Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center has won a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to bring a preservation economist to the area for a two-part lecture series, “Preservation Economics in Coastal Georgia.”
Scheduled for May 24-May 25 in Richmond Hill and Brunswick, this project has been funded in part by a grant from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Preservation Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Liberty County Historical Society, the Eugenia Price-Joyce Blackburn Foundation, Cassina Garden Club and Neptune Garden Club of St. Simons Island, Brunswick Landmarks Foundation, Brunswick Downtown Development Authority, Tybee Island Historical Society, Windsor Park Homeowner’s Association, Friends of Historic Jekyll Island and the Savannah College of Art & Design provided matching funds.
Real estate consultant and preservationist Donovan Rypkema, whose Washington, D.C.-based real estate consulting firm is Placeeconomics, is reportedly a leader in the field of historic preservation.
Rypkema is author of numerous publications, including the book, “The Economics of Historic Preservation.”
His booklet, “Profiting from the Past, The Impact of Historic Preservation on the North Carolina Economy” noted, “the economic impact of preservation is significant, complex and widespread.”
Among others, those impacts derive from investing in main street programs, heritage tourism and the cottage crafts industry promoted through arts councils and folklore life programming.
Rypkema’s presence in coastal Georgia contributes toward the CGRDC’s recognition of the importance of celebrating National Preservation Month, and is an outgrowth of interest expressed by the center’s 10-county Historic Preservation Advisory Council.
In August 2006, council membership endorsed pursuing a Preservation Services Fund grant available through the National Trust for promoting preservation and providing public outreach. When the CGRDC board concurred, the center’s preservation planner, Patricia Barefoot, moved forward with an inquiry about grant guidelines.
“It is vitally important that we promote public outreach opportunities for the general public, as an ongoing effort. This is one way to demonstrate how historic preservation enriches our lives” Executive Director Vernon Martin said.
Rypkema’s lecture at Richmond Hill will be from 3-5 p.m. May 24 at the John W. Stevens Wetlands Education Center, J.F. Gregory Park. He will talk about “The Economics of Preservation in Coastal Georgia.”
The following day, Rypkema will be at Brunswick’s Old City Hall, 1229 Newcastle St., talking about “Using Historic Resources to Create Workforce Housing.” Call for times.
Both lectures are free to the public.
For information, call (912) 264-7363, extension 249.
Scheduled for May 24-May 25 in Richmond Hill and Brunswick, this project has been funded in part by a grant from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Preservation Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Liberty County Historical Society, the Eugenia Price-Joyce Blackburn Foundation, Cassina Garden Club and Neptune Garden Club of St. Simons Island, Brunswick Landmarks Foundation, Brunswick Downtown Development Authority, Tybee Island Historical Society, Windsor Park Homeowner’s Association, Friends of Historic Jekyll Island and the Savannah College of Art & Design provided matching funds.
Real estate consultant and preservationist Donovan Rypkema, whose Washington, D.C.-based real estate consulting firm is Placeeconomics, is reportedly a leader in the field of historic preservation.
Rypkema is author of numerous publications, including the book, “The Economics of Historic Preservation.”
His booklet, “Profiting from the Past, The Impact of Historic Preservation on the North Carolina Economy” noted, “the economic impact of preservation is significant, complex and widespread.”
Among others, those impacts derive from investing in main street programs, heritage tourism and the cottage crafts industry promoted through arts councils and folklore life programming.
Rypkema’s presence in coastal Georgia contributes toward the CGRDC’s recognition of the importance of celebrating National Preservation Month, and is an outgrowth of interest expressed by the center’s 10-county Historic Preservation Advisory Council.
In August 2006, council membership endorsed pursuing a Preservation Services Fund grant available through the National Trust for promoting preservation and providing public outreach. When the CGRDC board concurred, the center’s preservation planner, Patricia Barefoot, moved forward with an inquiry about grant guidelines.
“It is vitally important that we promote public outreach opportunities for the general public, as an ongoing effort. This is one way to demonstrate how historic preservation enriches our lives” Executive Director Vernon Martin said.
Rypkema’s lecture at Richmond Hill will be from 3-5 p.m. May 24 at the John W. Stevens Wetlands Education Center, J.F. Gregory Park. He will talk about “The Economics of Preservation in Coastal Georgia.”
The following day, Rypkema will be at Brunswick’s Old City Hall, 1229 Newcastle St., talking about “Using Historic Resources to Create Workforce Housing.” Call for times.
Both lectures are free to the public.
For information, call (912) 264-7363, extension 249.