In this issue: -Preserve America II Community Landmark Grants awarded -Environmental Review case study - East Hiram Parkway -GMCA to receive award from Association for Gravestone Studies -Available grants Preserve America II Community Landmark Grants awarded Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah is among the grant recipients. HPD is pleased to announce that nine Preserve America communities in Georgia will receive federally funded matching grants (50/50) to August 8-14, 2009 Not a member? Subscribe here. Preservation events calendar Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date. This week's new listings August 15 - West Cloverhurst/Springdale Historic District Tour - Athens - call 706-353-1801 or visit www.achfonline.org September 24-26 - Returning to Our Roots: Planting & Replanting the Historic Southern Garden - Winston-Salem, North Carolina - www. southerngardenhistory.org October 4 - Sunday in the Park festival - Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta - www.oaklandcemetery.com /sundayPark.html October 10-11 - Walk With the Spirits - Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta - link October 23-25 - Halloween Tours - Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta - www.oaklandcemetery.com /capturingHalloween.html October 29-31 - Pioneer America Society Annual Conference - Pipestem Resort State Park, West Virginia - www.pioneeramerica.org /conference_information.htm National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) August 17 - Oral History: Getting Started Georgia Historical Society workshop - Savannah www.georgiahistory.com/containers/535 conduct heritage tourism activities involving their community landmarks. The projects will begin next month and will be completed by September 2010. The sub-grants, totaling $80,000, are part of a larger grant of $128,560 that HPD received earlier this year from the Preserve America initiative to fund a three-pronged statewide community landmark preservation effort. The remaining funds will be used to produce two publications on historic preservation and heritage tourism and to sponsor a statewide community landmark conference, which will be held in March 2010 in Warm Springs. The nine sub-grant recipients include the following: Crawford County Board of Commissioners - $16,400 for a preservation plan for the historic Crawford County Courthouse City of Savannah - $11,600 for a publication on the history of the city's Strathmore Estates neighborhood as part of the multidimensional Eastside Documentation Project City of Augusta - $10,000 for Web-based historic downtown Augusta walking tours City of Thomasville - $10,000 for Phase I signage for the new Thomasville Community Landmarks Multi-Use Trail project City of Richmond Hill - $10,000 for markers for the new Coastal Bryan Heritage Trail City of Savannah - $10,000 to research, document and transfer historic burial records in Bonaventure and Colonial Park cemeteries into a technologically advanced, publicly-accessible computer database. City of Kennesaw - $6,000 for Web site development for the SmithGilbert Gardens as part of a new marketing campaign City of Roswell - $4,500 for new signage for the historic Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall, and the Smith Plantation, as part of the city's "Southern Trilogy" marketing program. August 19-22 - Association of African American Museums Annual Conference - Baton Rouge, LA - www.blackmuseums.org/prodev/conference.htm August 20 - Oral History: It's Recorded, Now What? - Georgia Historical Society workshop Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/ containers/535 August 20-21 - Preservation for Profit - financial incentives for historic properties - Historic Columbus Foundation - contact Justin Krieg at 706-322-0756 or justin@historiccolumbus.com August 23-26 - National Scenic Byways 2009 conference: Elevate Your Expertise - Denver, CO - www.bywaysresourcecenter.org or center@byways.org August 26-29 - 2009 AASLH (American Association for State and Local History) Annual Meeting - Indianapolis, IN - www.aaslh.org/2009annual-meeting.htm September 11-15 - International Downtown Association 55th Annual Conference - Milwaukee, WI - www.ida-downtown.org/eweb/DynamicPage. aspx?webcode=MeetEvents September 12 - Trail of Tears Association, Georgia Chapter general meeting - New Echota State Historic Site - www.gatrailoftears.com/ events.htm September 17-18 - Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association Annual Conference - Rome - contact Stan Rogers at 706-236-4534 September 18-19 - The Georgia Trust's Fall Ramble - Washington - www.georgiatrust.org/ whatsnew /calendarevents.htm or 404-885-7812 September 20 - National Neighborhood Day www.neighborhoodday.org/index_flash.asp September 29-October 3 - Georgia Trust Fall Study Tour - Hudson River - Register by July 26 www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites /study_tours.htm October 7-9 - Georgia Downtown Conference Roswell - www.georgiadowntownassociation.org City of Alpharetta - $1,500 for a survey of the historic properties in the downtown Alpharetta area. Environmental Review case study - East Hiram Parkway A new Environmental Review case study is now available on our Web site. Focusing on the 2004 Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) plan to construct the East Hiram Parkway in Paulding County, the case study provides a real-world example of the Section 106 review process. www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp? txtDocument=314&txtPage=9 GMCA to receive award from Association for Gravestone Studies The Association for Gravestone Studies has selected the Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association (GMCA) to be a recipient of the Oakley Certificate of Merit. The award is presented to the GMCA for that organization's contribution to teaching the basics of cemetery preservation to municipal and nonprofit cemetery professionals /conference.asp or contact Cindy Eidson at cindy. eidson@dca.ga.gov or 404-679-3101 October 13-17 - 2009 National Preservation Conference - Nashville, TN - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/npc/ October 15-17 - 13th Annual Salve Regina University Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation - Newport, RI - www.salve.edu/ departments/chp/ October 19-21 - Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit - held by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training - Nashville - www.ncptt.nps.gov/index.php/ nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/ October 22 - DCA Urban Redevelopment Plans & Opportunity Zones workshop - Savannah - kim. carter@dca.ga.gov or call 404-679-0604 October 31-November 21 - 50th Seminar for Historical Administration - Indianapolis - www. aaslh.org/histadmin.htm November 2-6 - Preservation in the City Without Limits: Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) conference - Los Angeles www.apti.org/conferences/ conference-current.cfm November 13 - Historic Real Estate seminar National Trust for Historic Preservation and ERA Savannah - www.era.com/eraresources /featuredservices/nationaltrust.jsp December 9-10 - National Preservation Institute seminar on Section 4(f) Compliance for Transportation Projects - Atlanta - www.npi.org/ sem-4f.html or contact NPI at 703-765-0100 or info@npi.org March 25-26, 2010 - History and Heritage Tourism: Discovering Georgia's Community Landmarks - Warm Springs - www.gashpo.org/ content/ displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=460 or contact Conference Coordinator Carole Moore at carole. moore@dnr.state.ga.us or at 404-463-8434 throughout the state of Georgia. The award is presented periodically by the AGS Board of Trustees to individuals and groups who "foster appreciation of the cultural significance of gravestones and burying grounds." The international Association for Gravestone Studies was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. For more information please visit www. gravestonestudies.org. Available grants National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs grants The National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs funds public projects at museums, libraries, historic sites, and other historical and cultural organizations. The grants support historic site interpretation, exhibits, reading or film discussion series, symposia, and digital projects. For more information contact the Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269 or www.neh.gov. Application deadlines for funds from America's Historical and Cultural Organizations and Interpreting America's Historic Places programs are August 26, 2009, and January 13, 2010. GHRAB Historical Records Digitization Services grants Awards of up to $10,000 to local governments and historical repositories in Georgia for digitization services. Preference will be given to records of high genealogical value. www.sos.ga.gov/archives /who_are_we/ghrab/grant_programs /historical_records_digitization_services.htm or contact Elizabeth Barr at 678-364-3718 or ebarr@sos.state.ga.us. Due by September 1. James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation award nominations sought The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award research grants of up to $25,000 to mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience, and an established 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. identity in historic preservation or related field. The organization also will grant its biennial Richard L. Blinder Award of up to $15,000 for the best proposal exploring the preservation of an existing structure, complex of buildings, or genre of building type for use for a cultural purpose. More information about these awards is available at www. fitchfoundation.org. The application deadline is September 16. Send any news items, questions, or comments to helen.talley-mcrae@dnr.state.ga.us. Our mailing address is: Georgia Historic Preservation Division Department of Natural Resources 34 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1600 Atlanta, GA 30303 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Georgia Historic Preservation Division All rights reserved.