Preservation Georgia online, Sept. 11-17, 2010

In this issue:
-2010 Centennial Farm Award recipients announced -Positions available in Georgia -Available grants
2010 Centennial Farm Award recipients announced
Each year, farms continuously operating for over 100 years are recognized by the Georgia Centennial Farm Program. This year 20 farms will receive Centennial Family Farm Awards which recognize farms owned by members of the same family for 100 years or more that are not listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
J. Leahmon Akins Farm, Bulloch County Garfield Hall Farm, Bulloch County Bryan Family Farm, Dodge County Dunaway-Cape Heritage Plantation, Dooly County Bell Farms, Evans County Hopkins Farms of Grady County, Inc., Grady County W.F. Holcomb Family Farm, Habersham County Hill-Waller Farm, Hancock County T.A. Brown Family Farm, Laurens County Franks Creek Farm, Lowndes County George W. Greene and R.A. & Mary Greene McLendon Farm, Macon County Charleston-Allen Farm, Morgan County

September 11-17, 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
September 19 - Historical marker unveiling to recognize Governor William Yates Atkinson sponsored by Georgia Historical Society, Newnan-Coweta Historical Society and the Coweta County Genealogical Society - Newnan
October 23 - "Foreground + Background in Architectural History" free symposium - The School of Architecture at Georgia Tech - Atlanta
November 6 - Crossroads of Conflict - A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia book lecture by Barry L. Brown and Gordon R. Elwell - Atlanta History Center - Atlanta
National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters)
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 -

Thornton Farm, Pierce County Cochran-Caldwell Farms, Pike County Gay Farm, Randolph County Brim Farm, Terrell County U.C. Stewart Farms, Thomas County Youngblood Farm, Turner County Hattaway-Harris Farm, Wheeler County Gammage Family Farm, Worth County
The 2010 Georgia Centennial Farm Awards will be held on Friday, October 8 at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. The ceremony will begin with a luncheon followed by the awards presentation. This year's keynote speaker is Senator John Bulloch, Chairman of the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee and Vice Chair of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee.
If you are interested in attending the luncheon, please contact Donna Rocker of the Georgia Farm Bureau at 800-342-1192. The cost of the luncheon is $15. Photos of the farms and awards ceremony will be posted on our website and flickr page in the next few weeks.
Visit our website for more information about the Centennial Farm Awards program.
Positions available in Georgia
The Macon-Bibb Urban Development Authority is hiring for its Executive Director position
Available grants
Preservation Services Fund Grants

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 /conference.asp
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 - 2011 Places in Peril Announcement & Reception at Rhodes Hall The Georgia Trust - Atlanta - www.georgiatrust. org /news/2010places.php
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

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.
Transportation Enhancement Funding Announced The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has announced a new round of federally-funded Transportation Enhancement (TE) funding. GDOT will be electronically accepting TE applications beginning October 1, 2010 until 3:00 p.m. December 15, 2010. Applications must be sponsored by a government entity and requires a minimum of 20% local matching funds.
Georgia DOT will hold seven TE application workshops across the state during the month of October: October 5, 2010 - Calhoun 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. October 7, 2010 - Columbus Government Center - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. October 13, 2010 - Atlanta - One Georgia Center - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. October 14, 2010 - Augusta - Augusta Boathouse - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. October 15, 2010 - Tybee Island - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. October 18, 2010 - Tifton - Georgia DOT District Office - 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. October 22, 2010 - Macon - Georgia DOT Area Office - 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Please visit GDOT's TE page for more information, workshop registration and application details.

October 15-17 - Window Restoration College The Belvedere School for Hands-On Preservation - Hannibal, Missouri
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 20-23 - Growing Green: Traditional Building and Sustainable Development Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Chicago - to register call Carolyn Walsh 781-7791560, or email cwalsh@restoremedia.com; www. traditionalbuildingshow.com
October 21-23 - International Preservation Trades Workshop - Frankfort, KY - www.iptw.org
October 26-27 - NCSHPO Annual Membership Meeting - Austin - contact Kristen at harbeson@sso.org or 202-624-5465; chttp:// harbeson@sso.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
November 5 - Landscape for Living: Post War Landscape Architecture in Georgia - The Cultural Landscape Foundation Symposium Spotlights Atlanta's Rich Post War Landscape Heritage symposium - HPD's Ced Dolder will be speaking about Savannah landscape architect, Clermont Lee - sponsored by the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), with local

partner, Cherokee Garden Library of the Atlanta History Center - Atlanta - http://tclf.org/sites/ default/files/microsites/ pioneers/atlanta/index.html
November 9 - South Carolina Historic Preservation 101 - SC Archives and History Center - Columbia - contact Jennifer Satterthwaite at 803-896-6171, jsatt@scdah. state.sc.us; http://shpo.sc.gov/conf/
November 30-December 2 - Historic Tree Preservation Workshop - NCPTT Fredericksburg, VA
December 7-9 - Section 106: Agreement Documents - NPI seminar - Atlanta - www.npi.org
2011
February 17-19 - 7th Savannah Symposium: The Spirituality of Place - Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah - www2.scad.edu/ architectural-history/symposium/2011/
March 30--April 3 - Society for American Archaeology 76th annual meeting - Sacramento, California
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
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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