Preservation Georgia online, Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2008

Preservation Georgia Online January 28-February 3, 2008
In this issue: Preservation Tags Are Now Being Sent to Counties! What's new on HPD's Web site? Thomasville Landmarks 2007 Awards CLHS announces its inaugural list of Preservation Priority Projects Federal fiscal year 2008 Historic Preservation Fund budget Landscape Legends Preservation events calendar Subscription information
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Preservation Tags Are Now Being Sent to Counties!
With the exciting news that we have exceeded our goal of 1000 tag orders, everyone is asking when the tags will be available, what has been happening and what is the next step? The tags have been manufactured and are being sent out to the county tag offices this week or early next week. The Division of Motor Vehicles will send out letters within the next two weeks to everyone who ordered a tag, advising them to go to their county tag office and obtain the tag OR be issued a temporary operating permit (TOP) if for some reason the tag is not available in the county inventory. County offices should have given everyone a receipt for their $25 reservation fee. You may need that to show your credit as you pay the additional costs associated with vehicle registration. Please note: If you get your notification that the tag is available and you only have a month or so to go before your renewal, you may want to wait to get your tag until that time. The Division of Motor Vehicles encourages you to pick up your tag during your vehicle registration period, although this is not required. If you pick up your tag outside your registration period, you may incur the additional $25 special tag fee on your birthday when you renew.
How does HPD get the funding for the Georgia Heritage Grant program? Funds are not available until people actually register the vehicle with the tag. A check will be sent to HPD monthly based on the previous month's sales.
We are all excited that tags should be "on the road" in the next few weeks. Thank you again for your support. For more information, check the tag page of our Web site at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=327 or contact Carole Moore, grants coordinator, at carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us or 404-463-8434.
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What's new on HPD's Web site?
The File-User's Guide to Georgia Historic Resources Surveys is a list by county of historic resources surveys conducted in Georgia, including the date and status of the survey http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=106
An updated topical files index has been posted online at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaynavigation.asp?TopCategory=88
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Thomasville Landmarks 2007 Awards
Thomasville Landmarks presented their annual Preservation Honor Awards at their January annual meeting. Read about the recipients at http://www.thomasvillelandmarks.org/files/2007AwardsWebDoc.pdf
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CLHS announces its inaugural list of Preservation Priority Projects
Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society has announced its inaugural list of Preservation Priority Projects. Identifying ten (10) historic properties in Cobb County, Cobb Landmarks will focus on assisting these properties in their preservation efforts over the next several years.
This list serves to highlight historically relevant properties in Cobb County where there are applicable preservation tools available for the properties; a need for assistance or a demonstrated threat exists; community support exists or potentially exists; and there is the possibility of a viable solution or outcome for the project.
"Highlighting these historic properties and projects serves to educate the community about historic preservation activities and tools available and creates awareness of our past here in Cobb County," says Daryl Barksdale, Cobb Landmarks' Executive Director.
Cobb Landmarks will work to secure resources available to preserve these projects. This will be done by working with peer organizations and other entities in a variety of roles: advocacy, fundraising, providing publicity, finding a new use for a property, or identifying a steward for the property.
Cobb Landmarks has identified a wide variety of heritage resources that are significant to the area's history, each potentially vulnerable in a variety of ways. The ten (10) properties currently on the List are:

Cowan Farmstead, Acworth Wallis House, Marietta Acworth's Rosenwald School Tapp House, Powder Springs Cheney-Newcomer House, unincorporated Cobb Brushy Mountain Trenches, near Kennesaw Mountain in unincorporated Cobb Power-Jackson Cabin, unincorporated east Cobb Marietta's Bostwick-Fraser House Nesbitt/Union Chapel Property, unincorporated Cobb and Acworth's Bethel AME Church
For more information, contact Daryl Barksdale, Executive Director, Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society at 770- 426-4982; clhs2@bellsouth.net or www.cobblandmarks.com
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Federal fiscal year 2008 Historic Preservation Fund budget
The FY 08 appropriation for Historic Preservation Fund programs funds State Historic Preservation Offices at $39.37 million, Tribal Historic Preservation Offices at $6.39 million, Save America's Treasures at $24.6 million, and Preserve America at $7.3 million. The total, a little over $77.5 million, is a slight increase for preservation programs over last year. The administration's FY 09 budget will be announced in early February.
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Landscape Legends
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) has launched a new online documentary series Landscape Legends to chronicle the lives and careers of America's most significant Post War landscape architects. The inaugural documentary features Boston-based Carol R. Johnson and her work including Boston's Mystic Reservation and Kennedy Library Park; Bowdin College, Brunswick, Maine; Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia; and, John Marshall Park in Washington, DC. Each module in the series will include 2-4 minute minidocumentaries, including never before seen archival footage, new photography, and on-location videography. http://www.tclf.org/pioneers/profiles/johnson_carol/videos/
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Preservation events calendar

Please note that items on the "Preservation Events Calendar" are events and meetings of interest to preservationists. It is not to be used for the detailed scheduling of meetings with HPD staff without contacting those individuals.
Submit your listings to: helen.talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us.
This week's new listings Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
February 4 - Dennis Blanton, Curator of Native American Archaeology at Fernbank Museum of Natural History, will be speaking to us about Spanish Missions in Georgia - Ocmulgee Archaeological Society - Macon Stephen.Hammack.ctr@Robins.af.mil
March 8 - GA Chapter of the Trail of Tears Assn meeting - guest speaker will be Don Shadburn, Forsyth County historian, author and retired teacher - Cumming 770-704-6338 or badnil@alltel.net
March 10 - "The Confederate Military Industrial Complex" lecture by Jim Ogden, NBP historian - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park http://www.nps.gov/kemo or 770-427-4686, ext. 0
April 17 - Georgia Historical Society Annual Meeting - Savannah www.georgiahistory.com/events/59
April 21 - "Stealing the General" lecture by author Russell Bonds - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - http://www.nps.gov/kemo or 770-427-4686, ext. 0
May 12 - "Atlanta Campaign Artillery" lecture by Danny Brown, former NBP historian - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park http://www.nps.gov/kemo or 770-427-4686, ext. 0
September 8 - "The National Park that Almost Wasn't" lecture by Keith Bohannon, UWG history professor - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - http://www.nps.gov/kemo or 770-427-4686, ext. 0
October 20 - "The Women of Roswell" lecture by Phillip Whiteman, NBP volunteer - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park http://www.nps.gov/kemo or 770-427-4686, ext. 0
November 17 - "A History of Kolb Farm" lecture by Andy and Kim Cole NBP volunteers - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park http://www.nps.gov/kemo or 770-427-4686, ext. 0

National and state conferences and meetings (previously listed)Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
February 2 - 2008 Preservation Ball - The Georgia Trust - Atlanta www.georgiatrust.org - 404-885-7805
February 7 Form-Based Development Codes for Cultural Heritage Tourism Districts training workshop - Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs - St Marys http://www.mainstreetgeorgia.org/UserFiles/File/CulturalHeritageOrdinance.pdf or Cindy Eidson at ceidson@dca.state.ga.us or 404-679-3101.
February 7- Historic Preservation Day at the State Capitol Atlanta Georgians for Preservation Action and The Georgia Trust. Visit www.georgiatrust.org or call 404-885-7817 to register.
February 7-9 7th annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference Washington DC www.newpartners.org
February 28-29 - The Atlantic World and African American Life and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry, 18th to 20th Century - A Symposium - Savannah www.ossabawisland.org.
March 4 Form-Based Development Codes for Cultural Heritage Tourism Districts training workshop - Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs - Washington, Ga. http://www.mainstreetgeorgia.org/UserFiles/File/CulturalHeritageOrdinance.pdf or Cindy Eidson at ceidson@dca.state.ga.us or 404-679-3101.
March 12-16- American Society for Environmental History 2008 Annual Meeting "Agents of Change: People, Climate, and Places through Time" - Boise, Idaho www.aseh.net
March 12-14 - Main Street 101 Training and Development Conference Department of Community Affairs Statesboro contact Kimberley Carter at 404-679-0604 or kcarter@dca.state.ga.us
March 26-30 - Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC, Canada - www.saa.org
March 28-29 - "Concrete & Cast Stone in the 21st Century: Design, Preservation, & Care of Contemporary & Historic Architecture" an intensive two-day conference - Cambridge, MA - 617-623-4488; ses_tec_con@msn.com

March 30-April 2 National Main Streets Conference National Main Street Center Philadelphia, PA http://conference.mainstreet.org
April 4-6 - The Georgia Trust's 2008 Annual Meeting and Spring Ramble Columbus - www.georgiatrust.org - 678-560-6301
April 10-13 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting: Public Histories of Unity and Division Louisville, KY www.ncph.org
April 11-13 - "High Cotton and Tall Columns" Southern Garden History Society Annual Meeting - Athens - www.southerngardenhistory.org/annualmeeting.html
April 23-27 - 2008 Society of Architectural Historians annual meeting - Cincinnati, Ohio - http://www.forum.nthp.org/default.asp
April 25-26 - Spring Historic Preservation Commission Training Douglas http://www.uga.edu/gapc/training.htm or contact Jennifer Lewis at 706-583-8047 or gapc@uga.edu.
May 7-10 - VAF 2008 Annual Meeting - "In the Garden of the Sun: California`s San Joaquin Valley" - Fresno, CA - http://vernaculararchitectureforum.org
May 21-31 - 11th US/ICOMOS International Symposium "Developing a Comprehensive Approach to US Participation in the Global Heritage Community" - Washington, DC. - http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/436
June 21 Downtown Development Authority Training Department of Community Affairs Savannah contact Kimberley Carter at 404-679-0604 or kcarter@dca.state.ga.us
June 21-24 Georgia Municipal Association's Annual Convention Savannah http://www.gmanet.com/annual_convention/
July 10-13, 2008 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions 6th biennial forum New Orleans - napc@uga.edu.
July 16-19 Thinking outside the Fox: League of Historic American Theatres 32nd annual meeting Atlanta www.lhat.org/conference_theatre.asp
October 21-25 "Preservation in Progress": National Preservation Conference National Trust Tulsa, Oklahoma - http://www.nthpconference.org/
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