Federal cuts could threaten historic preservation work in Georgia

Ponce City Market, formerly a Sears, Roebuck & Company distribution center, is one of the country's largest preservation projects, according to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. The project earned millions of dollars in rehabilitation tax credits. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Supporters of historic preservation initiatives in Georgia are raising concerns about delayed federal funding and possible future cuts.

According to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit that works alongside the state agency tasked with preservation work, the federal cuts threaten development and revitalization programs across the state.

“We are just trying to sound the alarm,” Wright Mitchell, president and CEO of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, said. “One, for support of our partners at the state Historic Preservation Office, but more broadly, just illustrating how catastrophic this would be for historic preservation across the country.”