In this issue: -REMINDER: Community Landmarks Conference to be held March 25-26 -Atlanta Preservation Center launches Phoenix Flies -Executive Director position available in Columbus -Available grants REMINDER: Community Landmarks Conference to be held March 25-26 Do you want to find strategies to convince your community to preserve its historic city hall? Would you like to learn how to market a historic site in your downtown? Or do you have the opposite problem of too many visitors to your house museum and want to learn how to protect it? Would you like to "meet" Franklin D. Roosevelt and learn about his New Deal for America? These topics and more will be included in the upcoming History & Heritage Tourism: Discovering Georgia's Community Landmarks, which will be held in Warm Springs. Registration is only $60 and includes meals and tours. Co-sponsors include HPD, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, the Georgia Council for the Humanities, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Three Rivers Regional Commission, and the Fox Theatre Institute. For more February 27-March 5, 2010 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 March 10 - Georgia Tech 1952 College of Architecture tour - DOCOMOMO tour - Atlanta www.docomomoga.org March 17 - Parks & Historic Sites Day at the State Capitol - Atlanta - www.gastateparks.org April 7 - Historic Preservation as Sustainable Development - Donovan Rypkema lecture Georgia Tech College of Architecture, Atlanta www.coa.gatech.edu/news/event.php National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) March 10 - Downtown Day at the State Capitol Georgia Downtown Association - Atlanta - RSVP by March 1 to gda@gmanet.com March 10-14 - National Council on Public History and American Society for Environmental History annual meeting - Currents of Change - Portland, OR - www.ncph.org/cms/?page_id=7 March 11 - 2010 Georgia Women of Achievement Induction Ceremony - Macon - www. georgiawomen.org information, contact Conference Coordinator Carole Moore at 404-4638434 or carole.moore@dnr.state.ga.us. Click here to view the registration brochure. The registration deadline is March 11. Atlanta Preservation Center launches Phoenix Flies The Atlanta Preservation Center will launch the 7th annual Phoenix Flies - a Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks on March 6. A total of 46 "Preservation Partners" will be offering over 160 free events throughout the city. For more information and a full calendar visit www.phoenixflies.org. Executive Director position available in Columbus MidTown, Inc., a Columbus-based non-profit community renewal organization, is seeking applications for its Executive Director position. The ideal candidate will possess experience in urban planning and economic and/or real estate development, demonstrated communication and advocacy skills, along with the strong leadership and interpersonal skills essential to working successfully with MidTown's diverse constituents and stakeholders. The Executive Director is responsible for the overall administration and management March 13 - Georgia Trail of Tears Association meeting - Indian Spring Hotel/Museum, Flovilla www.gatrailoftears.org March 17-19 - Main Street Institute - St. Marys Featuring HPD's Ced Dolder and Leigh Burns on March 18 - contact Kimberly Carter at kim. carter@dca.ga.gov March 19 - The Georgia Trust's Preservation Gala - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust.org/news/events /event.php?id=21 March 25-26 - 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 - Historic House Museum Issues & Operations workshop - presented by AASLH in partnership with the National Trust - Atlanta History Center - www.aaslh.org/hhissues.htm March 26 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Sea Palms - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160 April 6 - Economics of Historic Preservation lecture by Donovan Rypkema - Georgia Tech College of Architecture, Atlanta - www.coa.gatech. edu/news /event.php?id=5425 April 9-11 - The Georgia Trust's Annual Meeting & Spring Ramble - Rome - www.georgiatrust.org /news/events/event.php?id=22 April 21-24 - Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation Annual Meeting - Albuquerque, NM www.ahlp.org/docs/meetings.html April 21-25 - Society of Architectural Historians annual meeting - Chicago, IL - link April 22-25 - Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society meeting - Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Kennesaw - www.cofg. org April 23-24 - GAPC Historic Preservation Commission Training - Albany - www.facebook. com of MidTown, Inc.'s three-person staff, $400,000 annual budget, and ongoing program development, fundraising, and community relations efforts. For more information visit www.midtowncolumbusga.org /latest_news.aspx?news=93. Applications are due by March 22. Available grants Milledgeville Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board grants A total of $33,000 is available for historic preservation projects located in Middle Georgia. Eligible counties include Baldwin, Jones, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Bibb, Monroe, Jasper, Putnam, and Morgan. Any non-profit entity in the area may apply. Applications are available by calling 478-445-4545 or by emailing at matt.davis@gcsu. edu. Applications are due by March 8. /event.php?eid=286711007220&index=1 April 27-29 - AASLH Project Management for History Professionals workshop - Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL www.aaslh.org /projectmanagement.htm May 2-5 - National Main Street Conference Oklahoma City, OK - www.mainstreet.org 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 - Washington, D.C. - www. vernaculararchitectureforum.org /conferences/2010.html 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 26 - Downtown Development Authority Training - Savannah - www.gmanet.com /Training.aspx?CNID=36160 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 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 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 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. 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) 2010 Georgia Historic Preservation Division All rights reserved.