HPD Weekly Update for April 2 - 6, 2001 In this issue: NATIONAL REGISTER NEWS ONEGEORGIA AUTHORITY`S EQUITY FUND PROGRAM SCENIC BYWAYS GRANTS NEH FELLOWSHIPS AND SUMMER STIPENDS CIVIL RIGHTS BUS TOUR PRESERVATION CALENDAR ******************************************************************************************** NATIONAL REGISTER NEWS The Smith-Nelson Hotel located in Reidsville, Tattnall County, was listed in the National Register on March 29, 2001. ******************************************************************************************** ONEGEORGIA AUTHORITY`S EQUITY FUND PROGRAM The Authority will hold a workshop for the second round of Equity Fund competition on April 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Heart of Georgia Technical College in Dublin. This is a free workshop. The purpose of the Equity Fund is to provide a program of financial assistance that includes grants, loans and any other forms of assistance authorized by (O.C.G.A.5034-1 et seq.) to finance activities that will assist applicants in promoting the health, welfare, safety, and economic security of the citizens of the state through the development and retention of employment opportunities in areas of greater need as defined by the Georgia Business Expansion and Support Act of 1994, as amended (O.C.G.A.48-7-40). Preservation-Related First Round Awards: The City of Bainbridge received $80,000 to reconstruct the Bon Air Hotel's front portico and balconies. The City will own the faade. The requested $80,000 in Equity funds is the total project cost. The Hawkinsville Downtown Development Authority proposes to acquire the vacant and dilapidated R. J. Taylor Memorial Hospital. Once acquired, the exterior of the building would be stabilized and part of it rehabilitated to accommodate the needs of the U.S. Post Office. The remaining space would be rehabilitated over time for other potential occupants. Total project cost is $1,327,404, $1,164,904 of which would be for rehabilitation costs and $162,500 for acquisition of the property by the DA. The $500,000 in Equity funds would be used as part of rehabilitation costs. The remaining $664,904 in rehabilitation expenses would be provided from unspecified sources ($174,904 in local funds, $240,000 in state funds and $250,000 in federal funds). This project would result in the elimination of a blighting influence on downtown while rehabilitating a historic structure, maintaining the U.S. Post Office downtown and making space available for possible re-use by future commercial and residential tenants. http://www.onegeorgia.org/about.html ******************************************************************************************** SCENIC BYWAYS GRANTS The National Scenic Byways Program is now accepting applications for federal fiscal year 2002. Last year, the Federal Highway Administration awarded over $20 million in scenic byway grants. Visit their Web site for details www.byways.org/pages/index.html. ******************************************************************************************** NEH FELLOWSHIPS AND SUMMER STIPENDS National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships and Summer Stipends are opportunities for individuals to pursue advanced work in the humanities. Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges or universities, or of primary or secondary schools, and scholars and writers. Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Visit the NEH Web site for details: www.neh.gov/grants/onebook/fellowships.html ******************************************************************************************** CIVIL RIGHTS BUS TOUR Take a wonderful tour of Civil Rights landmarks in the South, June 25 - 27. Visit the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and then onto Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery, Alabama and finally to Albany, Georgia. Guided by a professor from Clark Atlanta University, tour members will meet and learn about the Civil Rights Movement from key individuals in each city. For more information and fees, call the Atlanta History Center at 404/814-4110. www.atlhist.org/ ******************************************************************************************** PRESERVATION CALENDAR APRIL April 1-4 - National Main Street Annual Meeting Indianapolis - www.mainst.org April 5-8 - Managing Change: Sustainable Approaches to the Conservation of the Built Environment, The US/ICOMOS 2001 International Symposium Philadelphia www.icomos.org/usicomos/symp01/philadelphia.htm April 6-8 - The Georgia Trust's Annual Meeting Americus www.georgiatrust.org/special_events/2001_annualmeeting.htm April 6 - Part 2 - Gone South: New Urban Developments South of Atlanta, Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable (tel. 404/872-3549) www.southface.org April 10 - State Convention of the Garden Club of Georgia Inc. Savannah (tel. 706/227-5369) April 10-12 -Travel South Heritage Tourism Conference, Memphis, Tenn. (tel. 615/7419045) April 11 - Charles A. Birnbaum lecture "Design With Culture: The Origins of a Landscape Preservation Ethic in America" SED @ UGA Athens (tel. 706/542-8292) April 13-14 - Georgia Association of Historians Annual Meeting Augusta (tel. 770/4236714) April 16 - Southern Garden History Society meeting and Charles A. Birnbaum lecture "Pioneers of American Landscape Design" Atlanta (tel. 404/814-4046) April 18-21 - Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting Toronto www.sah.org April 20-21 Vernacular GeorgiA meeting Athens (tel. 706/542-0061) April 20-21 - Georgia Historic Preservation Commission Training Tybee Island (tel. 706/542-0156) April 24-25 - Board of Natural Resources meeting Savannah April 25-29 - Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation 2001 Annual Meeting Ellison Bay, Wis. (tel. 410/775-0056) April 25-29 - Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) Annual Meeting and Conference Newport, R.I. - www.VAF2001.org April 29-May 2 - National Association of Recreation Resource Planners' (NARRP) Annual Conference Baltimore - www.narrp.org MAY IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH AND ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH IN GEORGIA. May 5 Georgia Civil War Commission quarterly meeting Cartersville (tel. 404/6577294) May 6-10 - American Association of Museums 96th Annual Meeting & Museum Expo St. Louis - http://www.aam-us.org/index.htm May 9-12 - Places of Cultural Memory: African Reflections on the American Landscape Conference Atlanta - www.cr.nps.gov/current/aamerica01.htm May 10 - Generation Green Art Auction to benefit the Georgia Conservancy Atlanta www.georgiaconservancy.org May 10-11 - The National Corridors Initiative Conference Washington D.C. www.nationalcorridors.org May 12 - Georgia Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage Columbus May 11 - Building Arts Employment Fair SCAD Savannah (tel. 912/525-4800) May 18 - Georgia National Register Review Board meeting Atlanta May 19-20 - 6th Annual Downtown Tour of Lofts and Lifestyles Atlanta (tel. 404/5777477) May 22-23 - Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta May 31 June 1 - National Conference for Attraction Professionals Nashville WWW.TIA.ORG/COUNCILS/NCA_EDUCATION_CONFERENCE.ASP JUNE June 9-10 - The Georgia Trust, Ramble Eatonton (tel. 404/881-9980) June 23-26 - GMA Annual Convention, "Cities of the 21st Century" Savannah www.gmanet.com June 25-27- Civil Rights Bus Tour - Atlanta History Center (tel. 404/814-4110) www.atlhist.org/ June 26-27 - Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta July 27- 28 Balancing the Protection and Promotion of Historic Roads conference Cumberland, Maryland (tel. 765/478-3172) AUGUST August 17 21 7th Conference on National Scenic and Historic Trails Casper, Wyoming (e-mail nattrails@aol.com) August 21-22 - Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta August 26 29 National Scenic Byways Conference Portland, Oregon www.americasbywaysconference.org/ SEPTEMBER September 25-26 - Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta September 26-29 -TrailLink 2001 3rd International Trails & Greenways Conference St. Louis - www.railtrails.org OCTOBER October 16-21 - National Preservation Conference, National Trust - Providence, R.I. www.nthp.org DECEMBER December 4-5 - Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta Also check: Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites - www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/parks/ Georgia Historical Society - www.georgiahistory.com/whatsnew.htm