Historic District Action Guide (eBook)

William E. Schmickle, Ph.D., is past chair of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission and cofounder of the Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Historic District. His services are available through his website, www.preservationpolitics.com.

Introduction: What D’ya Know? Before You Take Another StepThinking Politically about Historic District DesignationHow It StartsA Walk through the Designation Process: A Guided Tour with Planner Kaye GraybealOn Planning and StrategyOur Strategic Line: A Community in/within ConflictMakers, Breakers, Takers, and Shapers: The Political Field of PlayLeadership and OrganizationWorking with a Local Historical Society: A Conversation with Historic Annapolis’ Greg StiversonA Practical VisionGentrification and Social Justice: An Exchange with the University of Georgia’s James ReapThinking Politically about Design GuidelinesIt’s PersonalSticks and StonesThe Campaign KickoffTwitter CampaigningCommunity Meeting ArrangementsYour Community PresentationFAQs: Frequently Asked QuestionsThinking Politically about Q&A: The Moving Pattern of Opponents’ ChallengesOur Reframing Q&A StrategyAnswering Opposition Questions I: From “Distrust of Them” to the “Pivotal Shift”Answering Opposition Questions II: From the “Pivotal Shift” to “Distrust of Us”Property-Rights Extremists Petition PoliticsReaching Out to the OppositionMoving on to City Hall: Preparing for Commission HearingsBehind-the-Scenes IntelligenceWorking with the Press: Guidance from a ReporterA Civic VisionThe Top Tier of Local GovernmentThe Politics of Public HearingsLobbying City Hall: A Conversation with a LobbyistSpeaking Mayor to Mayor: A Dialogue with Charleston’s Joseph P. Riley. Jr.A Checklist for One-on-One MeetingsOur Public Hearing PresentationThe Politics of CompromiseWinning the VoteOur Transition to the HPCOn Public Service Our Community Compact for Rooted Growth Drawing up Our Design Guidelines: Tackling the Problem with Consultant Peter BensonFusion Preservation: Thinking like a DistrictistPolitical Maintenance: Delivering Good GovernmentDispositional Gatekeeping The Temptation of Administrative LegalismMunicipal NeglectThe View from City Council: A Talk with a Council MemberDistricts under ThreatState-Level InterventionsThe Role of Your Preservation Planner: A Discussion with Raleigh’s Dan BeckerRelations with Your Mayor: The Views of a Mayor’s AdviserThe Crisis of Second-Generation DistrictsOIMBYismGetting Helpful Local Coverage: The Perspectives of a Newspaper Executive EditorOur New Strategic LineA New Political Who’s Who: An OverviewWho’s Who, Part One: District Rooters Who’s Who, Part Two: District RottersConfronting PolarizersGentrification’s Dissidents: On Displacement with Baltimore’s Eric HolcombPolitical Personalities: Who Leads?The Stages of Declining DistrictsThe Politics of Decision Making: Defensible and DefendableEnforcement: The Third Rail of Historic District Politics The Politics of AppealsChoosing Our BattlesTransformative EducationReconstructive ProgramsInstitutionalizing Community RelationsRenewal through Revising Design GuidelinesA Preservation Plan? Looking Ahead with Consultant Elizabeth WatsonOur Sustaining VisionEpilogue