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Equity in Historic Preservation: elevating unheard voices

By Sumeya Hassan and Josh Hauf Historic preservation has been built and sustained on the priorities and framed primarily from the...

Locking up a Preservation Success Story After Years of Effort

The former St. Louis County Jail in Duluth has been rehabilitated and will start its new life as affordable and market-rate apartments....

Minnesota Historic Tax Credit Updates

On January 11, 2023, the Senate Taxes Committee heard testimony on the provisions that were included in last session’s Omnibus...

Little Falls Demonstrates, Again, That It Won’t Commit to Preservation

By Erin Hanafin Berg, Policy Director In June, the Little Falls Heritage Preservation Commission voted unanimously to approve the...

Farewell to Riley! She got a charge out of her work as our Policy Associate

Did you know that this was our last week with Rethos’ amazing Administrative Manager, Riley Gage? ☹ And that Riley is moving on from...

Duluth Armory Project is Stalled by Failed Legislative Session

When the 2022 Legislative session fizzled to an unproductive end in May, preservation supporters were disappointed for many reasons. Not...

Final Dispatch from our Capitol Pathways Intern, Alejandra

I applied to the Capitol Pathways 2022 program to better understand how our state government functions and learn how policy is passed....

Hennepin County's Building Reuse Grant Fund is Expanding

Exciting news! Hennepin County is expanding its building reuse grant fund! While originally only designed for residential deconstruction...

The Enduring Value of the Minnesota Historic Tax Credit

By Erin Hanafin Berg, Director, Rethos Policy Institute Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Things are looking rosier for Minnesota’s historic...

House Taxes Committee Hearing on the MN Historic Tax Credit

The House omnibus taxes bill is up for debate, amendment, and passage this afternoon. In it is a provision that extends the Historic Tax...

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