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Davidson Historic Preservation Plan
Recent Updates
The Town of Davidson recently launched a video update about the ongoing Historic Preservation Plan process. Historic Preservation Plan development is underway.
Historic Preservation In Davidson
Historic preservation has long been a priority for the Town of Davidson. In 1989, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) was created, as well as the first local historic district. This local district gave the town control, through the HPC, over the design of structures built within the district. The Davidson Board of Commissioners affirmed the importance of historic preservation in their 2020 Comprehensive Plan and also more recently as one of the guiding tenets in their most recent Strategic Plan. Specific action items in the Strategic Plan include:
- developing a historic preservation plan
- expanding the historic district
- improving historic district guidelines
- supporting strategies for naturally occurring affordable housing with historic preservation principles
- supporting grants for local businesses who want to rehab structures in the historic district
In the fall of 2020, the town began the process of working towards its first ever Historic Preservation Plan, and in early 2021, Heritage Strategies, LLC was chosen to produce the Historic Preservation Plan.
Town staff views a historic preservation plan as a direct result of the community-input driven Comprehensive Plan and the 2020-2021 Strategic Plan. Based on the Historic Preservation Plan, town staff seeks to involve as many as possible in the input process, increase historic designations, update design standards, and craft an overall strategy for signage and storytelling. The Historic Preservation Plan’s goal is to provide a “roadmap” for historic preservation in the Town of Davidson for the next 10-15 years.
Davidson community residents and business owners can watch for additional opportunities to offer feedback in the coming months.
For questions and more information, please contact Senior Planner Lindsay Laird at llaird@townofdavidson.org.
Historic Preservation Plan Documents
- Historic Preservation Survey Summary - The survey was available from April 9, 2021 through May 24, 2021
Background Resources
Historic Preservation Plan Development Timeline (Tentative):
Winter/Spring 2022: Historic Preservation Plan to be finalized
November 9, 2021: Board of Commissioners presentation
October 25, 2021: Planning Board presentation on detailed plan outline
October 13, 2021: Steering Committee Meeting #3
September-December 2021: Heritage Strategies to draft historic preservation plan on a chapter by chapter basis based on public input
August 3-5, 2021: Focus group meetings held virtually on the following topics: Storytelling, Neighborhood Preservation, Downtown, Rural Preservation, and Historic Preservation Processes.
July 21, 2021: Historic Preservation Commission presentation on draft plan outline
July 1, 2021: Steering Committee Meeting #2 to review a draft plan outline
April-May 2021: Consultant to draft historic preservation vision and goals statement, identify issues, and outline objectives
April 13-14, 2021: Consultant visit to Davidson for field review
April 9, 2021: Citizen survey opens for six weeks to collect feedback related to historic preservation
March 30, 2021: Historic Preservation Plan Steering Committee Meeting #1
January-March 2021: Project initiation; Consultant research and evaluation
January 2021: Heritage Strategies, LLC selected for Historic Preservation Plan development by RFP Review Committee
December 14, 2020: Applications due from consultants for Historic Preservation Plan RFP
November 3, 2020: The Town of Davidson announces a request for proposals (RFP) for the Davidson Historic Preservation Plan