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Nicholas A. Redding
The Campaign for Historic Trades
Maryland

The hands-on preservation of America’s historic places relies on highly skilled masons, carpenters, and others trained in the preservation trades. But this supply of craftspeople has been dwindling due to both a brisk construction market and a workforce that’s aging fast. Across the construction field, estimates suggest that at least 200,000 more workers are needed to meet current demand. The Campaign for Historic Trades addresses this challenge by bridging a gulf between preservation and job creation. In partnership with the National Park Service and its Historic Preservation Training Center, the Campaign supports six months of paid, on-the-job instruction in one of America’s national parks, plus post-training job placement services. By focusing recruitment on recent veterans and young adults, the Campaign also meets a need for greater diversity within the preservation field. In that regard, the National Parks are a perfect setting for the program. “This incredible collection of American stories is the ideal classroom to train the next generation of historic tradespeople,” noted Nicholas Redding, executive director of Preservation Maryland, the project’s nonprofit partner. The Campaign’s innovative approach provides place-enhancing jobs while boosting equity and relevance for the preservation movement.

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About The J.M.K. Innovation Prize & The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Drawing on more than three generations of support for early-stage innovation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund launched The J.M.K. Innovation Prize in the belief that social entrepreneurship can spark transformative change. Currently on a biennial schedule, the Prize reaches across America to identify, support, and elevate nonprofit and mission-driven, for-profit organizations that are spearheading visionary, early-stage projects in the fields of the environment, heritage conservation, and social justice.

The J.M. Kaplan Fund champions transformative social, environmental, and cultural causes through inventive grant-making. Over its 74-year history, the Fund has devoted $250 million to propel fledgling efforts concerning civil liberties, human rights, the arts, and the conservation and enhancement of the built and natural worlds. Today, the Fund is active across the United States and beyond, operating grant programs focusing on social justice, the environment, and heritage conservation. Learn more at http://www.jmkfund.org

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