[MassHistPres] Sales/new owners in LHDs

[Johnstone, Michelle]

Good afternoon, everyone -

Happy Monday! Reaching out to the greater group to ask: what you all do in your community when a property is sold in a local historic district? Do you monitor for sales and send a welcome letter? If so, do you find that this is helpful? Here in Worcester, we don't do anything, and sometimes new homeowners find out that they are in a local historic district the first time they pull a permit on the property. Of course, sometimes no permit is pulled (and sometimes isn't even required), which causes issues when people claim they simply didn't know/were never told their property is in a local historic district.

If anyone has a great example of a letter that you send to new historic property owners, please feel free to share!

Best,

Michelle H. Johnstone
Senior Preservation Planner
Executive Office of Economic Development | Planning & Regulatory Services Division
City of Worcester | 455 Main Street, Rm 404, Worcester, MA 01608
P: 508-799-1400 x31410
C: 774-622-0695
E: johnstonem at worcesterma.gov<mailto:johnstonem at worcesterma.gov>
www.worcesterma.gov<http://www.worcesterma.gov/>

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