Preservation Primer: A Resource Guide for Georgia

Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

From introduction: "This new Preservation Primer is a historic preservation guide for communities interested in preserving their unique heritage and is available both in print and on the Georgia Historic Preservation Division’s (HPD) website at www.georgiashpo.org. You can reference it oen and distribute both the printed and electronic copies to members of your community. This primer outlines the processes for achieving success through preservation planning. The document presents tools that can help your community meet its preservation goals while improving its quality of life and supporting economic development. Since historic places are where people live, work and play, the decisions of what to preserve within your community should be made locally. It is individuals like you and local organizations who make the important decisions as to how your community will be shaped in the future. Are you concerned about preserving your community’s character and maintaining its sense of place? Do you want your community to plan and manage change in ways that will protect and enhance its historic and cultural resources? Are you interested in how you can preserve the historic and cultural resources your community possesses? Have you thought about how you will protect your historic resources, in the face of continuing land development and in times of economic hardship? If you work as a local government official, serve as a historic preservation commission member, or are a concerned citizen, this primer will assist you in developing your local historic preservation program." Funding for this project was provided in part through a Preserve America grant to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources administered by the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Preserve America is a federal initiative that encourages and supports community efforts to preserve and enjoy our priceless cultural and natural heritage. The goals of the program include a greater shared knowledge about the nation's past, strengthened regional identities and local pride, increased local participation in preserving the country's cultural and natural heritage assets, and support for the economic vitality of our communities

Preservation Primer: A Resource Guide for Georgia

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