Meridian Architectural Trust is conducting a feasibility study to determine whether it could launch a preservation revolving fund. 
 
Generally a revolving fund saves threatened properties that are significant landmarks and/or invests in older and historic neighborhoods where the market has not yet recognized their value. There are many types of revolving funds. Some lend money to property owners for building repairs. Others actually acquire properties and then sell them with covenants to new owners, sometimes having stabilized or rehabilitated them first. Loan payments and/or proceeds from the sale return to the fund to be used on a new property; hence it is a "revolving" fund. There are currently over 60 active preservation revolving funds in operation throughout the country.
Part of the feasibility study will be determining the model (s) that might be best for Meridian Architectural Trust. Your feedback will be used by the board to help determine how they should proceed. Thank you for your time in completing this survey.

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* 1. Do you think that there are "landmark" buildings in Meridian that are threatened and in need of protection?

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* 2. In addition to "landmark" buildings, the Meridian Architectural Trust could work in historic communities and neighborhoods where the individual buildings might not be "landmarks" but where the community itself as a whole is significant. Can you think of neighborhoods and communities developed before the 1970s that are important and deserve to be saved? 

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* 3. Do you think there are enough buildings and communities that could use preservation to justify developing a revolving fund program? 

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* 4. Revolving funds require a variety of skill sets including, but not limited to experience with law, accounting, real estate, architecture, community organizing, construction, and public relations. Do you have any skills or experience that you think would be useful in such a program?

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* 5. If yes what skills, and please provide a name and contact information so we may follow up in the future

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* 6. Are there organizations or individuals you think would be good partners for this sort of program?

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* 7. If yes, please list

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* 8. Do you know of anyone who might have a historic property that they would be willing to donate to the Meridian Architectural Trust as part of a revolving fund program? 

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* 9. If so, please give us your name and contact information to follow up

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* 10. Do you have any objections to this type of program? 

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* 11. What do you think would be the biggest challenges to the success of such a program in Meridian?

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* 12. Do you have any questions or concerns about a revolving fund program? if so please provide and we will work to address them as Meridian Architectural Trust moves forward.

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