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*Internship Alert!* Join NPS Aspiring Preservationist Programs!
The Campaign for the Historic Trades is the philanthropic partner of the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC). Through this partnership, The Campaign would like to highlight some opportunities for young adults to join HPTC’s Aspiring...
Accessibility in Historic Trades Training Curricula
Camp NAWIC participants practicing window glazing. Given the national shortage of trades workers and the retiring-out of a significant portion of the trades workforce, it is imperative that there is a spectrum of pathways for various types of learners to engage with...
Looking Back and Moving Forward
A note from Natalie Henshaw, Director of The Campaign for Historic Trades Happy New Year! As we move into 2023, I want to take a moment and reflect on 2022. The Campaign for Historic Trades' mission is to expand and strengthen careers in the historic trades. Necessary...
In the News: Shepherd Alumni Are Working to Preserve and Expand Historic Trade Jobs
The Campaign for Historic Trades was founded in 2019 in partnership with National Park Service’s (NPS) Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) in Frederick, Md. to address a national need that’s been accelerating for the last half century: historic structures...
Join us for Talking Trades, a monthly dialogue about trades training programs
The Campaign's Talking Trades series will give historic trades trainers, educators, and supporters a regular networking opportunity to learn from our colleagues and hear about programs from across the country. Talking Trades will take place every third Friday of the...
Training Our Future to Preserve Our Past
In early November, The Campaign hosted a day-long workshop at the Association for Preservation Technology's annual conference in Detroit, Michigan. The workshop brought together educators, trainers, employers, program directors, and supporters from across the globe....
The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases First-of-its-Kind Labor Study on the Status of Historic Trades in America
Analysis shows the need for a larger and better-trained historic trades workforce; 100,000 workers needed within the next decade BALTIMORE (November 15, 2022) - National workforce development program The Campaign for Historic Trades today announced the completion of a...
Historic Trades Career Opportunities for Veterans
This Veterans Day, The Campaign for Historic Trades would like to honor and thank the women and men who have served to protect our country. As The Campaign works to grow and strengthen careers in historic trades, we’re highlighting opportunities for veterans up to age...
Solving the Workforce Development Puzzle
Join us on Thursday, October 27, 2022 as we attend the Symposium: Solving the Workforce Development Puzzle, hosted by the Maryland Center for Construction Education and Innovation (MCCEI) and the University of Maryland’s Project Management Center for Excellence. ...
TTAP Spotlight: Emma & Ben
The Campaign for Historic Trades and Preservation Maryland visited Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine on August 23, to speak to the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Training Center Traditional...
The Campaign is “In the Streets” in Frederick, MD
This past Saturday, September 10, Preservation Maryland staff attended the “In the Streets” festival in Frederick, MD. Our partner, the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center drew a crowd with their log hewing demonstration using traditional...
Camp NAWIC: An opportunity for young women to learn about the trades
In August, The Campaign for Historic Trades and partner National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center staff spent a day teaching historic trades skills to young women at the National Association of Women in Construction‘s Camp NAWIC Baltimore, hosted...
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