In September 2011, scaffolding appeared around the large Coca-Cola/Angell’s Delicatessen sign painted on the east wall of the historic building home to Coppersmith's Pub in Downtown Fort Collins. Thanks to a grant received by the State Historical Fund in 2009, this "ghost sign" got a lot of conservation and a little restoration to ensure this faded advertisement from 1958 keeps Old Town looking historic. For more info, visit fcgov.com/ghostsigns.

The editors of "Old House Journal" call Rehab Right: How to Realize the Full Value of Your Old House by Helaine Kaplan Prentice and Blair Prentice "the best regional preservation guidebook around." The authors present the case for sensitive rehabilitation using lucid graphics and everyday language. This book simply explains how to repair (instead of replace) items, such as windows, in your historic home and also gives examples in a well-illustrated, step-by-step approach. 

Since 1981, historic rehabilitation and preservation projects have created more than 30,000 jobs in Colorado. Colorado was one of the first states to offer a State Income Tax Credit for Historic Preservation. The program started in 1990 and still is going strong. Since 1991, more than 900 rehabilitation projects in Colorado have taken advantage of the State Tax Credit program and 90% of those were private homes. If you have a home over 50 years old, please contact the historic preservation office and see what tax credits may be available to you.

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection (CHNC) currently includes 91 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1928. Newspapers come from 49 cities and 36 counties throughout the state, which were published in English, German, Spanish, or Swedish. CHNC contains over 315,000 digitized pages from these newspapers. New material is added approximately once a month. New material may include additional newspapers and/or new issues from previously loaded newspapers. A searchable list of the newspapers included in CHNC is available. Visit the CHNC.