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<span><span>This book</span><span> </span><span>is a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations.</span></span>

<span><span>Introduction: What D’ya Know? </span></span>
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<span><span>Part I: Preservation &amp; the Politics of Historic District Designation</span></span>
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<li><span>Before You Take Another Step</span></li>
<li><span>Thinking Politically about Historic District Designation</span></li>
<li><span>How It Starts</span></li>
<li><span>A Walk through the Designation Process: A Guided Tour with Planner Kaye Graybeal</span></li>
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<span><span>Part II: Campaign Strategy</span></span>
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<li><span>On Planning and Strategy</span></li>
<li><span>Our Strategic Line: A Community in/within Conflict</span></li>
<li><span>Makers, Breakers, Takers, and Shapers: The Political Field of Play</span></li>
<li><span>Leadership and Organization</span></li>
<li><span>Working with a Local Historical Society: A Conversation with Historic Annapolis’ Greg Stiverson</span></li>
<li><span>A Practical Vision</span></li>
<li><span>Gentrification and Social Justice: An Exchange with the University of Georgia’s James Reap</span></li>
<li><span>Thinking Politically about Design Guidelines</span></li>
<li><span>It’s Personal</span></li>
<li><span>Sticks and Stones</span></li>
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<span><span>Part III: Campaigning in the Community</span></span>
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<li><span>The Campaign Kickoff</span></li>
<li><span>Twitter Campaigning</span></li>
<li><span>Community Meeting Arrangements</span></li>
<li><span>Your Community Presentation</span></li>
<li><span>FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions</span></li>
<li><span>Thinking Politically about Q&amp;A: The Moving Pattern of Opponents’ Challenges</span></li>
<li><span>Our Reframing Q&amp;A Strategy</span></li>
<li><span>Answering Opposition Questions I: From “Distrust of Them” to the “Pivotal Shift”</span></li>
<li><span>Answering Opposition Questions II: From the “Pivotal Shift” to “Distrust of Us”</span></li>
<li><span>Property-Rights Extremists </span></li>
<li><span>Petition Politics</span></li>
<li><span>Reaching Out to the Opposition</span></li>
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<span><span>Part IV: Managing the Formal Designation Process </span></span>
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<li><span>Moving on to City Hall: Preparing for Commission Hearings</span></li>
<li><span>Behind-the-Scenes Intelligence</span></li>
<li><span>Working with the Press: Guidance from a Reporter</span></li>
<li><span>A Civic Vision</span></li>
<li><span>The Top Tier of Local Government</span></li>
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<span><span>Part V: Winning the City Council Vote</span></span>
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<li><span>The Politics of Public Hearings</span></li>
<li><span>Lobbying City Hall: A Conversation with a Lobbyist</span></li>
<li><span>Speaking Mayor to Mayor: A Dialogue with Charleston’s Joseph P. Riley. Jr.</span></li>
<li><span>A Checklist for One-on-One Meetings</span></li>
<li><span>Our Public Hearing Presentation</span></li>
<li><span>The Politics of Compromise</span></li>
<li><span>Winning the Vote</span></li>
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<span><span>Part VI: The Politics of Administering the Historic District</span></span>
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<li><span>Our Transition to the HPC</span></li>
<li><span>On Public Service </span></li>
<li><span>Our Community Compact for Rooted Growth </span></li>
<li><span>Drawing up Our Design Guidelines: Tackling the Problem with Consultant Peter Benson</span></li>
<li><span>Fusion Preservation: Thinking like a Districtist</span></li>
<li><span>Political Maintenance: Delivering Good Government</span></li>
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<span><span>Part VII: Political Demolition by Neglect</span></span>
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<li><span>Dispositional Gatekeeping </span></li>
<li><span>The Temptation of Administrative Legalism</span></li>
<li><span>Municipal Neglect</span></li>
<li><span>The View from City Council: A Talk with a Council Member</span></li>
<li><span>Districts under Threat</span></li>
<li><span>State-Level Interventions</span></li>
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<span><span>Part VIII: Navigating the Municipal Administration</span></span>
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<li><span>The Role of Your Preservation Planner: A Discussion with Raleigh’s Dan Becker</span></li>
<li><span>Relations with Your Mayor: The Views of a Mayor’s Adviser</span></li>
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<span><span>Part IX: The Politics of Aging Historic Districts</span></span>
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<li><span>The Crisis of Second-Generation Districts</span></li>
<li><span>OIMBYism</span></li>
<li><span>Getting Helpful Local Coverage: The Perspectives of a Newspaper Executive Editor</span></li>
<li><span>Our New Strategic Line</span></li>
<li><span>A New Political Who’s Who: An Overview</span></li>
<li><span>Who’s Who, Part One: District Rooters </span></li>
<li><span>Who’s Who, Part Two: District Rotters</span></li>
<li><span>Confronting Polarizers</span></li>
<li><span>Gentrification’s Dissidents: On Displacement with Baltimore’s Eric Holcomb</span></li>
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<span><span>Part X: District Decline and Its Reversal</span></span>
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<li><span>Political Personalities: Who Leads?</span></li>
<li><span>The Stages of Declining Districts</span></li>
<li><span>The Politics of Decision Making: Defensible and Defendable</span></li>
<li><span>Enforcement: The Third Rail of Historic District Politics </span></li>
<li><span>The Politics of Appeals</span></li>
<li><span>Choosing Our Battles</span></li>
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<span><span>Part XI: Repairing Our Community Compact</span></span>
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<li><span>Transformative Education</span></li>
<li><span>Reconstructive Programs</span></li>
<li><span>Institutionalizing Community Relations</span></li>
<li><span>Renewal through Revising Design Guidelines</span></li>
<li><span>A Preservation Plan? Looking Ahead with Consultant Elizabeth Watson</span></li>
<li><span>Our Sustaining Vision</span></li>
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<span><span>Epilogue</span></span>

<span><span>William E. Schmickle</span><span>, Ph.D., is past chair of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission and cofounder of the Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Historic District. His services are available through his website, </span><span><a href="http://www.preservationpolitics.com"><span>www.preservationpolitics.com</span></a></span><span>.</span></span>