Defining your project
This section will help you identify the causes for that attachment and define for yourself and others why this place matters.
Explaining your place
Making a compelling argument for why a place matters will attract supporters and encourage creative thinking about strategies to protect it. This section of the Toolkit aims to help you make your case.
Presenting your place
Once you collect your stories, and identify and develop your themes, you will want to present them to the public to promote and advocate for your place.
Protecting your place
Efforts to protect a place are usually galvanized by a threat or an unexpected opportunity. Typically the tools are few, and the stakes are high. Nevertheless, place advocates have forged some useful strategies.
This Toolkit was made possible with support from the J.M. Kaplan Fund and the New York Community Trust. Originally published on the Place Matters website, this version of the toolkit is maintained by the Local Preservation School and published under a Creative Commons Attribution license with permission from City Lore and Marci Reaven.