The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce that the Preservation Trades and Consultant Directory has been published and is now available for download from their website.
Listing your business or organization is an effective, low-cost way to connect with hundreds of people actively looking for preservation goods and services. Because they are a non-profit organization with limited staff and resources, they are offering this service for a nominal annual fee of $120 ($10/month), which goes directly to supporting and maintaining this online preservation resource. The following information is included with every directory listing:
- Company Name
- Contact Names (up to 3)
- E-mail Address (up to 3)
- Address
- Phone Number
- Website Address
- Company Logo (if desired – please see file requirement below)
- A Brief Description of Your Work and Awards
- Your Company’s Categories (up to 3)
If you would like to be included in the directory, please download and complete the Preservation Trades and Consultants Directory form and email it to info@preservewa.org. If you would like to have your company logo listed in the directory, please email it along with your form. For best results, please send your logo in an EPS file, which is a vector based graphics file. If this format is not available, please send a TIFF or a JPG file with a high resolution.
If you have any questions, please contact the WTHP Membership and Events Coordinator, Kelly Hufty, at khufty@preservewa.org.
I wasn’t aware there was a cost associated with DAHP’s list. There also appears to be no oversight, no confirmation of a company’s (or individual’s, if that’s how they can be listed) credentials, etc…like with DAHP’s list. $120/year is not cheap (thanks, economy!), especially if you need to rely on free resources for jobs or referrals…like DAHP’s list. This is but a shadow of an alternative, but is it really better than nothing?
They also misspell “alphabetical” on their TOC (“Alphabticial Index”)…
If they really want to make a go of providing comprehensive listings, a bit more effort must be put forth ensuring and maintaining the integrity of those listings. Hopefully it will improve, but right now it looks like a beta version.
By: Dave Burlingame on August 9, 2011
at 10:43 am
I agree with the above comment by Dave Burlingame.
Who came up with idea of paying $10/month for something that was formerly a DAHP responsibility? Seems that DAHP is getting further away from historic preservation and concentrating on archeology and Section 106.
By: James McNett on August 10, 2011
at 8:06 am