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The International Preservation Trades Workshop
The Campaign's team helped plan and execute this year's International Preservation Trades Workshop, held at Re:Purpose Savannah in early October. The IPTW is the annual conference for the Preservation Trades Network, is a 501(c)3 non-profit membership organization...
The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases Training Videos with Spanish Subtitles
The Campaign wraps up a two-year long project with its partner, El Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico (CENCOR), to translate historic trades training videos into Spanish. The project was, in part, funded by the Historic Preservation...
Come join us this weekend at the Maryland Iron Festival!
This weekend, May 18 and 19, come join The Campaign staff and celebrate the trades at Catoctin Furnace in Thurmont, Maryland. Jordan Riggs and Maggie Pelta-Pauls joined by HPTC intern Claire tabling with promotional materials at 2023’s festival. This annual festival...
Internship Opportunity Alert: Build Up Technical Internship Program Applications Open!
The Build Up Technical Internship Program is working to expand and diversify the National Park Service workforce while addressing critical maintenance needs by providing professional experiences in technical fields to students and recent graduates. Interns work...
Women’s History Month: Organizations to Join
Tradeswomen Build Nations (North America’s Building Trades Unions) is the largest gathering of tradeswomen in the world. Their next in-person meeting is planned for Washington D.C. Dykes with Drills is a nonprofit organization focused on...
Hands-on Trades Opportunity Alert: TTAP Applications Open!
Are you a young adult looking to join the historic trades? Looking to start a career with the National Park Service? Applications are open now for HPTC's Aspiring Preservationist Programs. The Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) is a 26-week program for...
Maryland Department of Labor Approves Apprenticeship Program Sponsored by The Campaign for Historic Trades
Groundbreaking decision provides cohesive framework to enter careers in historic trades BALTIMORE (November 14, 2023) – The Campaign for Historic Trades, a national workforce development program, powered by Preservation Maryland, that is focused...
The Campaign at the National Building Museum’s Big Build
The Campaign team members, Andrea Barber and Jordan Riggs, were excited to talk with the public about opportunities. Jessica Gordon from HPTC helps the first of many future masons! Saturday, October 14, The Campaign for Historic Trades attended the National Building...
New American Climate Corps to put young people on career pathways; potential for big impact on preservation trades training in parks
The Biden administration recently announced the launch of the American Climate Corps (ACC), a workforce training and service initiative that will ensure more young people have access to the skills-based training necessary for good-paying careers in clean energy and...
Cemetery Preservation at the Howard Family Cemetery in Patuxent River State Park
Preservation Maryland and The Campaign for Historic Trades were joined by the Maryland Park Service and the National Park Service at a cemetery preservation day at the Howard Family Cemetery in Patuxent River State Park in Montgomery County, Md. The team cleaned...
The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases Training Videos in Spanish
Last year we announced a partnership with El Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico to translate historic trades training videos into Spanish. The project was, in part, funded by the Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) Partners in Training...
Color the Tools of the Trade(s) 🖍️
Our work often brings us out in the field to areas across the country to recruit, educate, and meet with partners. We created these coloring pages to have on hand at events as something fun and educational for our younger trades enthusiasts, but quickly realized they...
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