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Almost since the beginning of the heritage conservation movement, there has been a resistance by activists and scholars to discussing heritage in the context of economics. Somehow it was seen as diminishing the importance of cultural heritage to have it tainted with quantification as Euros, Dollars or Yen. Fortunately, in my mind, that is changing. …

As I’ve written before (May 31, 2008) much of the world has a better understanding of whatSustainable Development means than we do in North America. Graphically Sustainable Development looks like this: Sustainable Development requires environmental responsibility, economic responsibility, and social/cultural responsibility. Further for a community to be viable there needs to be a link between environmental …

The link between heritage conservation and sustainable development is well understood in many parts of the world. The United Kingdom in particular is at the cutting edge in making the link, but so are many countries in the developing world. However, this is an area where for the most part North Americans are far behind …

For twenty- five years I’ve had a consulting practice which is now known as PlaceEconomics. The firm provides consulting services to public and non-profit clients dealing with issues of downtown and neighborhood business district revitalization, and the reuse of historic buildings. But with only a few exception, the vast majority of the work was in the …