Historic preservation efforts more powerful under local designations

BOULDER — Historic preservation has power when it’s local. It has power when there is a viable district backing it up.

Finally, the political will to use it correctly must be in place. This all according to a Boulder city planner who also states that historic designations are capable of failure. Ruth McHeyser, Boulder planner, wasn’t talking about local historic districts. It’s the protective powers of national historic designations that are suspect.

“Historic designations are important because they do have teeth and the power of preservation providing the assurance that…