In this issue: -HPD has moved! -REMINDER: HPD to co-sponsor Section 106 training course -National Register news -Alma Thomas House -Available grants HPD has moved! Our new offices are on the ground level of this building. October 31-November 6, 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 November 21 - Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church Community History Day - Decatur - RSVP to Melissa Forgey at director@dekalbhistory.org or 404-373-1088 extension 22. National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) November 9 - Effective Fundraising Planning Fox Theatre Institute seminar - Atlanta - www. foxtheatreinstitute.org or email Carmie McDonald at carmie.mcdonald@foxtheatre.org November 13 - Historic Real Estate seminar National Trust for Historic Preservation and ERA Savannah - www.era.com/eraresources /featuredservices/nationaltrust.jsp November 14 - Georgia Trail of Tears Association meeting - LaFayette - www.gatrailoftears.com/ events.htm November 17 - Recovery Act Section 106 Training - taught by ACHP staff in cooperation HPD has moved into our new office at 254 Washington Street. Our phone lines are working, but the computer network is still down, so we are unable to access our email or the Internet. We hope to have the system restored by Monday, November 9. We appreciate your patience and ask that you call us at 404-656-2840 or on our direct phone lines (listed in the staff directory at www.gashpo.org/ content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=26). Our office will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veteran's Day. To make an appointment to use our files, please call Lynn Speno at 404-651-5911 for Survey and National Register files or Michelle Volkema at 404-651-6546 for Environmental Review files. A map of the area, including public parking lot locations, is available at www.parking.gba.ga.gov/t2/GBAParkingMap. pdf. REMINDER: HPD to co-sponsor Section 106 training course HPD will co-sponsor a course on November 17 relating to Section 106 compliance for Recovery Act projects. Offered by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the oneday session offers training on completing required environmental reviews in an efficient and timely manner. The registration fee is $100. For more information or to register visit www.achp.gov/106recovery.html or email Cindy Bienvenue at cbienvenue@achp.gov. with HPD - Atlanta - www.achp.gov/106recovery. html December 7-8 - NEPA Compliance and Cultural Resources - NPI Seminar, in cooperation with GDOT and HPD - Atlanta - www.npi.org/semicrec.html 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 February 13, 2010 - Georgia Days Birthday Bash and Awards Gala - Georgia Historical Society Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com/stories/112 March 2-5, 2010 - NCSHPO Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day - Washington, D.C. - www.ncshpo. org/meetings/index.htm March 11, 2010 - 2010 Georgia Women of Achievement Induction Ceremony - Macon - www. georgiawomen.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 March 25-26, 2010 - Historic House Museum Issues & Operations workshop - presented by AASLH in partnership with the National Trust Atlanta History Center - www.aaslh.org/hhissues. htm April 21-25, 2010 - Society of Architectural Historians annual meeting - Chicago, IL - link National Register news Alma Thomas House The Alma Thomas House, located in Columbus (Muscogee County), was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 2009. The nomination was sponsored by the property owner. Artist Alma Thomas was born in this house in 1891. The Thomas family was a locally prominent, upper-middle-class, African American family. The family built the house in an exclusively white neighborhood. After the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot sparked a wave of racially motivated violence statewide, the Thomas family moved to Washington, D.C. the following year. While Alma Thomas lived the remainder of her life in the nation's capitol, her childhood experiences in Georgia had an influence upon her subsequent artistic career. When Thomas began painting in 1950, several of her pieces depicted scenes from her childhood spent with her extended family in the Columbus area. She was May 19-22, 2010 - Vernacular Architecture Forum annual meeting - Washington, D.C. - www. vernaculararchitectureforum.org /conferences/2010.html July 29-August 6, 2010 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Forum - Grand Rapids, MI - www.uga.edu/napc/programs/napc/ forum.htm September 9-12, 2010 - Preserving the Historic Road - Washington, D.C. - www.historicroads.org September 22-25, 2010 - American Association for State and Local History annual meeting: The Winds of Opportunity - Oklahoma City, OK - www. aaslh.org/2010AnnualMeeting.htm 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. particularly fond of depicting colorful scenes of her father's garden, which included an ornamental rock garden, fruit trees, and assorted species of wildflowers. Thomas was the first African American woman artist to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Thomas achieved national recognition for her works of art, which today hang in the White House and museums throughout the country. The house is a good example of the Queen Anne-style of architecture in Georgia due to its representative form, massing, and ornamentation. The house was built circa 1889 and is located on a small, narrow rectangular lot in the Rose Hill neighborhood in the city of Columbus. The one-story, wood-framed house suffered a fire in 2001 and was rehabilitated in 2002. The house received state and federal tax incentives after its rehabilitation. For more on this and other listings visit www.gashpo.org/ content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=375. Available grants Battlefield Project Grants, American Battlefield Protection Program of the National Park Service The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service invites non-profit groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal governments, and other private sector organizations to submit applications for grants. The purpose of this grant program is to provide seed money for projects that lead directly to the identification, preservation and interpretation of battlefield land and/or historic sites associated with battlefields. Project funding has ranged from $5,000 to $80,000. For more information visit www.nps.gov/history/ hps/abpp/grants /battlefieldgrants/2010grants.htm. Applications must be postmarked by January 2, 2010. National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs grants The Division of Public Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities funds public projects at museums, libraries, historic sites, and other historical and cultural organizations. The organization offers grants that support historic site interpretation, exhibits, reading or film discussion series, symposia, and digital projects. For more information contact the Division of Public Programs, 202606-8269 or www.neh.gov. The application deadline for funds from the America's Historical and Cultural Organizations and Interpreting America's Historic Places programs is January 13, 2010. Coastal Incentive grants, Georgia Coastal Resources Division The Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is administering Coastal Incentive grants to Qualified Local Governments, non-DNR state agencies, and educational institutions within the 11-county coastal area. Successful grants allow regional and local coastal issues to be defined and addressed creatively and proactively at the grass-roots level. For more information visit http://crd.dnr.state.ga.us/content /displaynavigation.asp?TopCategory=25. Applications are due by January 15, 2010. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Unsubscribe stuggle@uga.edu from this list. Our mailing address is: Georgia Historic Preservation Division Department of Natural Resources 254 Washington Street, SW, Ground Level Atlanta, GA 30334 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 Georgia Historic Preservation Division All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile