Please Help Support DE's Historic Tax Credit Program

Take Action for the Delaware State Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program

The Delaware Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program is scheduled to sunset the end of June. The bill to reauthorize the program for another ten years has passed the Senate and will come before the Delaware House of Representatives sometime in the next few weeks.

BACKGROUND

During the past ten years, the Delaware Historic Tax Credit Program has leveraged more than $166 million in private-sector rehabilitation of Delaware's older and historic buildings while creating an estimated 2,400 jobs! The very nature of historic rehabilitation is that it creates local jobs which in turn foster strong neighborhoods and communities. We need support for legislation that will continue to protect and preserve places that matter in Delaware as well as create jobs and spur community revitalization and sustainability.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Please contact your state Representative and ask them to support the bill to extend the Tax Credit Program (SB209w/SA#1). To find out who your State Representative is please click here. To find contact information for your State Representative please click here.

For more information on the effectiveness and social benefits of the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program, please contact Waller Gallas at the Northeast Field Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation or Terry Graham at Preservation Delaware.

SAMPLE LETTER

Dear XXX,

I am writing to ask for your support in extending the current Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program. The legislation (SB209w/SA#1) that will soon be considered will extend the current program for another 10 years.

During the life of the program, the Delaware Historic Tax Credit Program has leveraged more than $166 million in private-sector rehabilitation for Delaware's older and historic buildings while creating an estimated 2,400 jobs! The very nature of historic rehabilitation is one that creates local jobs which in turn fosters strong neighborhoods and communities.

Please consider supporting this legislation that serves to create jobs and spur community revitalization and sustainability while ensuring the protection and preservation of the places that matter to present and future Delawareans!