July 20, 2023

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lists: Cities, Counties

Historic Preservation:  Trends in Local and Federal Historic Preservation Law

This seminar will delve into municipalities’ powers to regulate and protect historic properties.  Highlighting new research covering the 11% of municipalities with local preservation ordinances, the seminar will outline the scope of this expanding regulatory sphere.  Then the presenters will explain how municipalities may become federally-recognized "certified local governments” and play a role in federal historic preservation review processes, with a focus on Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.  Finally, they will discuss recent federal guidance influencing local policymaking. 

Speaker: Sara Bronin & Kelly Fanizzo

Sarah Bronin is the Chair of the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent federal agency that promotes the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our nation's historic resources, and advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy.  She is a professor of planning and law at Cornell University (on public service leave) and the founder of the National Zoning Atlas.  An architect and attorney, her interdisciplinary research and practice spans historic preservation, property, land use, and climate change.  Bronin received her J.D. from Yale Law School and a masters degree in economic and social history from Oxford. 

Kelly Fanizzo is the Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, providing legal advice and assistance on compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, agreement drafting and implementation, consultation requirements, and coordination with other environmental and federal property management laws and regulations. She has taught courses on historic preservation to practitioners around the country and on environmental law and land use planning at Temple University, Beasley School of Law.  Fanizzo received her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law, an LL.M. in legal education from Temple Law School, and a masters certificate in museum studies from the George Washington University.