Many folks don't get the connection between the federal historic tax credit and creating sustainable neighborhoods. Someone who did was Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. That is why her sudden death last week came as such a blow to historic preservationists. Speaking of legislation she sponsored to improve the HTC, she one said "harnessing greater...potential in underutilized historic and older buildings and focusing more...investment in... ‘main street’ commercial structures makes so much sense. [It] has already transformed so many [Cleveland] communities." Below is a tribute to Tubbs Jones by Heather MacIntosh, President of Preservation Action. You can read the whole post here: http://www.preservationaction.org/states/8.21.2008.htm
