Help us lead preservation into a new era
This past year, 2024, was a big year for the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.
We celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Washington State Main Street Program—four decades of strengthening towns across the state through preservation and placemaking. We embarked on new projects through the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area, exploring maritime heritage through the lenses of Tribal Nations and underrepresented groups like the Filipino American community. Internally, we spent time contemplating our work and our values, in the process of creating a new strategic plan.
Now, nearing the end of the year, it feels like a moment of transition—the beginning of a new era. At the state level, we will have a new governor in 2025, for the first time in 12 years. In the aftermath of a global pandemic, our state will try to find economic footing while facing daunting challenges like affordable housing, climate change, and social justice.
The Washington Trust is poised and ready to help carry historic preservation into this new era. We know—and we have 40 years of data to prove—that preservation is a critical part of our state’s economy. We know preservation can also be an important tool in addressing the housing crisis. We’re preparing a major new grant program to help fund rehabilitation projects in historic buildings affected by sea level rise. And we’re working with partners across the state to ensure that preservation provides a platform for all of our communities to tell their stories.
But we can’t do it without your support. Help us lead the new era of historic preservation in Washington State. Join (or renew) as a member, purchase a gift membership for the special ones in your life, consider one of our planned giving options, or make a donation via the button below. For you as a donor, every contribution is 100% tax deductible. For us as an organization, every contribution counts.
Thank you for supporting the Washington Trust this giving season.