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December 18-31, 2010
Happy Holidays from HPD!
- DNR Board Approves Mark Williams as new DNR Commissioner - Join us in Macon for the Statewide Historic Preservation Conference and Georgia Trust Ramble - HPD seeks State Stewardship Awards applications - National Register news - NPS announces feasibility study for Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Area - Land conservation and historic preservation - Available grants
DNR Board Approves Mark Williams as new DNR Commissioner
On December 8, 2010, the Board of Natural Resources approved the recommendation of Governor Sonny Perdue and Governor-Elect Nathan Deal to name State Rep. Mark Williams of Jesup as the next Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). As a member of the state House of Representatives, Williams has served on both the Natural Resources and Environment and the

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Preservation Events
Check our Events Calendar for complete listings by date.
Submit your listings to: Helen Talley-McRae
This week's new listings
April 5-6 - Section 106 Essentials seminar Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Mobile, AL
April 12-13 - Cemetery Preservation seminar National Preservation Institute - Columbia, SC
April 14 - Cemetery Landscapes: A Practical Guide to Care and Maintenance - National Preservation Institute - Columbia, SC
April 15 - Buckhead in Bloom Home and Garden Tour Lecture - Atlanta Preservation Center
April 17 - Buckhead in Bloom Home and Garden Tour - Atlanta Preservation Center
National and state conferences and meetings (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

Game, Fish and Parks committees. Effective immediately, he succeeds Chris Clark as DNR Commissioner.
"We are pleased to approve Mark Williams as this agency's new Commissioner and we look forward to working with him," said Board of Natural Resources Chairman Jenny Lynn Bradley. "DNR's charge to protect and conserve Georgia's natural and cultural resources is a huge responsibility, and we know that Mark will follow in the footsteps of his predecessors as an advocate for these resources." Under state law, the DNR Board appoints both the Commissioner and the Director of the Environmental Protection Division with the approval of the governor.
Williams is a successful businessman and former school teacher. He holds a bachelors degree in biology from Georgia College and State University and served in the Army National Guard throughout college before working his way up to 1st Lieutenant when he was 22 years old.
As DNR Commissioner, Williams will oversee an agency comprised of more than 2,500 employees that is responsible for the management and conservation of Georgia's wildlife, the protection and conservation of coastal marshlands, the preservation of historic resources, and the implementation of environmentally sound business practices for industry. DNR operates over one million acres of public lands to protect wildlife diversity and to provide outdoor recreational opportunities such as hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping. In addition, DNR enforces the laws that regulate the protection and use of Georgia's natural resources, including hunting, fishing and boating.
Join us in Macon for the Statewide Historic Preservation Conference and Georgia Trust Ramble

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 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 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 - 703765-0100
May 19 -22 - Annual Civil War Preservation Trust Conference - Manassas, VA

On March 31- April 1, 2011, the Historic Preservation Division, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Georgia Humanities Council, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development invite you to Macon for a statewide preservation conference. Featured speaker Donovan Rypkema will spread the good news of the recently completed study on the economic benefits of preservation in Georgia.
Sessions will focus on topics including preservation tax incentives, sustainability, heritage tourism and the Civil War, 20th Century African American schools, Ranch Houses, historic theaters, and the Trust's Places in Peril Program. An evening reception at the Hay House (above) will provide a welcome opportunity to see the results of the restoration of the historic dining room. Following the conference, the Georgia Trust will hold its 38th Annual Meeting and Spring Ramble on April 1-3.
Over the next weeks, more information will be available. Please save the dates! If you have questions, contact Carole Moore at carole. moore@dnr.state.ga.us.
HPD seeks State Stewardship Awards applications
HPD is seeking nominations for the Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation Stewardship. These awards recognize individuals working for the state of Georgia for outstanding leadership and achievement in the preservation of state-owned or administered historic properties.
The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2011. Contact: Karen

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.

Anderson-Cordova at 404-651-6461 or karen.anderson-cordova@dnr.state.ga.us
National Register news
The First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, located at 360 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2010. The Methodists were among the first denominations to build a house of worship within the city limits of Atlanta. They built a small frame church on Peachtree Street at Luckie Street in 1848, the year that Atlanta incorporated as a city. In 1864 the church bell tolled to warn the residents of the Union Army's impending march into the city. After the Civil War, the congregation built their second home on Houston Street in 1870. As Atlanta began its push northward in the early 20th century, the congregation purchased property a few blocks north of their Houston Street location and hired noted Atlanta architect Willis Denny to design their new church home. The congregation is considered the "Mother Church" of Methodism for Atlanta and was instrumental in helping start other Methodist churches in the area.

NPS announces feasibility study for Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Area
The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the initiation of a feasibility study for the proposed Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Area as directed by the U. S. Congress in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. The study is being conducted in consultation with Alabama and Georgia historic preservation officers, historical societies, tourism offices and other state and local organizations or agencies. To evaluate the overall feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Area, the study will identify key elements of national significance in the area, assess local support and recommend a potential coordinating entity. It is hoped that this entity will be the Historic Chattahoochee Commission (HCC) which has been working on this potential designation for the last five years.
The NPS has produced an eight page publication which explains the process and includes a map of the eighteen county Chattahoochee Trace region. Additional information is available from the Denver Service Center of the National Park Service--Gagne, DSC-P, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P. O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287 or from the HCC's offices in Eufaula, AL or LaGrange, GA. Phone inquiries can be made by calling 877-766-2443 toll free.
Land conservation and historic preservation
A new Preservation and Land Conservation portal on PreservationNation.org is a resource to help advocates for historic preservation and land conservation work together to save places more comprehensively -- protecting all the historic, social, natural, and scenic elements that make a human landscape significant. The new site includes case studies from across the country, tips on how to make the case that the whole place matters, basic information on how land conservation works, and practical tools and approaches for all kinds of efforts.

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 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.
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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