City's Historic Commission pleased to be part of preservation conference
The Tennessean• May 7, 2008
The state trust is a membership-based, nonprofit historic preservation education and advocacy organization. It puts out the Ten in Tennessee List, a yearly roster of the state's most endangered historic places.
Five years ago, it created the State Preservation Awards program to acknowledge work done to save historic properties.
The award will be given this year at Rippavilla, which is adjacent to hundreds of acres where the Battle of Spring Hill was fought on Nov. 29, 1864. This land is on the trust's endangered list and is considered one of the 38 most critical sites in the Civil War.
The trust hopes to preserve the land and incorporate it into the National Park Service. It has hired a consultant to look at ways to tie together battlefields and other historic sites for a Civil War heritage trail.
Property owners soughtAlderman Jonathan Duda, who is on the city's new Historic Commission, said the conference fits in well with some of the things the group wants to do. Members are working on an inventory of historic properties and will be soliciting those property owners.
"Some of the sessions are going to be real timely for what we are trying to do," he said.
Duda said he's especially interested in a session about how owners of historic properties may seek tax credits for their efforts.
"They either just don't know about it or (don't) know how they could benefit," he said.
"We need to educate and have available some tools and case studies where they can see it's a viable option for them."
At the conference, guests may pick and choose what sessions and events they attend, which range in cost from $20 for the preservation leadership luncheon to $140 for a membership that includes admission to the opening reception and a gala.
"This is our major fundraiser for the year and provides a major hunk of our survival for the work we do across the state," Brown said.
Learn more about the trust and the upcoming conference at http://www.tennesseepreservationtrust.org/.
The Tennessean• May 7, 2008
The state trust is a membership-based, nonprofit historic preservation education and advocacy organization. It puts out the Ten in Tennessee List, a yearly roster of the state's most endangered historic places.
Five years ago, it created the State Preservation Awards program to acknowledge work done to save historic properties.
The award will be given this year at Rippavilla, which is adjacent to hundreds of acres where the Battle of Spring Hill was fought on Nov. 29, 1864. This land is on the trust's endangered list and is considered one of the 38 most critical sites in the Civil War.
The trust hopes to preserve the land and incorporate it into the National Park Service. It has hired a consultant to look at ways to tie together battlefields and other historic sites for a Civil War heritage trail.
Property owners soughtAlderman Jonathan Duda, who is on the city's new Historic Commission, said the conference fits in well with some of the things the group wants to do. Members are working on an inventory of historic properties and will be soliciting those property owners.
"Some of the sessions are going to be real timely for what we are trying to do," he said.
Duda said he's especially interested in a session about how owners of historic properties may seek tax credits for their efforts.
"They either just don't know about it or (don't) know how they could benefit," he said.
"We need to educate and have available some tools and case studies where they can see it's a viable option for them."
At the conference, guests may pick and choose what sessions and events they attend, which range in cost from $20 for the preservation leadership luncheon to $140 for a membership that includes admission to the opening reception and a gala.
"This is our major fundraiser for the year and provides a major hunk of our survival for the work we do across the state," Brown said.
Learn more about the trust and the upcoming conference at http://www.tennesseepreservationtrust.org/.
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