HPD Weekly Update for March 19 - 23, 2001 In this issue: 2001 GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORT GOVERNOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND AWARDS 2001 GEORGIA HISTORIC HOUSE AND GARDEN PILGRIMAGE EMERGING PRESERVATION LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GEORGIA TRUST STAFF NEWS PRESERVATION CALENDAR ******************************************************************************************** 2001 General Assembly Report The 2001 session concluded on Wednesday, March 21. We will post a final summary of preservation and archaeology related issues next week. Detailed information about the 2001 legislative session, including the final text of all bills, is available on the Internet at www.ganet.state.ga.us. ******************************************************************************************* Governor's Discretionary Fund Awards Morris Brown College received $15,000 to provide funding for the Southern Black Communities Oral History Center. The center will record and preserve firsthand accounts of the lives and experiences of individuals who have participated in the development of African American communities in the Southeastern region of the United States. A grant of $25,000 went to assist in funding the "Revival of the Spirit" campaign to renovate historic buildings on the campus of Spelman College. ******************************************************************************************* 2001 Georgia Historic House and Garden Pilgrimage The tour, on Saturday, May 12, will include nine unique properties in Columbus including historic Linwood Cemetery and the Olmsted Gardens at the Columbus Museum. This year's featured speakers are HPD's own Kenneth H. Thomas Jr., "Columbus in 1828: A Planned City on the Georgia Frontier" and Lucy Lawliss ASLA, Historic Landscape Architect, National Park Service, "Olmstead in Columbus." Proceeds will support the restoration and preservation of Georgia's public, non-profit historic landscapes and gardens. For more information, contact: Betty Lawrence, 1400 Millington Road, Columbus, GA 31904-1945. ******************************************************************************************* Emerging Preservation Leaders Scholarship Program The National Trust encourages culturally diverse community activists and college students to apply for scholarships to the National Preservation Conference 2001, which will be held in Providence, R.I., Oct. 16-21. The National Trust is seeking applicants whose attendance at the conference will benefit their communities, whose commitment to historic preservation will be strengthened by their participation, and who will contribute valuable perspectives to conference dialogue. Awards will help pay registration, transportation and accommodation costs. The scholarship deadline is June 15, 2001. To read the National Trust press release, go to: http://www.nthp.org/main/frontline/releases/2001/February/pr_epl.htm To receive an application, call (843) 722-8552, or the National Trust fax service at (202) 588-6444, document #9006, or go to : http://www.nthpconference.org/PDFFiles/scholarship2001.pdf ******************************************************************************************* Georgia Trust Staff News Glen H. Bennett is the new senior director of The Georgia Trust's preservation department. Glen was previously director of Augusta's Main Street and Downtown Development Authority programs. Congratulations and welcome back to Atlanta! ******************************************************************************************* PRESERVATION CALENDAR March Is Women's History Month March 23-28 Nat'l. Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers Annual Meeting Washington DC (tel. 202/624-5465) March 27-28 Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta March 28 Lucy Lawliss lecture "Southern Living Magazine: Purveyor of the Modern Southern Landscape" SED @ UGA Athens (tel. 706/542-8292) March 29 Georgia Women of Achievement Induction Ceremony- Milledgeville www.gawomen.org April April 1-4 National Main Street 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, PA 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, GA (tel. 706/227-5369) April 10-12 Travel South Heritage Tourism Conference, Memphis, TN (tel. 615/741-9045) 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, GA (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, Canada www.sah.org April 20-21 Georgia Historic Preservation Commission Training Tybee Island (tel. 706/5420156) April 24-25 Board of Natural Resources meeting Atlanta, GA April 25-29 Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation 2001 Annual Meeting Ellison Bay, Wisconsin (tel. 410/775-0056) April 25-29 Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) Annual Meeting and Conference Newport, Rhode Island www.VAF2001.org May is Historic Preservation Month and Archaeology Month in Georgia.