Preservation Georgia online, Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2008

Preservation Georgia Online September 27-October 3, 2008
In this issue: HPD receives federal grant for Community Landmark Heritage Tourism Initiative State awards Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Grants for cemetery projects Register for Georgia's Eternal Places historic cemetery conference! Effective date for proposed state income tax credit changes Preservation events calendar Subscription information
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HPD receives federal grant for Community Landmark Heritage Tourism Initiative
On September 29, 2008 Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John L Nau III announced the second round of Preserve America grants for 2008 that includes 44 projects in 24 states totaling over $4.3 million. A list of projects is online at http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/092908a.html Applications for the 2009 grants open October 1. http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/PreserveAmerica/index.htm
Preserve America is a White House initiative that encourages and supports community efforts to preserve and enjoy the nation's cultural and natural heritage. The Preserve America grant program, which began in 2006, is administered by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service in partnership with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The competitive matching grants fund Preserve America Communities, State Historic Preservation Offices, and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices to support their preservation efforts through heritage tourism, education and historic preservation planning.
HPD (Georgia's State Historic Preservation Office) was awarded $128,560 for Georgia's Community Landmark Heritage Tourism initiative. Funds will assist HPD to develop a statewide conference on preservation and heritage tourism, and two publications to assist communities in heritage tourism and local landmark preservation efforts. HPD will make $80,000 of the federal grant available to Preserve America communities in Georgia interested in applying for matching grants to carry out their own community landmark preservation or heritage tourism projects. More information about this grant will be forthcoming. If you have any questions please contact Karen Anderson-Cordova at Karen.Anderson-Cordova@dnr.state.ga.us or 404-651-6461.

Georgia currently has 22 communities that have received Preserve America status designation. More information on Preserve America can be found at www.PreserveAmerica.gov.
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State awards Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Grants for cemetery projects
HPD is pleased to announce that six grants, totaling $8,000, have been awarded to heritage tourism cemetery projects located across the state. HPD partnered with the Tourism Division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDED) to offer this special matching grant program for historic cemeteries. It was in response to the increasing interest Georgians have in the preservation and promotion of the historic cemeteries located within their communities. Thirtysix applications requesting almost $80,000 were received. It is anticipated that there will be a second round of grant awards after the first of the year. The Historic Cemetery Heritage Tourism Program is funded by GDED and administered by HPD.
The award recipients are: $1,600-Fitzgerald City Cemetery in Ben Hill Co. for a history/survey $1,500-Riverside Cemetery in Macon, Bibb Co. for a K-12 heritage education program $1,500-West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, Whitfield Co. for tour development, a brochure and signage $1,450-Newton County Cemeteries for a countywide driving tour brochure $1,000-Clay County Cemeteries for a countywide survey and condition assessment report $ 950-Hillcrest Cemetery in East Point, Fulton Co. for a heritage festival
For more information about the cemetery grant program, contact Carole Moore at carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us or 404-463-8434.
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Register for Georgia's Eternal Places historic cemetery conference!
Georgia's Eternal Places: The Family Plot will be held November 13-14 in Washington, Georgia. Learn about the best practices of historic cemetery conservation, heritage tourism, cemetery landscapes, success stories and more. The conference is presented and hosted by the City of Washington in partnership with the Historic Preservation Division and the Tourism Division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, with financial support from a Preserve America grant. For registration information, contact Conference Coordinator David Jenkins at djenkins@washingtonwilkes.org or 706-678-4654.

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Effective date for proposed state income tax credit changes
Questions have come up about the effective date of the revisions to the State Income Tax Credit for Rehabilitated Historic Property. According to the proposed rules, the effective date is January 1, 2009. HPD has also been asked about the status of (a) projects that begin before this date but are completed in 2009 or later and (b) projects that were completed in 2008 but final paperwork will be submitted to HPD in 2009. Here is the explanation example described in the proposed rules: "A taxpayer submits a Part A-Preliminary Certification application in April 2007, the application is reviewed and approved in May 2007. The taxpayer completes the project in April 2009, and submits a Part B-Final Certification, which is reviewed and approved in May 2009. The taxpayer will receive the tax credit on the return for the taxable year ended December 31, 2009 and would use such amended rules and the law that are in effect for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009 to determine the tax credit. If the taxpayer completed the project in December 2008, and submitted the Part B application in January 2009, the rules and the law which were in effect before January 1, 2009 would be used to determine the tax credit."
To see a summary of the proposed amendments and an exact copy of the proposed Rules for the state credit, go to HPD's Web site at www.gashpo.org. For further information, contact Mary Ann Eaddy at (404) 651-5283 or at mary.ann.eaddy@dnr.state.ga.us.
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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.
Submit your listings to: helen.talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us.
This week's new listings -
October 15 - William J. Stanley III and Ivenue Love-Stanley Centennial Lecture Georgia Tech College of Architecture - Atlanta - Teri.Nagel@coa.gatech.edu or 404-385-2156

October 28 - 2009 Places in Peril list recognition reception - Georgia Trust Atlanta - http://www.georgiatrust.org/preservation_resources/places_in_peril.htm. Call 404-885-7812 or email mrbinns@georgiatrust.org to RSVP.
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)-
October 3-5 - The Georgia Trust Fall Ramble: Newnan-Coweta County www.georgiatrust.org or call 770-218-6007.
October 6 - Tell it on the Mountain - A Stone Mountain Retrospective: Archaeology, History and Landscape - Stone Mountain Park - Naomi Thompson, Education Supervisor, 770-498-5619
October 10 - Georgia Historical Society's Profiles in Leadership - Abraham Lincoln: Leadership and Legacy for a New Generation - Atlanta http://georgiahistory.com/stories/63
October 10-11- Fall Historic Preservation Commission Training - Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions and HPD - Milledgeville http://www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=393
October 14-17 - Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) - Birmingham www.semcdirect.net
October 14-17 - Main Street Basic Training - Washington, DCNTMSCTraining@nthp.org or call 202-588-6219.
October 15-19 - The Society for Industrial Archaeology, "Industry of the Old and New, New South" fall tour - Chattanooga, TN http://www.siahq.org/tours/chattanooga/chattanooga.html.
October 15-19 - Oral History Association annual meeting: A Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age, Pittsburgh, PA contact chardyIII@wcupa.edu or 610-436-3329
October 18 - Society for Georgia Archaeology Fall Meeting- Rome www.thesga.org
October 21-25 "Preservation in Progress": National Preservation Conference National Trust Tulsa, Oklahoma - http://www.nthpconference.org
October 23 - Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association annual meeting - Elberton - contact JAdams@cityofelberton.net or www.gmcaweb.org
October 28 Thomasville Landmarks' Annual Membership Picnic - Thomasville 229-226-6016

November 1-22 - Seminar for Historical Administration - American Association for State and Local History - Indianapolis - www.aaslh.org/histadmin.htm
November 5-7 Georgia Association of Regional Development Centers 9th Annual Training Conference St. Simons Island www.gardc.com
November 6-8 - "Learning from Design and Construction Failures": the Construction History Society of America Inaugural Meeting - Georgia Tech Atlanta - www.constructionhistorysociety.org or chs@coa.gatech.edu
November 12-14 - Appraising Historic Preservation Easements certificate program - Appraisal Institute - New York - www.appraisalinstitute.org/historic
November 12-15 - SEAC 2008 - 65th annual meeting - Charlotte, NC http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2008SEAC/seac2008.html
November 12-16 - ICOM/ICMAH Annual Conference, "Museums and Disasters" New Orleans - http://shotnews.net/?p=441 - Submit suggestions for talks and presentations by May 31 to m.jungblut@musee-hist.lu and dkahn@crt.state.la.us.
November 18-19 - Identification and Evaluation of Mid-20th Century Buildings National Preservation Institute - Columbia, SC - http://www.npi.org/sem20th.html.
December 10-12 - Appraising Historic Preservation Easements certificate program - Appraisal Institute - Alexandria, VA www.appraisalinstitute.org/historic
2009
January 10-17 - Preservation Leadership Training (PLT) - National Trust Birmingham, AL - http://www.PreservationNation.org/plt or contact Alison Hinchman at 202-588-6067 or plt@nthp.org (The deadline for receiving applications is October 3, 2008. A limited number of scholarships are available.)
February 9-10 UGA School of Environmental Design Career Fair Athens - contact Audra Lofton at alofton@uga.edu
February 19-21- Sixth biennial Savannah Symposium: World Heritage and National Registers in Perspective - Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah - http://www.scad.edu/architecturalhistory/dept/events/symposiums.cfm

March 12 - Georgia Women of Achievement Annual Induction Ceremony with guest speaker author Mary Kay Andrews - Wesleyan College, Macon www.georgiawomen.org
March 26-27 - 2009 Landmark and Preservation Conference - South Carolina SHPO - Columbia - http://shpo.sc.gov/conf
April 22 - April 26 - Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 74th Annual Meeting - abstract deadline September 10, 2008 - Atlanta - www.saa.org
June 10-13, 2009 - Vernacular Architecture Forum Annual Meeting - Butte, Montana - www.vafweb.org
August 23-26 - National Scenic Byways 2009 conference: Elevate Your Expertise - Denver, CO - www.bywaysresourcecenter.org or center@byways.org
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