Preservation Georgia online, Mar. 14-18, 2005

Preservation Georgia Online March 14-18, 2005
In this issue: 2005 State Preservation Conference is just two weeks away! HPD staff news National Register News Positions available in Georgia New additions to the Preservation Events Calendar Subscription Information
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2005 State Preservation Conference is just two weeks away!
Don't miss the 2005 State Preservation Conference, held in conjunction with the Georgia Trust's annual meeting, March 31-April 3 in Thomasville. Come for educational sessions on Friday or spend the whole weekend exploring Thomasville's historic resources.
John Nau, chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, will be the keynote speaker.
Session topics include: neighborhood revitalization insuring historic buildings 250 years of architectural styles and building types in Georgia funding options for rehabilitating historic properties Georgia's historic courthouses heritage tourism Georgia's historic schools how local historic districts are established and how they work downtown revitalization Life at Greenwood Plantation: The Landscape, the People, the Stories field
session Thomasville Black History Heritage Trail field session
Go to http://www.georgiatrust.org/whatsnew/am05_sessions.htm for more information and to register online.
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HPD staff news
Tiffany Tolbert is the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network's (GAAHPN) new intern. She is a first-year graduate student in the Georgia State

University Heritage Preservation program. Ms. Tolbert completed her undergraduate degree in history and political science at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. She will be specializing in African American programs, and can be reached at tiffany_tolbert@dnr.state.ga.us or 404/657-1054.
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National Register News
The Ellamae Ellis League House, 1790 Waverland Dr., Macon, Bibb County was listed in the National Register on February 15, 2005. Visit http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/wom/2005/ellamae.htm for more information.
Visit "What's New" at www.gashpo.org for more information about these recent National Register listings: West Point Freight Depot, Sargent Historic District, James Henry and Rachael Kilby House, and the Walter R. Holt House.
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Positions available in Georgia
Museum specialist, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=28054155
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New additions to the Preservation Events Calendar
Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date. Tell us what your organization or community has planned by sending your listings for our online Events Calendar via e-mail to: helen_talleymcrae@dnr.state.ga.us. 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.
March 31 - Revitalization Tools: Urban Redevelopment Act / Opportunity Zones Training - Department of Community Affairs - Macon - Cindy Eidson - 404-6793101, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us
April 2 - Fort McAllister Historic Park Volunteer Work Day - Richmond Hill - 912727-2339

April 7 - Revitalization Tools: Urban Redevelopment Act / Opportunity Zones Training - Department of Community Affairs - Hinesville - Cindy Eidson - 404679-3101, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us
April 9 - Native American Celebration - Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home Rome - 706-291-9494.
April 9- October 22 - Native Lands: Indians and Georgia - major exhibition exploring the history and culture of the Cherokee, Creek and Mississippian Indians - Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge Home - Rome - 706-291-9494.
April 30-May 1 War Days in Old Clinton Earlene Hamilton at 478-986-6383
May 7 - Artifact ID Day - Ocmulgee Archaeological Society - Macon - (478) 7183398 or stephen.hammack@ellisenv.com
May 12 - Revitalization Tools: Urban Redevelopment Act / Opportunity Zones Training - Department of Community Affairs - Tifton - Cindy Eidson - 404-6793101, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us
May 20-21 - Georgia JugFest - celebrates middle Georgia pottery tradition sponsored by Roberta/Crawford County Chamber of Commerce and Historic Crawford Foundation - Knoxville, GA - 478.836.3825
June 2 - Revitalization Tools: Urban Redevelopment Act / Opportunity Zones Training - Department of Community Affairs - Dalton - Cindy Eidson - 404-6793101, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us
August 11 - Revitalization Tools: Urban Redevelopment Act / Opportunity Zones Training - Department of Community Affairs - Suwanee - Cindy Eidson - 404679-3101, ceidson@dca.state.ga.us
October 28 - "World`s Fairs": Association for Museum History Annual Conference - Washington, DC contact Jeffrey Abt at j_abt@wayne.edu
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