The Board of the Georgia Register of Historic Places approved listing downtown Decatur on the state-wide register on January 28th. The next step is to nominate the downtown to the National Register of Historic Places, our nation’s list of buildings, sites, and districts that are historically and architecturally significant to our country. Why is this so important? It will help Decatur’s growing tourism industry. Heritage Tourism is the fastes growing segment of the Tourism Industry and Tourism is Georgia’s second largest industry (even bigger than peanuts!). People love to visit cities rich in history. It will also give property owners of historic buildings the opportunity to apply for significant preservation tax incentives.
Now that’s good news in tough economic times!
