HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS

Schneider Historic Preservation, LLC provides a full range of historic preservation consulting services, specializing in the certification of projects for historic rehabilitation tax credits, National Register nominations and historic resource documentation, community preservation planning, and design review in historic districts. Mr. Schneider's professional historic preservation career spans 37 years, during which time he has successfully completed a diverse range of projects for both private and public sector clients in fifteen states and one other country. Historic preservation projects often involve the varied interests of clients, regulatory agencies, advocacy groups, and the public. Having worked extensively in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Mr. Schneider is an effective advocate for his clients’ interests and is skilled at finding creative and practical solutions for complicated projects. In 2013, Mr. Schneider was engaged by the Alabama Historical Commission to assist with the preparation of regulations and procedures for the Alabama Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program. Since that time, he has represented projects involving more than $550,000,000 in proposed rehabilitation work and more than 5,000,000 square feet of building space for clients seeking to utilize state and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Richardson Preservation Consulting is an historic preservation consulting firm specializing in cultural landscapes. RPC is owned and operated by historian and preservationist Ty Richardson. Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architectural Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Arkansas, as well as a Masters in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. It is the goal of RPC to ensure that the integrity of historic landscapes, districts, buildings and other cultural resources are maintained. As such, RPC offers a wide variety of historic preservation services including consultation services for historic sites, cultural landscape inventories, historic cemetery master plans, National Register nominations and more.

Business consulting and support by professionals who understand your organization’s mission, culture, and passion for preservation! Heritage Business International helps historic preservation businesses, heritage organizations, and cultural institutions increase their value, sustainability, and impact. Our staff have MBA’s, graduate degrees in heritage disciplines, work experience in the heritage industry, and a passion for historic preservation. We know that running your preservation organization isn’t all about business, but we also know that if you don’t run a healthy and sustainable organization you can’t succeed in achieving your preservation goals. We bridge the gap between business and preservation by working with boards, managers, and employees to build capacity, develop and implement strategy, deliver heritage-specific business training, and provide industry data and market intelligence. We are a social enterprise venture working for for-profits, non-profits, large corporations, and small home-based businesses—and we want to help you become more successful!

Kate Cowing Architect, LLC (KCA), is a full service architecture firm with a focus on existing buildings and a specialization in historic preservation.   Kate believes in the importance of using existing buildings rather than demolishing and building new. Not only is this approach environmentally sound, it helps ground the surrounding communities by providing continuity and history. KCA uses a thorough understanding of the buildings themselves and the surrounding community as the starting point in all design. A knowledge of the old informs the design decisions for the new. With that knowledge and creativity, the needs of the client can be gracefully joined with the existing structure.