{"id":370,"date":"2021-04-16T05:14:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/?p=370"},"modified":"2021-04-16T05:20:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:20:30","slug":"elementor-370","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/elementor-370\/","title":{"rendered":"Extend the Historic Tax Credit."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"370\" class=\"elementor elementor-370\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f092b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f092b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c829d8b\" data-id=\"c829d8b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08ab0db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08ab0db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"article-section-header\">\n<section>\n<div id=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"article-header-title\">\n<h1 class=\"article-headline\"><span style=\"color: var(--brand-color);\">Letter to the Editor: Extend Minnesota&#8217;s Historic Tax Credit<\/span><br><\/h1>\n<div class=\"article-leadtext\">The Historic Tax Credit is one of the most powerful tools in local economic development,&nbsp; job creation and stimulation of entrepreneurship that any community can make.<\/div><div class=\"article-leadtext\">From the Worthington Daily Globe<\/div>\n<div class=\"light-grey byline\">Written By: <span id=\"noLink\" class=\"ttu\">Elicia Kortus, President, Reclaim Community, Jasper<\/span> | <time class=\"timestamp\">10:30 pm, Apr. 7, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-body\">\n<div id=\"top-social-share\">\n<div class=\"addthis_inline_share_toolbox\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.dglobe.com\/opinion\/letters\/6968407-Letter-Extend-Minnesotas-Historic-Tax-Credit\" data-title=\"Letter: Extend Minnesota's Historic Tax Credit | The Globe\" data-description=\"The Historic Tax Credit is one of the most powerful tools in local economic development,&nbsp; job creation and stimulation of entrepreneurship that any community can make.\">\n<div id=\"atstbx\" class=\"at-resp-share-element at-style-responsive addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"at-a20060ad-f3be-4915-8431-dd9bbf807e7c\">\n<div class=\"at-share-btn-elements\">In the wake of COVID-19, creating economic growth, good paying jobs and vitality in our community has become more important than ever. Since 2010, the bipartisan-supported Minnesota Historic Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit has served the state in countless ways. The tax credit has generated over $3.5 billion for Minnesota\u2019s economy, created over 18,650 jobs and generates economic growth in 97% of our state\u2019s industries. In Greater Minnesota in particular, the tax credit has shown large returns, where projects in 2019 generated up to $16 for their communities for every $1 of tax credit invested, which is a powerful economic growth generator for any size city.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"main-body\">\n<div class=\"p402_premium\">\n<p>In addition, stacking the state Historic Tax Credit with the Federal Historic Tax Credit can double the impact, and bring in the necessary investment capital for projects like Reclaim Community\u2019s rehabilitation of the Jasper School and Bauman Hall in southwest Minnesota. Rehabilitation of these significant Sioux Quartzite structures with Historic Tax Credit dollars could serve Jasper in endless ways. The infrastructure already exists to convert the former school into housing, office space, retail and arts uses, and create an affordable adaptive reuse multi-use facility that serves residents of Jasper, and stimulate more tax revenue for the entire county. Our community deserves opportunities to reuse and repurpose buildings to fit current needs. It is not only a very critical environmental strategy to address climate change, as it can take between 10 to 80 years for a new, energy efficient building to overcome the climate change impacts created by its construction. Older retrofitted buildings have a 50- to 80-year lifespan vs 30 to 40 for new construction. Buildings built prior to the 1960s, when retrofitted, are more energy efficient than their modern counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>The Historic Tax Credit is one of the most powerful tools in local economic development, job creation and stimulation of entrepreneurship that any community can make, according to 40-plus years of research by PlaceEconomics and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.<\/p>\n<p>If the Minnesota Legislature does not vote to extend the tax credit, we are in danger of losing a proven tool of economic development when we need it most. If we lose this critical program, we lose the ability to improve resiliency and vitality of our community, and the opportunity to create the growth we need to sustain ourselves. Tell Senator Weber you support extending Minnesota\u2019s Historic Tax Credit (SF 724).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dglobe.com\/opinion\/letters\/6968407-Letter-Extend-Minnesotas-Historic-Tax-Credit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the original letter at the Worthington Daily Globe.<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba37c89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba37c89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a16bea\" data-id=\"0a16bea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c05fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81c05fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhs-2.10-1-1024x628.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhs-2.10-1-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhs-2.10-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhs-2.10-1-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/jhs-2.10-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30910c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30910c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2597025\" data-id=\"2597025\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac32fd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac32fd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/full-size-view-of-building-e1600563939278-1024x499.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"full size view of building\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/full-size-view-of-building-e1600563939278-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/full-size-view-of-building-e1600563939278-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/full-size-view-of-building-e1600563939278-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/full-size-view-of-building-e1600563939278-1536x749.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reclaimcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/full-size-view-of-building-e1600563939278.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter to the Editor: Extend Minnesota&#8217;s Historic Tax Credit The Historic Tax Credit is one of the most powerful tools in local economic development,&nbsp; 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