view past issues | RSS update list profile translate 1 0 Tweet January 22-28, 2011 - January 31 deadline for State Stewardship Awards applications - Now you can follow HPD on Twitter! - 2011 Georgia Centennial Farm application deadline May 1 - Chicora Foundation announces new online resources for cemeteries - Available grants January 31 deadline for 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 Anderson-Cordova at 404-651-6461. Now you can follow HPD on Twitter! Subscribe to our enewsletters. like us on Facebook follow us on Twitter find us on Flickr Preservation Events Check our Events Calendar for complete listings by date. Submit your listings to: Helen Talley-McRae This week's new listings February 12 - Valentine's Day fundraiser for Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home - Historic Augusta February 22 - National Register of Historic Places public information meeting for the proposed Forest Avenue Historic District Elberton - Jennifer Willis at 706-213-3100 or jwillis@cityofelberton.net February 24 - National Register of Historic Places public information meeting for the proposed Downtown Decatur Historic District Decatur - contact Regina Brewer at 404-3718386 or regina.brewer@decaturga.com March 1-3 - Section 106: An Introduction National Preservation Institute - Tallahassee, FL May 10-11 - Section 106:A Review for HPD's Twitter page has been launched at http://twitter.com/ GeorgiaSHPO 2011 Georgia Centennial Farm application deadline May 1 The Georgia Centennial Farm Program was created to draw attention to historic farms and to encourage their preservation. Nominees must be a working farm with a minimum of 10 acres actively involved in agricultural production or generate at least $1,000 in annual income. In addition, farms must be continuously farmed for at least 100 years and owned by members of the same family for at least 100 years or be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Qualifying Centennial Farms are honored each October at a special award ceremony at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Georgia. Since 1993, the program has recognized 379 farms around the state. The Centennial Farm Program is administered by the Historic Preservation Division; Georgia Farm Bureau Federation; Georgia Department of Agriculture; Georgia Forestry Commission; and the Georgia National Fair and Agricenter. Nominations are due on May 1, 2011. Applications are available on HPD's Web site. For more information, contact Centennial Farm Awards Committee Chair, Steven Moffson at 404-651-5906. Experienced Practitioners - National Preservation Institute - Atlanta December 6-7 - NEPA Compliance and Cultural Resources - National Preservation Institute Atlanta December 8-9 - Section 4(f) Compliance for Historic Properties - National Preservation Institute - Atlanta National and state conferences and meetings (listed in previous newsletters) 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 February 18 - Downtown Development Authority training - Tifton 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 April 5-6 - Section 106 Essentials seminar - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Mobile, AL Chicora Foundation announces new online resources for cemeteries Chicora Foundation has an updated website www.chicora.org, with over 280 downloadable pdf documents, including their Research Contributions and Research Series reports. Also included are cemetery preservation related items, including forms, landscape maintenance contracts, preservation assessments of cemeteries around the country, and columns written for the Association of Gravestone Studies. Chicora's cemetery preservation efforts are on Facebook and include a variety of photo albums showing before and after treatments, as well as examples of what not to do. Visit the Cemetery Preservation section of HPD's website. Rachel Black, review archaeologist, is HPD's new cemetery specialist. Available grants 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 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 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 June 25-28 - Georgia Municipal Association 2011 Annual Convention - Savannah August 2-6 -15th annual International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW) Lancaster, Pennsylvania - www.iptw.org or email info@ptn.org 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. 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. The Costume Society of America is offering collection care grants intended to assist the costume and textiles collections of small museums(including historical societies,historic houses or sites, and other similar institutions) that have limited budget and staff. Funding may be used to support the care, conservation, and/or exhibition of costume and textiles that have historic, regional, or other significance and are intended for preservation. These grants, first awarded in 2003, may be used for appropriate supplies or display items, the services of a consultant or specialist, or other projects which relate directly to the institution's costume collection and foster the care or use of the collection at a level appropriate to the particular collection's most pressing needs. The application deadline is February 1, 2011. Administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Services Fund Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for preservation planning and education efforts. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. For more information, contact the Southern Office at 843-722-8552 or soro@nthp.org or visit the National Trust website. Application deadlines are February 1, June 1 and October 1 each year. The Junior Board of Trustees of the Watson-Brown Foundation Inc. will award up to $33,000 in grants for historic preservation projects in 14 Northeast Georgia counties. Public charities and other nonprofits from Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Franklin, Greene, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Stephens and Walton counties are eligible. For more information and to download an application form, visit the board's website. The application deadline is February 28, 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 deadline is 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. 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.