Technical Assistance

Updated April 2009

The Cape Cod Commission has an Historic Preservation Specialist and Planning staff who provide technical assistance on a wide variety of preservation projects to town boards and officials, non-profit organizations, neighborhood groups, and individuals. Some of the work Commission staff does to support historic preservation efforts is listed below:

Conducts training programs for historical commissions and historic district commissions on preservation standards and review procedures.
Evaluates the architectural and historic significance of un-inventoried historic properties for town officials and historic review boards.
Helps to develop and review bylaws, regulations, and design guidelines to protect historic areas and archaeologically sensitive lands.
Gives lectures and PowerPoint presentations on the history of Cape Cod architecture and related topics to increase knowledge of the region's historic resources and preservation efforts.
Coordinates CPA Roundtable meetings to discuss preservation issues related to the Community Preservation Act (CPA) and its funding of historic preservation efforts.
Advises town boards, historical commissions, historic district commissions, community preservation committees, and non-profit organizations on specific historic rehabilitation proposals and their consistency with the Secretary's Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties.
Maintains a demolition delay network to help advertise historic buildings threatened with demolition, and advises historical commissions on ways to avoid demolition of historic properties.
Assists in writing grants for historic rehabilitation work, historic resource inventories, and preservation education efforts.
Develops special projects to protect threatened historic and cultural resources.

For more information, contact Sarah Korjeff, Planner and Historic Preservation Specialist, Cape Cod Commission; (508) 362-3828 ext. 351.

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