Subscribe to List View Past IssuesRSS translate 0 0 0 +1 Like Comment Share Tweet In this issue: GDOT designates new Scenic Byway Field Guide to Local Preservationists Call for session proposals GDOT designates new Scenic Byway The Enduring Farmlands Scenic Byway was designated earlier this year by GDOT. Hawkinsville Better Hometown sponsored the project for both Pulaski & Wilcox counties. It showcases routes through the historic towns of Hawkinsville, Pineview, Rochelle, and Abbeville as well as the surrounding countryside. Attractions of the byway include scenic pecan groves; horse and cattle pasture lands; farmland growing corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, peaches, blueberries, and grapes; farmers markets and festivals, Civil War heritage sites, and the Ocmulgee River, along with the historic architecture of Hawkinsville's Old Opera House, the Lawrence Bennett Harness Horse racetrack, and several notable churches. Field Guide to Local Preservationists December 3-9, 2011 Upcoming HPD-sponsored events December 13 - The Lost Colonial Port of Sunbury, Georgia lecture by HPD/DNR Underwater Archaeologists Chris McCabe and Steve Dilk - Liberty County Historical Society Midway February 18 - Decatur Old House Fair - City of Decatur, DeKalb History Center and the Historic Preservation Division - Decatur This week's new listings Check our online Calendar for complete listings. January 14 - Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association meeting - Don Shadburn, Forsyth County historian - Cumming January 17 - The Beacon Hill Community and Civil Rights in Decatur: Lunch & Learn with Mayor Emerita Elizabeth Wilson - DeKalb History Center - Decatur January 27 - Redefining Audiences - free webinar - AASLH Available grants Battlefield Preservation Grants - American Battlefield Protection Program - applications due January 2, 2012 Preservation Services Fund Grants - National Trust for Historic Preservation - applications due February 1, 2012 Historic Preservation Fund grants for CLGs Historic Preservation Division, Georgia DNR postmark deadline is February 1, 2012 Watson-Brown Junior Board grants - Contact Michelle Zupan - applications due February 15, 2012 Modernism & Recent Past Program Grants - National Trust for Historic Preservation - contact trustmodern@nthp.org for details Send submissions and questions to Helen Talley-McRae Subscribe to our enewsletters. Visit our new website! georgiashpo.org like us on Facebook follow us on Twitter find us on Flickr visit our YouTube channel The National Trust for Historic Preservation has recently released "A Field Guide to Local Preservationists" that summarizes recent research about individuals interested in and supportive of preservation efforts. Call for session proposals The 2012 National Underground Railroad Conference theme will explore resistance to slavery through escape and flight to and from the South, including through international flight to Spanish Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Indian Territory, and the transformation of cultural identity within descendent communities. The conference seeks to create a cultural, historical, and interpretive exchange between domestic and international descendent communities of southern freedom seekers. The conference will be held in St. Augustine, Florida and surrounding areas June 2023, 2012. The deadline for receipt of proposals is January 15, 2012. 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) 2011 Georgia Historic Preservation Division All rights reserved.