Preservation Georgia online, Apr. 17-23, 2010

In this issue: -HPD and Georgia Trust Preservation Month Events -We're (finally) on Facebook! -HPD's Joy Melton receives Georgia Trust Scholarship -National Register News
-The County Training School--Vienna -RFP for Architectural Preservation Services -Available grants
HPD and Georgia Trust Preservation Month Events
Preservation 101 will be held at the Historic Dekalb County Courthouse on May 4.
Preservation Month 2010 will be observed with activities hosted by The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic Preservation

April 17-23, 2010
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Preservation events calendar
Check the Events Calendar at www.gashpo.org for complete listings by date.
This week's new listings
April 24 - Primitive Skills and Archaeology Days Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site - Cartersville - www.gastateparks.org/net/calendar /details.aspx?c=4083247& s=176648.0.0.5
April 29 - CAP/ADID Town Hall Meeting - Central Atlanta Progress/ Atlanta Downtown Improvement District - Atlanta - RSVP to richorr@atlantadowntown.com
May 6 - ...and the first runner up is ... the SplitLevel House - lecture by HPD's Richard Cloues Rhodes Hall, Atlanta - www.georgiatrust.org/ preservation /preservation_month.php
May 8 - Morris Brown Workday - The Georgia Trust - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust.org - RSVP, contact Jordan Poole at jpoole@georgiatrust.org or 706-506-9864
May 12 - Revitalizing Downtown Mini-Workshop featuring HPD's Tax Incentives Coordinator and Preservation Planner and Certified Local Government Coordinator - Hawkinsville - RSVP 478-783-9294 or downtown@comsouth.net
May 15 - Georgia JugFest & Old Knoxville Days -

Division as well as many other communities activities and celebrations by preservation non-profit organizations all across Georgia.
Tuesday, May 4 - Georgia Preservation Month 2010 kicks off with Preservation 101, a daylong orientation to the services and programs offered by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The Georgia Trust and the DeKalb History Center. Preservation 101 will take place on Tuesday, May 4, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Historic Dekalb County Courthouse in downtown Decatur (above). To register please visit www.gashpo.org/content/ displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=389.
Thursdays in May - The Georgia Trust will co-sponsor with the Historic Preservation Division again this year a Preservation Month Lecture Series on Thursday nights May 6, 20 and 27 at 6:00 p.m. at Rhodes Hall in Atlanta and on May 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hay House in Macon. The topics will include sustainability and preservation, modern architecture, and historic landscapes. The lecture series is free and open to the public. For more information please see www.georgiatrust. org/preservation /preservation_month.php.
Saturday, May 15 -This year the Dewberry Foundation proudly presents the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's 2nd annual Uptown Rhodes Race 5K. This exciting run/walk event will start at Rhodes Hall and go through the historic neighborhoods of Ansley Park and Sherwood Forest. For more information or to register, call 404885-7812 or visit www.georgiatrust.org.
For complete details of these events, visit www.georgiatrust.org/ preservation /preservation_month.php or www.gashpo.org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=420
For many more preservation events around Georgia, visit www.gashpo. org/content

Knoxville, Crawford County - www.georgiajugfest. com
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)
April 23-24 - GAPC Historic Preservation Commission Training - Albany - http://sites.google. com/site/gapcinfo/
April 26 - HPD office closed for state holiday
April 27 - Preservation for Profit Workshop Historic Augusta - Augusta - to register, contact 706-724-0436 or visit www.historicaugusta.org
April 27-29 - AASLH Project Management for History Professionals workshop - Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL www.aaslh.org /projectmanagement.htm
April 30-May 2 - Southern Garden History Society Annual Meeting - Mount Vernon, Va. www.southerngardenhistory.org /annualmeeting.html
May 2-5 - National Main Street Conference Oklahoma City, OK - www.mainstreet.org
May 4 Preservation 101: A Georgia Orientation Historic Preservation Division, DNR - Decatur 404-651-5268 - www.gashpo.org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=420
May 8 - Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association meeting - Michael Wren, TOTA member and researcher, will speak on the Methodists and the Cherokees - New Echota State Historic Site - Calhoun - www.gatrailoftears. org - 706-635-3864 or aeriehollow@ellijay.com
May 11 - Governor's Awards in the Humanities Atlanta - www.georgiahumanities.org
May 15 - Society for Georgia Archaeology meeting - The Parks at Chehaw, Albany - www. thesga.org
May 19-22 - Vernacular Architecture Forum annual meeting - featuring HPD's Steven Moffson - Washington, D.C. - www. vernaculararchitectureforum.org

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HPD's Joy Melton receives Georgia Trust Scholarship
Joy Melton (center) received a Georgia Trust 2010 Scholarship Award from The Georgia Trust's President and CEO Mark McDonald (left) and Board Chair G. Kimbrough Taylor (right).
HPD's African American Programs Intern Joy Melton was recently honored as a Georgia Trust 2010 Scholarship Award recipient at the Georgia Trust Annual Meeting in Rome, Georgia. Joy's scholarship was from the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, which preserves four house museums in Georgia including the Rankin House in Columbus; the Stetson-Sanford House in Milledgeville and the Founders Exhibit in Waycross. The Andrew Low House in Savannah is the State Society headquarters. The awards ceremony took place at the historic Rome City Auditorium

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May 24-28 - Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century - NPS workshop - Knife River Indian Villages NHS, North Dakota - www.nps.gov/ history/mwac/
June 5-12 - Preservation Leadership Training Baton Rouge, LA - www.preservationnation.org /resources/training/plt
June 8-10 - Section 106: An Introduction - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
June 11-12 - Cherokee Ancestry Conference Cherokee Heritage Center - Tahlequah, OK - 918456-6007, ext. 6159, or e-mail genealogy@cherokeeheritage.org
June 21-23 - 2010 Presidential Sites and Libraries Conference, AASLH - Charlottesville, VA - www.aaslh.org/pressites
June 22-26 Green Lines Institute, Heritage 2010: 2nd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Evora, Portugal - www. heritage2010.greenlines-institute.org
June 26 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Savannah - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
June 27-July 1 - International Heritage Development Conference "Advancing Beyond Borders" - Charleston - www.sc-heritagecorridor. org/ihdc_2010/
July 17-24 - Advanced Preservation Leadership Training - Cincinnati, OH - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/plt
July 28-31 - National Underground Railroad Conference - Topeka, KS - www.nps.gov/history/ ugrr/
July 29-August 6 - National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Forum - Grand Rapids, MI - www.uga.edu/napc/programs /napc/forum.htm
August 19-27 - DOCOMOMO conference - "Living in the Urban Modernity" - Mexico City - www.

constructed circa 1916. After the ceremony, Joy and other attendees enjoyed lunch at the Metropolitan United Methodist Church, a historically African American church whose congregation is 142 years old. Joy received her Bachelors of Architecture from Tuskegee University and is currently working to complete a masters degree in the Heritage Preservation Program at Georgia State University. Joy thanks all that helped her to obtain this award and looks forward to a future career in preservation.
National Register News
The County Training School--Vienna
The County Training School--Vienna, located in Vienna (Dooly County) was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 7, 2010. It was built in 1926 at a cost of $17,737. The Rosenwald Fund provided $1,700 toward the cost of construction. The school reflects the architecture of the educational buildings of the 1920s, as well as the ethnic heritage and social history of its time. The County Training School-Vienna was renamed the Vienna High and Industrial School in 1959. A new school building was added to the property that same year to provide additional classroom space for the expanding high school. This mid-century building's design was

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September 9-12 - Preserving the Historic Road Washington, D.C. - www.historicroads.org
September 22-25 - American Association for State and Local History annual meeting: The Winds of Opportunity - Oklahoma City, OK - www. aaslh.org/2010AnnualMeeting.htm
September 28 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Augusta - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160
September 29-October 1 - Georgia Downtown Conference - Augusta - contact Kimberly Carter at kim.carter@dca.ga.gov
September 30-October 2 - National Barn Alliance Southern Conference - Rock Barn, Canton - www. rockbarn.org
October 6-9 - Association for Preservation Technology International annual conference Denver, CO - www.apti.org/conferences /conference-current.cfm
October 6-9 - Society for Commercial Archeology conference - "Odyssey in the Ozarks" Fayetteville, AR - www.sca-roadside.org
October 26-30 - National Preservation Conference - Austin, TX - www. preservationnation.org /resources/training/npc/ or email conference@nthp.org
December 7-9 - Section 106: Agreement Documents - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
February 17-19, 2011 - 7th Savannah Symposium: The Spirituality of Place - Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah - www. scad.edu/savannahsymposium
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.

influenced by the Community School Plans, but not associated with the Rosenwald Fund. The high school closed in 1970 following the integration of the Dooly County Public School System. From 1970 to 2004 the Rosenwald school building housed a state-funded pre-school program. For more information about this National Register listing, please visit www.gashpo.org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=457&txtPage=8 and the Rosenwald Schools page on HPD's Web site at www.gashpo. org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=381.
RFP for Architectural Preservation Services
The City of Vienna and Dooly County, Georgia are seeking proposals for historic preservation planning services for the completion of construction specification drawings for the historic Dooly County Courthouse building (above) constructed circa 1892 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Partial funding for this project will be from a federal Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Historic Preservation Division. Proposals must be submitted by May 7. For details contact: Mr. Stephen C. Sanders, County Administrator; Dooly County Board of Commissioners; P. O. Box 348; 117 3rd Street

South; Vienna, Georgia 31092
Available grants
NTHP pilot grant program for historic school buildings The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in partnership with the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, is currently seeking applications for a new pilot grant program that will fund the stabilization or rehabilitation of historic school buildings by providing funding for construction expenses. Once construction is complete, these buildings must be open to the public for use by the community. Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, government agencies, and school districts/school boards are eligible to apply. Religious organizations are not eligible for funding. The maximum grant amount will be $50,000. Grant applications must be postmarked by April 30. To read the complete guidelines and eligibility requirements, and to download an application form, visit www.preservationnation.org/resources /find-funding/nonprofit-public-funding.html and scroll down to the section titled "Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Preservation Fund."
NEH Challenge Grants These matching grants are intended to help organizations secure longterm improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds (that is, funds that are invested, with both the income and the principal being expended over a defined period of years) to support ongoing program activities. Funds may also be used for one-time capital expenditures (such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, and acquisitions) that bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Activities supported Challenge grant funds (both federal and nonfederal

together) must provide long-term benefits to the humanities. Applications are due on May 5. For more information visit www.neh. gov/grants/guidelines /challenge.html.
NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions The National Endowment for the Humanities has a Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions program to help libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve preservation and care for their collections. Awards of up to $6,000 support collection assessments, consultation, training, and disaster and emergency planning. The application deadline is May 18. Guidelines for the program are available at www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. Nonprofit organizations, state and local government agencies, and tribal governments are eligible for the grants. More information is available by phone at 202-606-8570 or email at preservation@neh.gov.
FY 2010 Save America's Treasures grants Grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture, and works of art. Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects. Grants are awarded to Federal, state, local, and tribal government entities, and non-profit organizations through a competitive matching-grant program. For more information and to apply visit www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/index.htm. Applications are due by May 21.
Preservation Services Fund Grants Administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, these grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for preservation planning and education efforts. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. Applications are due on June 1. For more information, contact the Southern Office of the National Trust for

Historic Preservation at 843-722-8552 or soro@nthp.org and the National Trust Web site at www.preservationnation.org/resources/findfunding/.
USDA Rural Development's Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program The RBOG program promotes sustainable economic development in rural communities with exceptional needs through provision of training and technical assistance for business development, entrepreneurs, and economic development officials and to assist with economic development planning. To be eligible for funding, an applicant must be a public body, non-profit corporation, Indian Tribe or cooperative with members that are primarily rural residents. Applicants must also have significant expertise in the activities proposed and the financial strength to ensure the objectives of the proposed grant can be accomplished. Applications are due June 28. More information on how to apply for a USDA Rural Business Opportunity Grant is available at www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/rbog.htm.
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