYBEE ISLAND, GA of all of projects, go to: sixtofix.org. Through our partnership with Historic Ellicott in two design charrettes with church and HISTORIC CEMETERY ORGANIZATION / • Roof Repair of Historic Museum Building E. Rural Maryland Pop-Up Offices Maryland. Smart Growth Maryland leads HOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY coalitions for information sharing, strategizing, No-Build Bay Bridge Alternative Forest Conservation Legislation 12 Gulf Island National Seashore / City, Inc., we have awarded over $70,000 community members as they develop WASHINGTON COUNTY Preservation Maryland is committed to serving 3 7 Cemeteries in Anne Arundel County and coordinating advocacy efforts in four The State narrowed the potential third The Anne Arundel Alliance for Livable OCEAN SPRINGS, MS 1 of direct financial assistance to preservation a sensitive plan to preserve and reuse Partners for Sacred Places Training • Ellicott City 250th Anniversary Video all of Maryland. Our newsletter and website help Preservation Maryland is working with the 6 growing counties (shaded in green on the Chesapeake Bay bridge to three corridors, all of Communities and the Smarter Growth Alliance Timucuan Ecological & projects in Ellicott City. Go to C for more Newtowne Manor. / EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF EASTON PATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY put our resources in the hands of hundreds of 13 County’s Cultural Resources Division to develop map) as well as at the local level where real which originate in Anne Arundel County. Smart for Howard County supported improved forest Historic Preserve / JACKSONVILLE, FL information. Phillips Packing House We are • Floodproofing Doors thousands of people each year, but to provide consensus and best practices for documenting, 15 7 Geophysical Survey / FRIENDS change is made. Over the past year, we have Growth Maryland spoke out for the no-build protections in both counties to reduce flooding, Sitio Histórico de San Juan / Annapolis’s Historic City Dock supportive of the work of the Eastern OLD STONE TAVERN important in-person assistance, especially in rural 14 storing, and providing access to data about 8 OF HISTORIC MOUNT NEBO PRESERVATION led important advocacy campaigns in support option.