Preservation Georgia online, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2006

Preservation Georgia Online November 27-December 3, 2006 In this issue: Preservation tags make original holiday gifts 2007 Historic Landscape and Garden Grant program 2007 Your Town program accepting applications Online Historic Campus Architecture Project Positions available in Georgia Preservation Events Calendar Subscription Information
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Preservation tags make original holiday gifts
Are you searching for the perfect holiday gift? Why not support a good cause while giving something both practical and original? Order a preservation license tag and surprise someone special. Don't forget to give yourself a gift as well! Current tag orders now total 347. For more information, contact HPD grants coordinator Carole Moore at 404-463-8434 or e-mail at carole_moore@dnr.state.ga.us. To view the plate and/or use the order form to reserve the plate, go to HPD's website at www.gashpo.org.
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2007 Historic Landscape and Garden Grant program
The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. is accepting applications for its annual grants program to promote awareness of the state's historic landscapes and gardens. Non-profits and local governments are eligible to apply for 50/50 matching grants. The maximum award is $3000. Eligible projects include restoration of designed gardens and landscapes; historic landscape/garden restoration plans; and cultural landscape reports. Project work must promote responsible preservation practices. Funding priority is given to gardens and landscapes listed in the Georgia Register of Historic Places, either individually or as part of a historic district. Applications must be received by January 31, 2007. Awards will be announced at the Garden Club's State Convention to be held in April. For an application go to www.uga.edu/gardenclub/GrantGuide.html.
Recipients of the 2006 Historic Landscape and Garden Grants included: Oak Hill, Berry College, Floyd County ($2000); Barrington Hall, Fulton County ($1200); Rhodes Hall, Fulton County ($1000); Hanover Square, Glynn County ($1400); and Johnson County Courthouse Square ($2400). For additional information, contact HPD's Mary Ann Eaddy at (404) 651-5283 or e-mail at mary_ann_eaddy@dnr.state.ga.us

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2007 Your Town program accepting applications
The National Endowment for the Arts will be funding four "Your Town: The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design" workshops and are seeking your interest in producing a workshop between now and November 2007. This is an opportunity to bring design professionals to your community to help you tackle critical regional planning and design issues. Up to $22,000 will be available from the Endowment for each workshop. Application deadline is Friday, December 22nd. Visit www.yourtowndesign.org for more information.
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Online Historic Campus Architecture Project
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) has launched a new website, the CIC Historic Campus Architecture Project (HCAP), the first nationwide architecture and landscape database of independent college and university campuses. The CIC HCAP website provides extensive information about significant buildings, landscapes, campus plans, and heritage sites of American higher education. www.cic.edu/hcap.
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Positions available in Georgia
The City of Norcross is seeking a historic preservation consultant to prepare a historic resources survey of the city and associated boundary map for a local historic district. All work shall conform to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, to National Register Bulletin 24 (Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning), and to the Georgia Historic Resources Survey Manual. The submission deadline is January 12, 2007. Inquiries or questions should be directed to Jennifer Peterson, at 770-448-2122 or jpeterson@norcross-ga-gvt.com.
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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
New additions
Nothing new this week.
Previously listed national and state conferences and meetings
December 8-9 - Cherokee Christmas by Candlelight - Chief Vann House - Spring Place - 706-695-2598 - http://gastateparks.org/info/chiefvann/
December 9 Artifact ID Day - Upson County Historical Society - Thomaston contact Stephen Hammack at stephen.hammack@robins.af.mil
January 4-7, 2007 - American Historical Association annual meeting: Unstable Subjects: Practicing History in Unsettled Times - Atlanta http://www.historians.org/annual/2007/index.cfm
January 21-26 - Transportation Research Board (TRB) 86th Annual Meeting Washington, DC - www.itre.ncsu.edu/ADC50/index.htm
February 8-10 GAAHPN annual meeting: What's New in the Old Neighborhood? - Augusta http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=328
February 13 - Historic Preservation Day at the Capitol & Legislative Reception Georgians for Preservation Action - Atlanta www.georgiatrust.org/get_involved/advocate.htm
March 8-10, 2007 - Spring 2007 Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Boston - www.traditionalbuildingshow.com
March 28-31 - Vernacular Architecture Forum Conference "Savannah and the Lowcountry" - Savannah - www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org for more information, or contact Daves Rossell, erossell@scad.edu
April 11-14 Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation annual meeting Athens www.ahlp.org/docs/meetings.html
April 27-28 - Spring HPC Training - Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions - St Marys - www.uga.edu/gapc - 706-583-8047 or jmlewis@uga.edu

May 18-20 - Georgia Trust Annual Meeting - Brunswick & the Golden Isles www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/annual_meeting.htm
May 20-27 - VI World Archaeological Congress - Kingston, Jamaica http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/
June 18-21 - Your Passport to Crossing Boundaries in Heritage Development: International Heritage Development Conference - Alliance of National Heritage Areas - Detroit, MI - http://www.nationalheritageareas.org/2007_conference.htm
October 25-28, 2007 - 12th National Conference on Planning History - Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) - Portland, Maine http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/sacrph/
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