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December 11-17, 2010
-NPS seeks comments on US nominations to the World Heritage List -GHS and GPB partner on Today In Georgia History project -NTHP launches Historic Properties for Sale website - Available grants
NPS seeks comments on US nominations to the World Heritage List
Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is among the potential US nominees The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comments on possible future U.S. nominations to the World Heritage List, as well as on additions to the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List (the official list

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Check our Events Calendar for complete listings by date.
Submit your listings to: Helen Talley-McRae
This week's new listings
December 18 - William Harris Homestead Christmas Open House - Monroe - 770-2675844 or hhtours@harrishomestead.com
February 18 - B-52's Benefit Concert for Athens' Georgia Theatre - Classic Center - Athens - 706357-4444.
March 1-3 - Project Management for History Professionals professional development workshop - American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) - Atlanta History Center Atlanta
March 7-9 - Historic Preservation Advocacy Day and NCSHPO Annual Meeting - Washington D. C. - www.ncshpo.org
March 17-27 - 18th Annual Decorators' Showhouse Tour featuring a historic home undergoing rehabilitation - Historic Macon Macon
National and state conferences and meetings

of potential nominations to the World Heritage List). The Federal Register Notice announcing the comment period is available online. Comments are due by January 12, 2011.
GHS and GPB partner on Today In Georgia History project
Today In Georgia History is a new educational project focusing on a historical event or person associated with a particular day in Georgia history. These short segments will air daily on GPB television and radio stations across the state, and will then be archived and available online. Georgia Historical Society (GHS) and Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) will be collaborating to provide audiences with innovative and engaging programming 365 days a year. Initial funding for the project has been provided by the Woodruff Foundation through a grant of $900,000 to the GHS to collaborate with GPB on this initiative.
NTHP launches Historic Properties for Sale website
Expanding upon the popular Historic Properties section in Preservation magazine and structured like an online classifieds site, Historic Properties for Sale features commercial and residential listings for buildings more than 50 years old or historically significant. Buyers, sellers, and browsers alike will find the new resource flexible and easy to use.
Available grants
Battlefield Project Grants, American Battlefield Protection Program of the National Park Service. These grants provide seed money for projects that lead directly to the identification, preservation and interpretation of battlefield land and/or historic sites associated with battlefields. Grants range from $5,000 to $80,000. Eligible applicants are non-profit groups, academic institutions, other private
sector organizations, and local, regional, state, and tribal

(listed in previous newsletters)
January 12 - 2012-17 State Historic Preservation Plan Public Input Meeting -11:00 am -12:00 pm Presentation, Coastal EMC Offices, 1265 South Coastal/Highway 17, Midway. Local contact Jason Kotarski, Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia, jkotarski@crc.ga.gov, 912-262-2877.
January 13 - National Register of Historic Places public information meeting for the proposed Downtown Decatur Historic District - Decatur contact Regina Brewer at 404-371-8386 or regina.brewer@decaturga.com
January 25 - 2012-17 State Historic Preservation Plan Public Input Meeting -12:00 -1:00 pm Brown bag lunch presentation; Georgia Mountains Regional Commission Office, 1310 West Ridge Road, Gainesville. Local contactChip Wright, Georgia Mountains Regional Commission, cwright@gmrc.ga.gov, 770-5382626.
January 28 - Georgia National Register Review Board meeting - Historic Preservation Division Atlanta - contact Vivian Pugh at vivian. pugh@dnr.state.ga.us if you would like to attend.
February 1-12 - Georgia History Festival presented by The Georgia Historical Society Savannah
February 17-19 - 7th Savannah Symposium: The Spirituality of Place - Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah
March 11-12 - Statewide Historic Preservation Commission Training - Carrollton - contact Chrissy Marlowe at marlowe@cviog.uga.edu or 706-542-9528.
March 30 - April 3 - Society for American Archaeology 76th annual meeting - Sacramento, California
March 31 - April 1 - Statewide Historic Preservation Conference - sponsored by the Historic Preservation Division, DNR and The Georgia Trust - Macon - contact Carole Moore at 404-463-8434
April 1-3 - 38th Annual Georgia Trust Annual Meeting - Macon
May 12-13 - Consultation and Protection of
Native American Sacred Lands seminar National Preservation Institute - Atlanta - 703-

governments. More information is available online. Applications sent by mail must be USPS postmarked by January 2, 2011.
The Division of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funds humanities projects that are intended for broad public audiences at museums, libraries, historic sites and other historical and cultural organizations. New application guidelines are now posted on the NEH website for its America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grant competition. The next two deadlines are January 12 and August 17. Other grant information is also available at the website. Grants support interpretive exhibitions, reading or film discussion series, historic site interpretation, lecture series and symposia, and digital projects. NEH encourages projects that offer multiple formats and make creative use of new technology to deliver humanities content. Program officers in the Division of Public Programs are available to discuss project ideas or to read a draft of a proposal. Call the NEH Division of Public Programs at 202-606-8269 for more information.
FFY2011 HPF grants - Application packets for the next cycle of federal grants made available to Certified Local Governments interested in completing survey and planning or building/site-specific predevelopment projects are now available on HPD's Web site. Due to budget constraints, application packets will not be mailed to the CLG list this year, but may be requested from Carole Moore (see below) on an individual basis. Eligible survey and planning activities include surveys, National Register nominations, design guidelines, brochures, website development, heritage education materials, workshops, conferences, etc. Eligible predevelopment projects include activities such as historic structure reports, preservation plans, or architectural drawings and specifications. The postmark deadline is February 1, 2011, and grant awards will be announced in March 2011. Projects may begin in April 2011 and must be completed by September 30, 2012. Contact Carole Moore, grants coordinator, at 404-463-8434 or carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us.

765-0100 May 19 -22 - Annual Civil War Preservation Trust Conference - Manassas, VA
Items on the Preservation Calendar are events and meetings of interest to preservationists. They not to be used for the detailed scheduling of meetings with HPD staff without contacting those individuals.

A 2003 recipient of the Garden Club's Historic Landscape and Garden Grant: Andalusia, home of Flannery O'Connor, Baldwin County
Applications are being accepted for the Garden Club of Georgia's 2011 Historic Landscape and Garden Grant program. Historic gardens or landscapes owned by public, nonprofit organizations may be eligibie for 50/50 matching grants with a maximum of $3,000 per grant. This year the Garden Club is partnering with the Georgia Department of Economic Development to emphasize the importance of historic landscapes to heritage tourism within the state. As a result, projects funded should focus on the preservation, conservation, or marketing of the state's historic landscapes or gardens. Eligible activities to be considered this year include projects that enhance the experience of tourists as they visit a historic landscape/garden. For more information on the program and to download an application, go to the Garden Club of Georgia's website. For questions, please contact Mary Ann Eaddy at 404-651-5283. Please note that applications must be received no later than February 1, 2011.

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