http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://thesga.org/2011/11/historic-preservation-primer-available-from-hpd/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/historic-preservation-primer-available-from-hpd/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:00:59 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9866 Careful preservation planning means knowledge about important historical and archaeological resources are part of the planning process. In late October 2011, Georgia's Historic Preservation Division released Preservation Primer: A Resource Guide for Georgia, available in both high- and low-resolution PDFs. The Primer will help you identify historic properties, evaluate them, and develop local preservation planning strategies. And help protect your community's resources.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/historic-preservation-primer-available-from-hpd/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/05/hpd-uses-online-survey-and-public-discussions-to-frame-5-year-plan/ http://thesga.org/2011/05/hpd-uses-online-survey-and-public-discussions-to-frame-5-year-plan/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 09:00:24 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8958 From mid-2010 to early 2011, Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division sought public input on what HPD should emphasize in their programs over the coming five years. The current State Historic Preservation Plan will be replaced by a new plan by the end of 2011. In general, archaeological resources take a back seat to historical resources, especially standing buildings and historic districts.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/05/hpd-uses-online-survey-and-public-discussions-to-frame-5-year-plan/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/dnr-historic-preservation-division-hires-two-new-archaeologists/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/dnr-historic-preservation-division-hires-two-new-archaeologists/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:32:23 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8243 The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources now employs two additional archaeologists, Rachel Black and Richard Moss. Black serves as a review archaeologist and is primarily responsible for assessing archaeological investigations conducted by/for GDOT. Moss conducts archaeological surveys on state lands to identify and protect archaeological sites threatened by foresting activities.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/dnr-historic-preservation-division-hires-two-new-archaeologists/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/02/complete-online-survey-now/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/complete-online-survey-now/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:31:37 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7971 Georgia's Historic Preservation Division has composed a survey to solicit your input about the goals of their program for their next five-year preservation plan. Their existing plan goes through 2011. The online survey will end on February 28th, so fill it out NOW. Here's the link. Your opinions are important!]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/complete-online-survey-now/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/02/sapelo-island-lightkeepers-house-rediscovered/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/sapelo-island-lightkeepers-house-rediscovered/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:31:13 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7955 Recently, a team of volunteer and professional archaeologists directed by professionals from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, West Florida University, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources have discovered the site of the original lightkeeper's house on Sapelo Island. Since the collapse of the ruins, probably in the early 1900s, its location had been lost. The SGA leadership visited the lighthouse in February 2010, perhaps walking over the buried remains of the house.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/sapelo-island-lightkeepers-house-rediscovered/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/02/historic-preservation-is-good-for-georgias-economy/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/historic-preservation-is-good-for-georgias-economy/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:00:55 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7846 Recently, Georgia DNR's Historic Preservation Division released Good News in Tough Times: Historic Preservation and the Georgia Economy, a report on the impact of historic preservation on the state's economy. The report is downloadable and gives figures on some benefits to the state's bottom line. Note that individual property owners have invested $560,000,000 in historic buildings over the decade beginning in 2000.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/historic-preservation-is-good-for-georgias-economy/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/07/hpd-needs-your-input/ http://thesga.org/2010/07/hpd-needs-your-input/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:48:21 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6111 Georgia's Historic Preservation Division has composed a survey to solicit your input about the goals of their program for their next five-year preservation plan. Their existing plan goes through 2011. The full story has a link to the online survey, which will take you perhaps five minutes to complete. Your opinions are important!]]> http://thesga.org/2010/07/hpd-needs-your-input/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/06/dnr-website-redesigned/ http://thesga.org/2010/06/dnr-website-redesigned/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:36:47 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=5763 The website of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been redesigned, and is now more attractive, not to mention useful! The DNR is the state entity responsible for Georgia's cultural resources. DNR's Historic Preservation Division "promotes the preservation and use of historic places for a better Georgia." The Director of HPD is Dr. David Crass, an archaeologist.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/06/dnr-website-redesigned/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/02/changing-tack-restructuring-at-hpd/ http://thesga.org/2010/02/changing-tack-restructuring-at-hpd/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:25:13 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=5024 Dr. David Crass, Georgia's State Archaeologist and new Historic Preservation Division Director, has reorganized HPD. He discusses the reorganization and its benefits in this article, published first in HPD's Preservation Posts, February 2010.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/02/changing-tack-restructuring-at-hpd/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/01/state-archaeologist-is-new-director-of-hpd/ http://thesga.org/2010/01/state-archaeologist-is-new-director-of-hpd/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:50:31 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4831 State Archaeologist Dr. David Colin Crass is the new Director of the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the DNR announced on 27 January 2010. Dr. Crass came to Georgia HPD twelve years ago.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/01/state-archaeologist-is-new-director-of-hpd/feed/ 1 http://thesga.org/2009/10/hpd-offices-moving-new-address-after-november-1st/ http://thesga.org/2009/10/hpd-offices-moving-new-address-after-november-1st/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:59 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4017 The Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources is moving back into state offices at the end of this month. As a result, the office will have limited service on October 26-27, will be closed October 28 through November 3rd, and will have limited service November 4-6.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/10/hpd-offices-moving-new-address-after-november-1st/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/09/preservation-license-tag-sales-fund-four-sfy-2010-grants/ http://thesga.org/2009/09/preservation-license-tag-sales-fund-four-sfy-2010-grants/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:16:40 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3939 Preservation Georgia Online for September 12–18, 2009, lists the four grants funded through statewide preservation license tag sales. The four SFY 2010 Georgia Heritage Grants total $46,285.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/09/preservation-license-tag-sales-fund-four-sfy-2010-grants/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/08/meeting-about-state-budget-reductions-august-11th/ http://thesga.org/2009/08/meeting-about-state-budget-reductions-august-11th/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:44:13 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3700 Members of the SGA may be interested in attending a meeting discussing the latest budget reductions to Georgia State Historic Sites. The meeting will be on Tuesday, August 11th, at the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation offices at Rhodes Hall on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, from 10 AM to 2:30 PM.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/08/meeting-about-state-budget-reductions-august-11th/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/06/hpd-initiates-monthly-e-journal/ http://thesga.org/2009/06/hpd-initiates-monthly-e-journal/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:48:03 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3117 Georgia's Historic Preservation Division has released the first "issue" of a new monthly on-line publication called Preservation Posts, with articles on HPD activities, in more depth than are reported in their weekly newsletter, Preservation Georgia Online. Read staff profiles, National Register news, and about other interesting topics.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/06/hpd-initiates-monthly-e-journal/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/04/gsu-students-get-experience-at-oakland-cemetery/ http://thesga.org/2009/04/gsu-students-get-experience-at-oakland-cemetery/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:46:58 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2634 Georgia State students got real-world experience in salvage archaeology and historic preservation projects under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Glover when they worked recently in Atlanta’s historic Oakland Cemetery. The March 2008 tornado tipped over trees, bringing up soil and potentially disturbing human remains. Students used archaeological field techniques to examine this disturbed soil.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/04/gsu-students-get-experience-at-oakland-cemetery/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/03/full-senate-vote-on-april-1-on-budget-that-eviscerates-archaeology-program/ http://thesga.org/2009/03/full-senate-vote-on-april-1-on-budget-that-eviscerates-archaeology-program/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:36:05 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2615 The Senate Appropriations committee has only $50,000 total in the archaeology budget, not even enough to fund a single position. This means Federal and state projects will be delayed in the Historic Preservation Office, and that DNR will have to hire consultants in order to comply with State and Federal laws. Click [More] below to read the details.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/03/full-senate-vote-on-april-1-on-budget-that-eviscerates-archaeology-program/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/03/archaeology-cut-from-house-budget/ http://thesga.org/2009/03/archaeology-cut-from-house-budget/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:38:54 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2593 Late on the afternoon of March 24, Georgians for Preservation Action reported that the Georgia House budget for SFY 2010 cuts over $279,000 in funding for the Historic Preservation Division, effectively gutting the state's archaeology program. In a followup email on the 26th, the group reported that they could not determine the reason for the cuts.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/03/archaeology-cut-from-house-budget/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2008/07/report-from-the-office-of-the-state-archaeologist/ http://thesga.org/2008/07/report-from-the-office-of-the-state-archaeologist/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:22:46 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1129 http://thesga.org/2008/07/report-from-the-office-of-the-state-archaeologist/feed/ 0