OPPOSE 2 YR SUSPENSION OF OHIO HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT

These tax credits are important to the revitalization of our communities. Projects have been started and the funds are necessary for completion.

Hard to believe this legislation is even being considered. I oppose it! So do many others who I have talked with.

Nothing like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. Hopefully, this will not pass. It is a short sighted approach that would discourage reuse of buildings and existing resources--the tools that help cities grow

Now more than ever, we need to support the efforts of those who work so hard to preserve and promote Ohio's past.

Protect Ohio's heritage and encourage the rehabilitation of our historic buildings.

Please do not suspend historic preservation funding

The Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit has been a catalyst for preservation and is a proven economic driver in Cleveland and throughout the state.

I oppose

I am writing to state my utter shock and extreme disappointment regarding the proposed two-year suspension of the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit. I cannot for the life of me understand how lawmakers would jeopardize the incredible revitalization efforts and ongoing historic preservation initiatives we've been seeing in Columbus and throughout the state. The proposal desperately needs to be re-considered if we're to continue the momentum we've seen in the last decade as we work to dig out our urban centers from decades of neglect and disinvestment.

This tax credit is essential for the continued revitalization of towns and cities across the State of Ohio.

I just purchased a home downtown, largely because of the city's investment and the ongoing restoration of historic buildings. To stop now would be shortsighted and unwise.

Please save the tax credit for history!

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This is a terrible legislative idea, and according to the State's ROI model will cost over $180 million in Hamilton County for just the 2015 tax credit season alone. I'm very interested to find out who this stunningly irresponsible State Senator is.

Please save this job creating history preserving tax credit as its one of the most successful public private partnerships out there.

Historic preservation is so critical because you can't get these landmarks back once they're gone!

The preservation of our historic sites is important culturally and economically.

Aside from the chilling effect a repeal of these credits will have on urban and historical re-development in the future, a suspension of HTCs for current projects in development will dramatically undermine private developers' willingness to pursue ANY government-sponsored incentive programs in the future.

My livelihood depends on the continuation of programs such as the Historic Preservation tax credits.

The Ohio tax historic tax credit has been a significant piece of the capital stack in many downtown Cleveland renovation projects. With out the credit there is a high probability downtown Cleveland would still be the waste land it was just a few short years ago. Although, the slowly rebounding real estate market has help to spur development the Ohio HTC has been a corner piece of many deals we have participated in as advisers in the last five years. NONE of these projects would have gone forward with out this critical piece of financing.

This program pays for itself and generates billions in private investment.