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Get the facts - Summary of LD 262

                                     

Small projects provision helps                                         Waterville's Hathaway Creative Center (historic Lockwood Mills)

revitalize downtowns     

Support Historic Preservation! 

Click here to write to your state rep and senator to thank them for their support of historic tax credits

Click here to tell a friend about this important initiative

General Overview: Why Rehabilitate an Historic Building

Read the text of the bill here: LD 262, An Act To Amend the Credit for Rehabilitation of Historic Properties     

Read amendments to the bill here: H-595, H-853

One page print out:  How LD 262 revises Maine's Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Read the "The Economic Benefits of An Expanded Tax Credit in Maine," a study in support of LD 262.

Read the 2008 Update of "The Economic Benefits of An Expanded Tax Credit in Maine"

Read Planning Decisions' "Economic Benefits of Investing in Maine's Historic Buildings"

Read "A Company Testimonial on the Impact of State Historic Tax Credit Programs" prepared by Eagle Point Companies regarding multifamily housing development.

Recently Published Editorials Supporting LD 262

What Governor Baldacci has to say about historic tax credits in Maine

Click here to read Statements of Testimony on LD 262, heard by the Taxation Committee in 2007.

Click here to learn more about Certified Rehabilitation Projects in Maine that have benefited from historic tax credits.

Click here for a map of all the communities in Maine with National Register properties and districts

 


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