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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Molly Baker and her project, Replicable Models for Traditional Trades Training, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship. Molly serves as HOPE Crew Manager in the Preservation Services and Outreach department at the...

The Campaign is dedicated to making the construction and trades industry an inclusive and welcoming career field for everyone. A 2021 Gallup Poll found that 7.1% of adults in the United States identify as LGBT.[1] US construction labor data does not track people’s...

Our team is back from Providence, RI where we hosted program leaders, tradespeople, educators, preservationists, and funders from across the country at the first American Historic Trades Summit from June 12-14, 2023. With two full days of sessions, networking, and...

In honor of National Preservation Month Preservation Maryland and The Campaign hosted elected officials, members of the preservation community, and stakeholders today in Frederick to recognize the passage of The Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation...

Curriculum development focused on preservation trades The Campaign for Historic Trades partnered with Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) to create a customized training program focused on providing participants with an introduction to the preservation trades. The...

Last month, The Campaign’s Jordan Riggs and Stephen Colar from NPS Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) attended Tuskegee University Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science (TSACS)’s 6th Annual Design + Construction Management Expo....