After more than a decade as executive director of Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), Eric Holcomb is retiring.
The city of Baltimore has set Dec. 31 as the deadline for individuals to apply for his position.
Holcomb, 58, has worked for Baltimore City government for more than 30 years. He became executive director in 2014, following the retirement of Kathleen Kotarba. After working in several private sector restoration jobs, he joined the city agency in January of 1994 as a contractual employee and became a permanent staff member later that year in the entry-level position of ‘historic preservation analyst.’ After CHAP’s staff merged with the city’s Department of Planning in 2004, he worked his way up as City Planner I, City Planner II, co-executive director after Kotarba’s departure and then executive director since October of 2014.
