Historic preservation improves housing. Historic preservation builds community pride and preserves values. Historic preservation activity results in the intangible benefit of linking the preservation of buildings with the preservation of community values. Historic preservation creates awareness of a community's heritage. From this stems the desire to preserve this heritage for future generations.
Historic preservation becomes part of community planning.
An important benefit of historic preservation is organized citizen awareness and closely monitored planning that cannot only accent positives, such as protecting community businesses, but can limit negatives, such as controlling the building of strip shopping centers. I do not know the best websites for information about preservation. In order to become a preservation district, an area has to meet at least one of the following requirements. I don't know how many Port Orchard meets, but I would suppose that it could meet more than one. It is the location of or is associated in a significant way with an historic event with a significant effect upon the community, city, state, or nation.