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.

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
Preservation Magazine HOPE Crew Project Honors Hawaiians Quarantined on Kalaupapa
HOPE Crew Connecting With Our Ancestors at Kalaupapa National Historic Park
Preservation Magazine A New HOPE for the Future of Nina Simone's Childhood Home
HOPE Crew Expanding HOPE Crew to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HOPE Crew Why Preserving the Past Matters for This High School Sophomore’s Future
HOPE Crew Reflecting on HOPE Crew at Grand Teton National Park

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