Historic Preservation Division weekly update, Mar. 5-9, 2001

HPD Weekly Update for March 5 - 9, 2001
In this issue:
2001 GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORT
GEORGIA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION TRAINING
2001 BETTER HOMETOWNS ANNOUNCED
URBAN DESIGN AWARDS
WOMEN'S HISTORY REPORTS
NEH GRANTS
PRESERVATION CALENDAR
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2001 General Assembly Report
HB 118 (State Income Tax Credit for Historic Rehabilitation) HB 118 remains under consideration in the Senate Finance and Public Utilities Committee. It passed the full House 162 to 0 on March 2.
HB 698 (Archaeology Protection) The Senate Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a hearing for Monday, March 12, at 3:30 p.m. to hear comments on HB 698. The legislation passed the full House on March 6.
SFY 2002 Budget The House version of the DNR budget includes funding for the following historic preservation activities: level funding for HPD staff and operations, $500,000 for Georgia Heritage 2000 grants, $250,000 for Rhodes Hall, $238,000 for RDC planners, $50,000 for historic graves of Georgia governors. The Senate is considering their version at this time.
Monday, March 12 is day 35 of the 40-day session.
Detailed information about the 2001 legislative session, including the full text of all bills introduced, is available on the Internet at www.ganet.state.ga.us.
Contact Georgians for Preservation Action (GAPA) for further details on these and other legislative issues. To be added to GAPA's e-mail network, send a message to Greta

Covington at gcovington@georgiatrust.org. To join GAPA, please visit www.georgiatrust.org/gapa.html.
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Georgia Historic Preservation Commission Training
Training sessions in community goals and preservation planning, legal aspects, making design review work, identification and designation, and resources and contacts. April 20-21 on Tybee Island. To register, contact Jennifer Lazo at 706/542-0156 or by e-mail jlazo@arches.uga.edu
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2001 Better Hometowns Announced
On January 22, Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor named 12 new cities as Better Hometown Communities: Alamo-Glenwood, Alma, Ashburn, Cuthbert, Donalsonville, Hahira, Hazelhurst, Jefferson, Millen, Reynolds, Royston, and West Point. Read the full press release at: http://www.betterhometown.org/betterhometowns/BHT2001.pdf.
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24th Annual Urban Design Awards of Excellence Competition
"To encourage a sympathetic balance between the old and the new, the Atlanta Urban Design Commission annually honors those projects, programs, individuals and organizations, that have significantly contributed to the enhancement of Atlanta's urban environment or the preservation of our physical heritage." The nomination deadline is March 26. Call 404/330-6200 or visit their Web site: www.ci.atlanta.ga.us.
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Women's History Reports
The President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History has issued three publications: "Women's History is Everywhere: 10 Ideas for Celebrating In Communities," "Honoring Our Past," (a year 2000 report and recommendations on how best to acknowledge and celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women in American history) and a similar report issued in March 1999 entitled "Celebrating Women's History." For copies or more information, write: President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History, U.S. GSA, Department of Communications, 1800 F Street NW, Washington D.C. 20405.

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NEH GRANTS
The National Endowment for the Humanities has issued a document "NEH Grant Programs 2000-2001" - in both a print and on-line versions that consolidate all the NEH grant programs in one place. With this catalog, it is now possible to identify the best NEH program to match a specific project. One can obtain the necessary guidelines on how to apply for a specific grant, get copies of grant forms, and obtain information on how to get assistance from the NEH. For a hard copy, call (202) 606-8400, or, for the on-line version, tap into: http://www.neh.gov/grants/onebook.html.
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PRESERVATION CALENDAR
March Is Women's History Month
March 9-11 3rd Annual SE African American Preservation Alliance conference "African American Places: A Legacy to Maintain" Augusta (tel. 404/656-4768)
March 10-14 2001 American Planning Association - National Planning Conference New Orleans, LA www.planning.org
March 14-16 Greenprints Sustainable Communities Conference Atlanta www.greenprints.org
March 19-21 RDC Preservation Planners annual meeting St. Marys
March 22 2001 Central Atlanta Progress Annual Meeting www.centralatlantaprogress.org/
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 1-4 National Town 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 Gone South: New Urban Developments South of Atlanta, Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable (tel. 404/872-3549) www.southface.org
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 20-21 Georgia Historic Preservation Commission Training Tybee Island (tel. 706/542-0156)
April 25-29 Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) Annual Meeting and Conference - Newport, Rhode Island www.VAF2001.org