Understanding the Carbon Cost of Demolition

While championing the role that preservation and reuse can play in meeting Oregon’s goals for protecting the environment, Restore Oregon has often quoted Carl Elefante, former president of the American Institute of Architects, who famously said “The greenest building is the one that already exists.” Recently, we enlisted independent research firm ECONorthwest to better quantify […]

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Our Legislative Forecast: Murky Skies

By Carrie Richter Restore Oregon’s Policy and Advocacy Committee is weighing in on and/or monitoring a number of bills that may impact historic preservation this session.  What many of these bills have in common is that they mandate one-size-fits-all zoning on communities without any understanding of the local circumstances – essentially depriving communities of the same […]

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Let’s Make the Most of the Past – Join Restore Oregon’s Advocacy Committee

By Carrie Richter, chair For nearly 45 years Restore Oregon has been committed to protecting the homes, buildings, and places that speak to communities, religious, social, business, and cultural groups throughout the state.    With no corner of Oregon immune from the recent economic ravages resulting from the pandemic shutdown and the physical displacement caused by […]

People in Preservation – Kimberly S. Moreland

We need your bio! Please give us some history on your education, work background, affiliations, and involvement with Restore Oregon and/or historic preservation in Oregon: Kimberly Stowers Moreland, MBA, MURP, is currently owner of Moreland Resource Consulting, LLC. She has over 25 years of public sector community development and urban planning experience. She was employed […]

Historic Preservation and Restoration Program Creates Futures While Preserving the Past

Astoria, OR- One is restoring historic wood windows in Portland. Another is working for an Architectural Conservation company in Philadelphia. One is working for FEMA in New York, and yet another has started a restoration company in Astoria, OR. What do they all have in common? They are graduates of the Clatsop Community College Historic […]

Horsing Around with Van Evera Bailey Fellow Harley Cowan

During the height of the mid-August heat-wave, Restore Oregon kept things cool by inviting Portland-based photographer and licensed architect Harley Cowan to join us for five days of photographing the historic Jantzen Beach Carousel. Restore Oregon’s Jantzen Beach Carousel Project Manager, Stephanie Brown, sat down with Harley to discuss his work on this and other […]