Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission has been working over the past two years on an update to the Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Plan 2018-2022.
A draft of the new plan, for 2023-2031, is available for public comment through Sept. 30 on the MHC’s website, and more information about the state plan process is available online.
Any written comments should be submitted to Local Government Programs Coordinator Jennifer Doherty by email at Jennifer.Doherty@sec.state.ma.us.
While the state plan is prepared by the MHC, it is not a work plan for the MHC. Instead, it is a plan for all preservationists in the Commonwealth.
The MHC seeks as much input as possible, to be sure that the new state plan can help anyone find a role for themselves in historic preservation efforts across Massachusetts. Feel free to share the draft plan with others in your community who might be interested in providing input, such as historical or historic district commissioners, appointed and elected officials, municipal staff, and locally active preservationists.
The MHC is also seeking to summarize preservation efforts from 2018 to 2022. Descriptions of projects or photographs may be emailed to Jennifer Doherty at Jennifer.Doherty@sec.state.ma.us.