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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...