Preservation Georgia online, Aug. 14-20, 2010

In this issue:
-Camp Lawton Site public announcement draws huge crowd! -Your community could host the Fall HPC Training -Historic Augusta seeks nominations for 2010 Preservation Awards -NCPTT seeks contributors for Preservation Wiki -Available grants
Camp Lawton Site public announcement draws huge crowd!
On August 18, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Georgia Southern University (GSU) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced a major historic discovery: the excavation of numerous Civil War artifacts from the Camp Lawton Site by GSU students. The announcement was made at Magnolia Springs State Park, where the majority of Camp Lawton's stockade and Fort Lawton

August 14-20, 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
August 28-29 - "Tools and Skills that Built a Colony" - Staff from the Coastal Underwater Archaeology Field Station will be interpreting colonial shipbuilding - Wormsloe Historic Site Savannah - www.gastateparks.org /net/calendar /details.aspx?s=138530.0.0.5&dateid=815
September 13 - Introduction to Grant Writing seminar by Anne H. Holt, Ph.D. - Cairo - to register, contact Ahholt@ahholt.com; 850-9975110
October 8-9 - 4th annual Walk With the Spirits tour of Historic Summerville Cemetery - Augusta - 706-724-0436 or info@historicaugusta.org
October 13 - 2011 Places in Peril Announcement & Reception at Rhodes Hall The Georgia Trust - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust. org /news/2010places.php
October 13 - Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs - Lecture, reception and book signing by award-winning author and garden historian, James R. Cothran, FASLA - Atlanta History Center - Atlanta - www. atlantahistorycenter.com /Page.asp?id=97&eventid=241

earthworks exist. Part of the site is on the property of Bo Ginn National Fish Hatchery, which the FWS administers. During the morning announcement, DNR Commissioner Clark assured the local community of DNR's commitment to the site. Dozens of reporters attended the announcement which quickly became national news. That afternoon, the park was open for a wildly successful public unveiling of the artifacts and open house which attracted over 1,000 people from the surrounding communities and as far away as Alabama and Florida.
HPD has been involved in the Camp Lawton site since the inception of GSU's Camp Lawton site fieldwork. Read more on the Camp Lawton page of our website.
Your community could host the Fall HPC Training
Historic Preservation Commission Training will be held November 5 & 6, 2010! The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division (HPD), the Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions (GAPC), the Center for Community Design and Preservation (CCDP) in the UGA College of Environmental Design and UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG) have created a new partnership as a way to provide ongoing and sustained training to local historic preservation commissions. They are currently seeking a host community in the northern portion of the state for this training. If you want to have the spotlight shine on your community, sponsor the next statewide HPC training! Please contact Chrissy Marlowe at marlowe@cviog.uga.edu for details and RFP. Proposals are due September 1. The HPC Advisory Board will select its host city by September 7, 2010.
Historic Augusta seeks nominations for 2010 Preservation Awards

May 12-13, 2011 - Consultation and Protection of Native American Sacred Lands seminar National Preservation Institute - Atlanta - www. npi.org - 703-765-0100
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)
August 21 - Vernacular Georgia excursion to the North Georgia Mountains - contact Allison Duncan at vernaculargeorgia@gmail.com
September 3-4 - Wood Window Restoration Workshop - National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, cosponsored by Historic Preservation Division, Georgia DNR and Coastal Heritage Society - Savannah - contact Sarah Marie Jackson at 318-356-7444 or sarah_m_jackson@nps.gov - www.ncptt.nps. gov/windows2010
September 9 -10 - Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association conference "Etched in Stone" Columbus - 706-653-4579 or DAbraham@columbusga.org
September 9-12 - Preserving the Historic Road Washington, D.C. - www.historicroads.org
September 10-12 - 2010 Fall Ramble - The Georgia Trust - Atlanta - http://www.georgiatrust. org /news/events/event.php?id=57
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 28-29 - Preservation Planning for Campuses, Complexes and Installations National Preservation Institute seminar Hampton, VA - www.npi.org/sem-presplan.html
September 29-October 1 - Georgia Downtown Conference - Augusta - Main Street at Work: Building Jobs and Preserving Downtowns - www. georgiadowntownassociation.org

Historic Augusta recognizes significant contributions to the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of buildings of historic, cultural and architectural value through its annual Historic Preservation Awards. Historic Augusta's Preservation Awards Committee is currently seeking nominations for the 2010 awards to be given at the organization's annual meeting to be held in the fall.
In order to be considered for an award, a property must be on or eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as part of a historic district, and the project must be completed. The preservation, rehabilitation or restoration of the building should have been completed within the last two years. Preference will be given to those projects which included major renovation work such as saving a building from an uncertain fate, returning a dilapidated structure into a viable resource, making extensive interior or exterior repairs, and returning a structure to its original appearance with appropriate historic materials.
In order to nominate a building, send an e-mail or write a letter to Historic Augusta including the following information: your name, address and telephone number, the building owner's name, address and telephone number, the building name and address, the nature of the work that was performed, the project completion date, and why you feel it is worthy of a 2010 award. For more information, to check the National Register status of a building, or to nominate a property for

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September 30 - Historic Chattahoochee Commission Annual Meeting - Dr. Wayne Flynt will give the keynote address on "Tradition and Change in the Chattahoochee Valley" Columbus - www.hcc-al-ga.org
September 30-October 2 - National Barn Alliance Southern Conference - Rock Barn, Canton - www.rockbarn.org
October 2010 - Georgia Archives Month: Travel Back in Time - http://soga.org/Resources/ Documents /GAM2010FlyerREV.pdf
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 8 - 2010 Georgia Centennial Farms Awards - Georgia National Fair - Perry - www. gashpo.org/content /displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=441
October 13-16 - Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting - Chattanooga, TN - www.sesah.org/ sesah /SESAH_Home.html
October 14-15 - Southeastern Environmental Law Seminar - Myrtle Beach, SC - www. EnvironmentalLawSeminar.com
October 15-17 - Society for Georgia Archaeology's Fall Meeting: Historic Preservation of Prehistoric, Colonial and Plantation Structures on the Coast - St Simons Island - http://thesga.org/category/ meetings/2010-fall/
October 21-23 - International Preservation Trades Workshop - Frankfort, KY - www.iptw.org
October 26-30 - National Preservation Conference - Austin, TX - www.

a 2010 Historic Preservation, please contact Robyn Anderson by telephone at 706-724-0436, e-mail at robyn@historicaugusta.org or mail at P.O. Box 37, Augusta, GA 30903.
NCPTT Seeks Contributors for Preservation Wiki
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is sponsoring development of Preservapedia, a wiki-style encyclopedia for preservation professionals. Preservapedia is based on the same principle that drives the popular Wikipedia: the information is free and anyone can add or edit articles. NCPTT is currently seeking contributors to help add, edit, or expand articles. Find out more on the NCPTT website
Available grants
HUD's Community Challenge Planning Grants and DOT's TIGER II Transportation Planning Grants $40 million available from HUD's Community Challenge Planning Grants and and $35 Million from DOT's TIGER II Transportation Planning Grants. Applicants may apply for one or both of the programs (if the project meets the goals of both programs) with the same application. The new program builds on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, an innovative new interagency collaboration, launched by President Obama in June 2009, between the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, including U.S.

preservationnation.org /resources/training/npc/ or email conference@nthp.org
October 27-31 Oral History Association annual meeting: Times of Crisis, Times of Change, Human Stories on the Edge of Transformation Atlanta - www.oralhistory.org/annual-meeting
October 28-30 - MESDA Conference on American Material Culture - Madison, GA - www. MESDA.org/conference
October 30-November 20 - Seminar for Historical Administration -American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Indianapolis, IN - www.aaslh.org/histadmin.htm
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
April 1-3, 2011 - 38th Annual Georgia Trust Annual Meeting - Macon - http://www. georgiatrust.org /news/events/event.php?id=58
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.
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territories, tribal governments, transit agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-State or multijurisdictional groupings. Pre-applications are due 30 days from the publication of the Notice of Funding Availability in the Federal Register. Full applications are due on August 23. HUD Community Challenge Planning Grants DOT TIGER II Grants
Fitch Mid-Career research grants The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award Fitch MidCareer research grants of up to $15,000 to mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience, and an established identity in historic preservation or related fields including, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history, and the decorative arts. The Foundation will also offer the Richard L. Blinder Award, a biennial grant of up to $15,000 for the best proposal exploring the preservation of an existing structure, complex of buildings or genre of building type through addition, renovation or other means. The subject of the submission may be a real project or a polemical exercise; in either case originality is highly valued. The proposal must demonstrate that it fosters architectural preservation in the United States. To learn more about both grants, go to www.fitchfoundation.org. Applications must be submitted in PDF format to info@fitchfoundation.org by September 15, 2010 at 11 PM EST.
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. The application deadline is October 1, 2010. 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 website.

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