Economic Impact of Heritage Areas

Historic preservation plays a vital role in communities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing a multitude of benefits for Pennsylvania and its residents. One often overlooked category of benefits associated with historic preservation activities is economic benefits.

Historic preservation efforts can have significant positive impacts throughout the Commonwealth on property values, downtown revitalization, tourism activity, job creation, and tax revenue generation.

Support of historic preservation efforts within the Commonwealth makes possible the leveraging of the federal tax credit to stimulate significant private investment, resulting in considerable construction activity, with sizeable economic and fiscal implications for the Commonwealth as a whole. A robust historic preservation industry is therefore one that puts people to work, generates tax revenues, and converts federal dollars into local impacts.

Read the full report: The Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation Activities in Pennsylvania.

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