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Dear Preservation Supporter,

Preservation is about partnerships.

Over the last two weeks, National Trust staff have reached out to more than 150
state and local preservation organizations, including our colleagues in the
National Preservation Partners Network and many others. We are also checking in
with our grantees, government agencies, and members of our networks such as Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios.
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Our goal: to see how these organizations—critical to our country’s ongoing
preservation work—are coping with the rapid changes brought on by the
coronavirus.

What did we find out? That these champions of preservation are demonstrating
their resilience, creativity, and community connections during this crisis. For
almost every group, their ongoing, pre-virus projects continue remotely as the
organization also conducts financial analyses related to cancelled fundraisers,
closed properties, and other economic impacts.

Just as we at the National Trust are, state and local preservation organizations
remain focused on advocating for historic places as essential to strong
communities. And thanks to creative digital programs, it has never been easier
to connect with their work and fascinating historic places around the country,
like Baltimore Heritage’s Five-Minute Histories
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Some partners are keeping their gardens and grounds open to the public as places
of beauty and respite, such as the spectacular 250-acre landscape at Olana, [[link removed]] the Hudson River Valley home of painter Frederic Church and part of the New
York State Parks system (as well as Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios). Or they
are sharing them virtually, like with daily Instagram tours of the spectacular gardens at Filoli,
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Center, led by the Site’s Director of Horticulture, Jim Salyards.

The National Trust wants to do everything we can to support our partners. In
line with our strategic priority of Investing in Preservation’s Future,
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challenges. In response to requests for information on a range of federal
programs, our Government Relations and Legal staff, along with partners from the
Historic Tax Credit Coalition, provided a Federal Policy Response webinar
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in our series will also respond directly to what partners told us they
needed—Best Practices in Fundraising and Messaging, and Digital Engagement with
Historic Places.

Like many other preservation organizations, the National Trust also has
important partners beyond those with missions similar to ours. For example, Ben
Spungin and Kirk Probasco opened Alta Bakery [[link removed]] just a year ago at Cooper Molera Adobe
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chapter in this property’s history as they operate in a building that was home
to Monterey’s first commercial bakery more than a century ago.

A month ago, Alta Bakery was named the best new restaurant in Monterey. But this
month finds them significantly challenged by the COVID-19 crisis. Like so many
small businesses, they have risen to the occasion, quickly pivoting to packages
of baked goods and coffee for pick-up and staying engaged with their community
through social media. And while the beautiful event center on site, the Barns at
Cooper Molera, is closed, they are generously allowing Alta Bakery to use their
grills to prepare their popular nightly suppers for pick-up.

At the National Trust, we are both proud and grateful to be a part of a network
of preservationists of all kinds, all across this country, who remain committed
to the vitally important work of using historic places to strengthen their
communities.

Thank you for being our partner in this important work.

Warm regards,

Katherine Malone-France
Chief Preservation Officer


Pictured above: The spectacular gardens at Filoli, a National Trust Historic
Site. Photo by Gretchine Nievarez


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