Highlighting the firm’s national expertise and over-50-year commitment to revitalizing urban centers, creating housing opportunities and strengthening communities through historic preservation and adaptive reuse, The Architectural Team and its late founder, Robert J. Verrier, FAIA, NCARB, earned prestigious honors from Preservation Massachusetts.

The State Historic Preservation Office has awarded $170,000 in grants to three Michigan communities, the Michigan Strategic Fund announced in July. The grants represent awards from the federal Historic Preservation Fund—Certified Local Government program administered by the SHPO and will benefit local preservation and community planning goals.

The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office announced today that the city of Pontiac in Oakland County has been accepted to the Certified Local Government program, following confirmation from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Kori Purdum Matheis and John Matheis recently acquired Proffitt & Associates Architects, P.C., the longtime Frederick, Maryland-based practice.