Preservation Georgia online, June 7-11, 2004

Preservation Georgia Online June 7-11, 2004
In this issue: HPD and RDC staff news: Welcome, goodbye, good luck, we'll miss you! National Register news James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation Mid-Career Grant Program Landowner's Guide to Conservation Incentives 2004 New Markets Tax Credit Award Positions available in Georgia New additions to the Preservation Events Calendar Subscription Information
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There will not be an edition of Preservation Georgia Online the week of June 14-18, 2004.
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HPD and RDC staff news: Welcome, goodbye, good luck, we'll miss you!
Sylvia Cleveland, HPD's former information specialist and environmental review specialist left her position in April. Sylvia worked as an intern with the National Park Service through May, and completed her masters in historic preservation from Georgia State University. She was selected by the Jekyll Island Authority to participate in their summer internship program where she will have the opportunity to do hands-on preservation work on historic resources. We very much appreciate the wonderful work she accomplished while at HPD and wish her the best of luck in her future career plans.
Jeffrey L. Durbin, HPD's environmental review coordinator for over six years during the 1990s has recently been appointed as the new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Liaison to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). Jeff will serve as the principal point of contact for handling all HUD program and project review activities.
Mike Commisso has recently taken a position as Historic Preservation Planner for the South Georgia Regional Development Center in Valdosta. Mike has a Masters in Landscape architecture from the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He has worked with the NY State Historic Preservation Office and has an interest in cultural landscapes. You can contact him at mcommisso@sgrdc.org or 229-333-5277.
After 2 years as the preservation planner for the Southwest Georgia RDC in Camilla, Alex MacDonald has left his position. Unfortunately, he has left Georgia and relocated to Pennsylvania.

Bryan Flower, preservation planner for the Georgia Mountains RDC, has also recently left his position. He has taken a job with a private consulting firm in Georgia.
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National Register news
Parrott Historic District, roughly centered on the junction of Main St. and GA Hwy 55/GA Hwy 520, Parrott, Terrell County, was listed in the National Register on May 26, 2004.
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James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation Mid-Career Grant Program
The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award a $25,000 research grant to mid-career professionals who have an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years` experience in architectural preservation or related fields, including historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, archaeology, architectural history, and the decorative arts. Other smaller grants up to $10,000 are made at the discretion of the Trustees. The application deadline is September 7, 2004. www.fitchfoundation.org.
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Landowner's Guide to Conservation Incentives
The NWNHS has revamped the popular guide, the Landowner's Guide to Conservation Incentives. This useful tool helps landowners find incentive programs for their property. The booklet has been expanded to 60 pages and includes a number of new programs. One highlight of the new version is a series of matrices that help landowners choose incentives by resource, primary benefit, or agency. DNR's Wildlife Resources Division has posted the pdf version on their Web site. Go to www.georgiawildlife.com and navigate to Nongame Animals and Plants then the Conservation Incentives section.
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2004 New Markets Tax Credit Award
Bank of America has received the largest award of New Markets Tax Credits in the 2004 round from the CDFI Fund, a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The 2004 award will allow the Bank and National Trust Community Investment Corporation (NTCIC), the National Trust`s for-profit subsidiary, to continue their efforts to revitalize communities with an injection of historic and New Markets Tax Credit equity and debt

into worthwhile projects throughout the nation. For more information, visit http://www.nationaltrust.org/community_partners/cpnmtc.html.
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Positions available in Georgia
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN - An appointment is available at U.S. Army, Fort Benning, located in Columbus, GA, in the area of Historic Preservation. The participant will assist the Chief, Environmental Division with National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 compliance, focusing primarily on development and implementation of the Army Alternate Procedures (AAP) for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA. Fort Benning maintains over 600 historic buildings and is part of a Department of the Army Pilot Program to initiate a new and highly programmatic approach to address historic property management and compliance concerns using the AAP. Applications are accepted and processed on a continuing basis. Please reference Project #AEC 20-04 when calling or writing for information. For additional information and application material contact: Environmental Management Participation Program, Attn: Brenda Shaeffer, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 53, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-0053, Email: Brenda.Shaeffer@us.army.mil, Phone: (410) 436 -7256, Fax: (410) 436 -5811.
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New additions to the Preservation Events Calendar
Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date. 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 directly.
September 26 29 Import/Export: Postwar Modernism in an Expanding World, 19451975 - 8th International DOCOMOMO Conference - New York City www.docomomo2004.org or info@docomomo2004.org
September 30-October 2 - 8th International DOCOMOMO Conference - Post Conference Technology Seminars - New York City - www.docomomo2004.org or info@docomomo2004.org
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