In this issue: -WINNERS ANNOUNCED - State Historic Sites photo contest -HPD staff news -Call for Comments: Historic and Cultural Resources in America's Great Outdoors -New Land Conservation Page and Call for Case Studies -Position available in Georgia -Available grants WINNERS ANNOUNCED - State Historic Sites photo contest May 8-14, 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 May 17 - Profiting from the Past: Using Local Historical Resources to Promote Tourism presented by the Georgia Historical Society Savannah - www.georgiahistory.com /stories/131 May 20- Historic Savannah Foundation Lecture Series-Ingrid Abramovitch on " Restoring a House in the City" -Savannah - link May 21 - Profiting from the Past: Using Local Historical Resources to Promote Tourism presented by the Georgia Historical Society Canton - www.georgiahistory.com /stories/131 May 24-25 - American Association of Museums Annual Meeting Virtual Conference - LosAngeles - www.aam-us.org/am10 /virtualconference2010.cfm May 26 - The Gordon's: Lake Claire's First Family lecture by Teri Stewart - DeKalb History Center Decatur 404.373.1088 ext. 23 or archives@dekalbhistory. org National and state conferences and meetings Winning photos by Shawn Apostel (top) and Keith Martin (bottom). We are pleased to announce the winners of our State Historic Sites photo contest: Shawn Apostel's photo of Traveler's Rest in the snow and Keith Martin's photo of the tree-lined lane at Wormsloe Plantation. Both will receive Family Memberships in the Friends of Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites. Thanks to everyone who participated - we received 23 excellent submissions that highlighted a variety of resources across the state. To view all of the submissions visit our Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/gashpo (listed in previous newsletters) 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 /conferences/2010.html May 20 - Georgia Preservation Month Lecture Series - "Preservation & Sustainability" lecture by Mark C. McDonald, President & CEO of The Georgia Trust - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust.org/ preservation /preservation_month.php 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/ May 27 - Georgia Preservation Month Lecture Series - "Landscapes and Historic Preservation Resources" lecture by Jim Cothran, Vice President of Robert and Company, Landscape Architecture Studio - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust. org/preservation /preservation_month.php 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 /sets/72157623663129737/. HPD staff news Hellen Harris, is HPD's new office administrative generalist. Her main responsibilities include processing invoices, vehicle reports, maintaining files and inventory and ordering supplies. Before joining HPD, Hellen worked in the DNR Commissioner's office for over four years helping to facilitate Board meetings and as an assistant to the Executive Legal Counsel. Before working for the state, she was an executive assistant for an Atlanta rigid packaging corporation for eight years and a middle school Language Arts teacher for eighteen years. You may contact Hellen at Hellen.Harris@dnr.state.ga.us phone 404-651-5280 fax 404657-1368 Jackie Tyson, our Environmental Review Historian, has accepted a position with New South Associates and is leaving HPD this month. She has done an exceptional job with us and we wish her the best in her new career with New South. We'll miss you, Jackie! Great Outdoors Call for Comments: Historic and Cultural Resources in America's Starting with the White House Conference on the Great Outdoors on April 16, President Obama has launched a national dialogue about conservation in America. As part of this dialogue, the Department of the Interior (DOI) is bringing together ranchers, farmers and forest landowners, sportsmen and women, state and local government leaders, tribal leaders, public-lands experts, conservationists, youth leaders, business representatives, and others 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 9 - National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) annual meeting, Green Bay, WI - www.nathpo.org August 10-15 - Reusing the Industrial Past conference - International Committee for the History of Technology and International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage - Tampere, Finland - www.tampere.fi/ industrialpast2010 August 19-27 - DOCOMOMO conference - "Living in the Urban Modernity" - Mexico City - www. docomomo.com/conference11.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 to learn about some of the smart, creative ways communities are conserving outdoor spaces. Join the conversation about America's Great Outdoors. The DOI wants to hear from you about the places you love, your community's efforts to protect them, and how we can better support modern-day land and water conservation efforts happening in communities across the country. The submission deadline is September 1, 2010. Visit the America's Great Outdoors website at www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/. New Land Conservation Page and Call for Case Studies The National Trust's new Preservation and Land Conservation landing page provides a host of information on how these two communities can be aligned to save places more comprehensively--protecting all the historic, social, natural, and scenic elements that make a cultural landscape significant. The new page 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. Have you witnessed or taken part in an effort to protect all the values that make a place special--including both land and historic structures, or worked to create a relationship with land conservationists to reach shared goals? The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Land Trust Alliance are working together to promote closer collaboration between the preservation and conservation movements. To submit a case 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 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 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. study, go to www.preservationnation.org/issues/landconservation/Call-for-Land-Buildings-Cases-Basic.pdf. Position available in Georgia The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation seeks a full-time Membership Manager to support its comprehensive development program. The Membership Manager is responsible for the administering The Trust's membership program and the management and upkeep of the development database. This is a full-time, salaried position with benefits. www.georgiatrust.org/ get_involved /jobs/membership_manager.php Available grants The Georgia Humanities Council Grant Program The program provides financial support for cultural and humanitiesbased educational programs that strengthen local communities by providing opportunities for learning and discussion among all participants. Grants are awarded to such nonprofit organizations as museums, libraries, historical societies, community groups, educational institutions and government agencies. This category is most appropriate for single or short-term public programs. Examples include speakers, traveling exhibits, book or film discussions, or interpretive programs at historic sites. Application deadline is May 15. www. georgiahumanities.org /grantmaking/index.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. 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.