HOPE Crew Stories

Named “HOPE Crew” for “Hands-On Preservation Experience,” the program links preservation projects to the national youth corps movement. It brings the potential for thousands of crew members to work on hundreds of sites, learning preservation craft skills while rehabilitating historic places. In these ways and more, HOPE Crews bolster local economies and help breathe new life into historic places in need of revitalization. Learn more about HOPE Crew through stories from our projects.

Grant Programs SCA Maintenance Action Teams and Youth Corp Team Up for Historic Preservation Trades
HOPE Crew Meeting a Need: Five Ways HOPE Crew Has Made a Difference
HOPE Crew Preserving the Threatt Filling Station on Route 66
Preservation Tips and Tools Find a Preservation Trades Program for Any Skill Level
HOPE Crew HOPE Crew’s 'Preservation in Practice' Program Inspires Students
Investing in Preservation’s Future Building a Future for Historic Trades in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Where Women Made History People Saving Places: Seven Women Advocating and Working for Historic Trades
HOPE Crew Sustaining a Future for Preservation Trades at the Odd Fellows Building
HOPE Crew HOPE Crew Explores Black Land Lost in DC
Preservation Magazine A Women-Led Effort to Restore Astoria, Oregon’s Odd Fellows Building
Preservation Magazine A New Orleans Rehabilitation Marks a Fresh Start for the Site of a Key Civil Rights Moment
HOPE Crew HOPE Crew Returns to the Field in New Orleans

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