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The following goals and objectives were created and refined
based upon public and professional input. While they are numbered,
this does not indicate prioritization or reflect upon a
goal’s significance. All goals and objectives are viewed as
being equally important. They will be used to guide preservation
activities for the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office
over the next five years. Others involved in historic preservation
in West Virginia are encouraged to use these goals and objectives
as a model to create their own preservation plans or to make and
act on decisions affecting historic resources.
1. GOAL: Educate West Virginians about the wealth and
value of our state’s heritage, the resources that embody it
and the opportunities that historic preservation offers our
communities
Objectives
1.1 Bring West Virginia’s heritage and historic resources to
the forefront of the classroom
1.2 Impart the importance and opportunities that preservation
offers to the general public
1.3 Educate West Virginia’s elected and appointed
officials
1.4 Use a variety of media to foster a positive image about
historic preservation
2. GOAL: Promote historic preserva- tion as an economic
development tool, and create economic incentives to further
preservation efforts
Objectives
2.1 Foster a preservation-friendly environment for development
projects
2.2 Support and initiate efforts to establish and further historic
preservation incentives such as tax abatements and easement
programs
2.3 Promote the use of existing incentive programs such as federal
and state income tax credits and preservation easements
3. GOAL: Encourage and support efforts to identify,
evaluate, study, and designate significant structural and
archaeological resources
Objectives
3.1 Continue to work with the public in nominating properties to
the National Register
3.2 Continue with survey efforts around the state
3.3 Explore different ways to accomplish surveys in areas of the
state where there is no Certified Local Government/Historic
Landmark Commission support
3.4 Continue the development of historic context statements
3.5 Explore the creation of a State Archaeologist position
3.6 Explore and evaluate ways to create a State Register of
Historic Places
3.7 Explore ways to increase archaeological survey efforts around
the state
4. GOAL: Identify, increase and provide financial resources
to assist preservation efforts
Objectives
4.1 Continue to provide money to support historic preservation
activities across the state
4.2 Continue to provide technical assistance about historic
preservation grant programs
4.3 Cooperate with state agencies and support their efforts to
protect historic resources in their ownership
4.4 Identify, expand and diversify alternate historic preservation
funding sources, and publicize their availability
5. GOAL: Support and strengthen preservation activities
of federal and state agencies, local governments and community
organizations, and encourage the inclusion of historic preservation
in planning efforts
Objectives
5.1 Foster and support Certified Local Governments so that they
become active, viable organizations
5.2 Continue to carry out Section 106 responsibilities and maintain
good relationships with agencies and cultural resource managment
professionals
5.3 Increase community involvement in historic preservation
efforts
5.4 Expand and strengthen the network of preservation
partners
5.5 Encourage the inclusion of historic preservation in planning
efforts of federal, state and local agencies
5.6 Continue to provide survey and planning grant money to support
preservation activities
6. GOAL: Encourage protection through appropriate
management and treatment of historic resources
Objectives
6.1 Assist federal, state and local agencies in becoming
responsible stewards of those resources in their care or those that
are affected by their activities
6.2 Promote the use of the Secretary of the Interior’s
Standards and Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties,
particularly among property owners and those in the building
industries
6.3 Promote imaginative solutions to help protect abandoned or
underused historic resources
6.4 Continue to provide development grant money for the
rehabilitation of historic properties to ensure that efforts meet
the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and other
appropriate guidelines
6.5 Continue building solid working relationships with
organizations such as the Archaeological Conservancy to help
protect resources
6.6 Promote individual responsibility for the protection of
statewide archaeological resources
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