Oregon improvement projects are tapping grants and other funds to preserve and upgrade existing, often historic, structures. The nonprofit Restore Oregon organization has selected 14 projects across the state to receive a 2023 DeMuro Award for Excellence, the state’s highest honor for the preservation, reuse and revitalization of architectural and cultural sites.
“It’s exciting to see that this year’s class of DeMuro projects demonstrate that reuse at every scale helps reduce Oregon’s carbon impact,” said Nicole Possert, Restore Oregon’s executive director. “Our jury selected these award recipients based on each project’s positive impact on their community and for the ways in which they inspire others to keep and reuse historic places as a measurable climate sustainability practice.”
The teams of architects, engineers, designers, contractors, developers, property…
