YIMBY News for 2/2

[Eric Budd]

Inside Louisville’s historic landmark program for homeowners

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.20. condo, construction, development, growth, homeowner, house, housing, preservation, project, public hearing, rent, walk, zoning

Louisville’s Historic Old Town has an impressive network of local landmarks — 70 as of this month. The majority of those landmarks are privately owned homes, and it’s those owners who pursue the designation. For many, that decision stems from a desire to preserve local history, said Jess Daniels, a senior planner for Louisville. “People love their homes. They’ve been in them for a long time, they want to share their history, and they’re proud to have that landmark plaque,” Daniels said. Some homeowners pursue designation to “seek the maximum zoning incentives they can get,” Daniels added. For

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A Century-Old Adobe Schoolhouse Is Being Restored as a Community Hub in New Mexico

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.52. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, house, housing, preservation, project, rent, walk

As a child, Jacobo Baca remembers being scolded for scrambling up the stone buttresses of his old parochial school in Peñasco — a small New Mexican town tucked into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 50 miles northeast of Santa Fe. The supports seemed built for climbing, even if his teachers disagreed. The historic Peñasco High School and St. Anthony Parochial School has long been an unofficial landmark along the scenic High Road to Taos. The single-story, 30-foot-by-180-foot rectangular adobe building — recently recognized on the National Register of Historic Places — has been empty and maintena

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