{"id":4788,"date":"2022-11-01T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:00:56","slug":"alumni-updates-dr-kyra-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/alumni-updates-dr-kyra-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Updates: Dr. Kyra Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"min-height:315px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3574\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:27% 75%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"27% 75%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/01\/College-of-Design-Construction-and-Planning_Horiz-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Alumni Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/Kyra-Lucas-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/Kyra-Lucas-edited.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/Kyra-Lucas-edited-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/Kyra-Lucas-edited-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/historic-preservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/Kyra-Lucas-edited-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption><mark style=\"color:#b1b3b6\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Dr. Vandana Baweja (left) and Dr. Kyra Lucas (right) during the Fall 2021 Commencement.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-c11f85f6 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__with-tweet uagb-blockquote__tweet-style-classic uagb-blockquote__tweet-icon_text uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">UF helped me find my passion. Historic Preservation has the power the give a voice to the voiceless, to establish identities, to strengthen local economies, and to reconnect people with their communities and heritage, and I will never stop fighting for it.<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><cite class=\"uagb-blockquote__author\">Dr. Kyra Lucas<\/cite><\/div><a href=\"\/\" class=\"uagb-blockquote__tweet-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet<\/a><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Kyra Lucas, an alumnus of UF\u2019s Historic Preservation Master\u2019s Program (2017) and UF\u2019s Historic Preservation Doctoral Program (2021), has recently accepted a position as lead Historic Preservationist for the Florida State Historic Preservation Office in Tallahassee. Her main role is to oversee the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit program for the state of Florida. She helps applicants navigate the process and reviews them for strict compliance to the Secretary of Interior Standards of Design. The Tax Credit program offers a 20% tax credit to National Register listed commercial properties, which helps restore economic centers and historic downtowns. In addition to this, Dr. Lucas\u2019s responsibilities also include ADA reviews, ad valorem tax reviews, tax easement reviews, section 106 reviews, and grant reviews. Her unique insight into roadside architecture and mid-century architecture, provided by UF educators past and present Morris Hylton III, Dr. Linda Stevenson, and Christine Madrid French, has been invaluable as more recent past structures pass through the Florida SHPO office. In addition to her responsibilities Dr. Lucas uses her spare time to explore and advocate for preservation education, roadside architecture, and intangible culture preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Dr. Lucas! <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns_bc559d-1b{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;background:#a8dcd9;border-color:#555555;box-shadow:1px 1px 2px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns_bc559d-1b .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kt-btn-align-center kt-btn-tablet-align-inherit kt-btn-mobile-align-inherit kt-btns-wrap kt-btns_bc559d-1b\"><div class=\"kt-btn-wrap kt-btn-wrap-0\"><a class=\"kt-button button kt-btn-0-action kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-style-basic kt-btn-svg-show-always kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false\" href=\"https:\/\/ufdc.ufl.edu\/UFE0057488\/00001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Link to Kyra&#8217;s thesis &#8220;<em>The Formation and Transformation of Roadside America: A Study of the Preservation of American Roadscapes<\/em>&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kyra Lucas, an alumnus of UF\u2019s Historic Preservation Master\u2019s Program (2017) and UF\u2019s Historic Preservation Doctoral Program (2021), has recently accepted a position as lead Historic Preservationist for the Florida State Historic Preservation Office in Tallahassee. Her main role is to oversee the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit program for the state of Florida. 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