Protect Our Past Inc.

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“The organization is a nonprofit educational organization incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth of massachusetts and operated to educate the residents and visitors of cape cod and the islands through media, education, and non- political advocacy of the economic and cultural benefits of the historic preservation of its many histioric properties.”

“Line 28 films: as the "loud speaker for historic preservation", protect our past creates short films of approximately 30 minutes to amplify the need to preserve historic properties on cape cod, the islands, and beyond. Protect our past, prior to obtaining its 501(c) 3 status, produced its first film entitled "love letter to cape cod", a 30 minute film produced at the cost of approximately 30,000. The film highlighted the danger of cape cod's loss of its quaint charm and character, and has been viewed by thousands of residents, and visitors to the cape and beyond, and was featured at the "weekend film festival" held at the chatham orpheum theatre in chatham, ma. Income derived from the showing was approximately 3,000. Line 29. Historic home evaluation: this program involves members of protect our past, inc. Who are experts in the preservation of historic homes and building. The team meets, upon request, with current and future owners of historic homes and buildings to identify the irreplaceable attributes of their home and buildings (especially those up for demolition, and their restoration options. Protect our past's goal is to educate owners to consider saving their historic homes and buildings. Prior to evaluating the historic homes and buildings, the owners of the historic homes and buildings are informed that an agreed upon fee for the services will be charged. The average charge for the evaluation is 450.00. Based upon inquirys regarding this service, it is anticipated that protect our past will conduct 15-20 evaluations in 2024. With approximately 3,100 historic building in cape cod not protected by historic preservation designation. Historic home evaluation is a growing category for protect our past. Line 30. "who do you call": restoration resource catalogue: this program service is currently underway by a select committee to research and prepare a resource catalog available for sale to owners of historic homes and buildings, architects, engineers, suppliers, trades, salvage yards, and other related fields vetted by the protect our past inc, committee as being accomplished in the field of historic restoration. The catalog will be updated yearly or more often as required. The cost of the catalog will be funded by grants and sponsors. An estimate as to revenue produced by the sale of the resource catalog has not been established.”