Smiling faces, historic places : the economic benefits of historic preservation in South Carolina

In 2000, the Governor’s Task Force on Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism presented a number of recommendations on how the state of South Carolina could improve its historic preservation activities and become a national leader in historic preservation. One of the recommendations was to “develop and distribute an economic impact study on the benefits of historic preservation and heritage tourism.” Smiling Faces Historic Places contains these five major conclusions: 1. Historic preservation activities create jobs 2. Historic preservation increases property values 3. Historic preservation is the vehicle for heritage tourism 4. Historic preservation has spurred downtown revitalization 5. Historic preservation is an economic force in South Carolina