TennesseePreservation TrustStatewide Preservation Conference and Main Street SummitJune 5-7, 2008 Maury County • Columbia and Spring Hill, Tennessee

Thank you for your registration!One person per form; please photocopy for additional registrants. Register early as space may be limited. (If you are representing a memberorganization of TPT, you may register up to two persons at the member rate.) Return completed form with payment to TPT Conference,PO Box 24373, Nashville, TN 37202. Please check our web site at www.tennesseepreservationtrust.org for the latest schedule updates.You may call the office at 615-963-1255, or e-mail at tnprestr@bellsouth.net. Please contact the TPT office for instructions to fax a registration.

Full Conference RegistrationQTY

Student $55* With photocopy of current student ID—Includes membership, but does not include admission toadditional events.

Current TPT Member $110* Includes opening Thursday reception and Statewide Preservation Awards/Rafter Raiser Gala Reception

Non-TPT Member $140* Includes individual membership for 2008, Thursday opening reception, and Friday StatewidePreservation Awards/Rafter Raiser Gala Reception

Masonry Workshop $0 * Included in all Full Conference registrations. Workshop limited to 30 persons, please indicate ifyou will participate in this event. Please note additional required safety kit listed below.

Single Day Registration

Thursday, June 5 $35 Includes Opening Reception at James K. Polk Ancestral Home

Friday, June 6 $100 Includes Statewide Preservation Awards/Rafter Raiser Gala and Auction at Rippavilla Plantation,excluding walking tour and Leadership Luncheon

Saturday, June 7 $45 Admission to all events, excluding bus tour

Additional Tours and Events

Thursday, June 5 $20 Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Columbia (limited to 40 participants)

Friday, June 6 $20 Preservation Leadership Luncheon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Parish House

Friday, June 6 $45 Spouse/Guest or General Admission—Statewide Preservation Awards Celebration,Rafter Raiser Gala Benefit, and Auction

Saturday, June 7 $35 Bus Tour of Historic Maury County, selected National Register Properties (limited to 30 persons)

Safety Kit $20 Additional charge. Insurance and liability requires protective equipment for active participation inthe Friday/Saturday Masonry Workshop.

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OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONSA limited number of rooms has been reserved

at the Jameson Inn, 715 S. James Campbell Blvd.,Columbia, TN 38401

Group Rate: $70Call (931) 388-3326 and ask for the

“Tennessee Preservation Trust” group rate.May 19 is the deadline to gurantee registration andreceive the group rate. Other recommended hotelsites may be found at the Maury County Visitors

Website www.antebellum.com/hotels.html.

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June 5Thursday1PM—5PM Registration & Exhibits Memorial Building 308 West 7th Street

1PM—3PM Tennessee Preservation Trust Board Meeting Memorial Building Board Room

2PM—5PM Certified Local Government (CLG) Meeting Memorial Building 2nd Flr. Mtg. Room

3PM—5PM Main Street Managers’ Quarterly Meeting Meeting location to be determined by Main Street Columbia

5:30PM—7:30PM Evening Reception (Sponsored by Cornerstones, Inc.) The James K. Polk Ancestral Home 301 West 7th StreetPlease join us for our opening reception and tours of the beautiful James K. Polk Ancestral Home (c. 1816),a National Historic Landmark.

8AM—5PM Registration and Exhibits Memorial Building 308 West 7th Street

8:30PM—4PM Masonry Conservation Workshop, 1790-1890 (Rear of Memorial Building)This unique day and a half workshop will engage the participants in all aspects of masonry conservation as establishedby the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Preservation of Historic Structures. Work will be concentrated on a c. 1830masonry structure at the rear of the Memorial Building. The class is structured for the homeowner, craftsman, andarchitect. All conference participants are encouraged to stop by and observe the masonry experts during breaks or as analternate to conference sessions. Antique masonry collected from sites across the United States will be on display.The workshop will be moderated by REPUBLIC, INC. principal Stephen Brown and master craftsmen from across thestate. An additional $20 safety kit (must be purchased from TPT, based on insurance and liability) is required along withappropriate protective clothing and shoes. Class size is limited to 30. Please register early.

8:30PM—9:45PM Rural Conservation/Preservation Initiative, Bell’s Bend, Davidson CountyDavid Price, Historian/Architectural Historian, New South AssociatesThis is an overview of the History and Geography of the Conservation area, steps taken for conservation planningand development, and challenges currently threatening the area.

8:30PM—9:45PM Anatomy of a Tax Credit Deal *Don Holm, Farris Bobango Branan PLC (Memphis, TN)Mr. Holm was previously the General Counsel of National Trust Community Investment Corporation (NTCIC), afor-profit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. NTCIC is a nationalsyndicator of historic and new markets tax credits. This 101 session will give participants an overview of the historictax credit program, discuss combining the Federal historic credit with other credits, outline the steps involved indoing a transaction, and explain what it’s like dealing with the tax credit investor after the transaction closes untilthe investor exits.

10:00AM—11:15PM Keynote Address (Sponsored by Pam Lewis-PLA Media) Memorial BuildingSpeaker: Mark C. McDonald—President, Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation“Revolving Funds, Easements and Preservation…It’s Just Real Estate”Mr. McDonald began work as Executive Director of Historic Savannah Foundation in 1998 and will begin his tenureas the President of the Ga. Trust June 1, 2008. A Montgomery native, he attended Emory University receiving degrees inHistory and English. He graduated from the University of Georgia, School of Law in 1982, and after a distinguishedlaw career he served from 1986-1990 as Executive Director of the Historic Salisbury Foundation, and from 1990—1998as Director of the Mobile Historic Development Commission. Mark has served as a board member for a number oflocal, state and national organizations including the Board of Advisors to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

11:30AM—1:00PM 3rd Annual Tennessee Preservation St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 311 West 7th StreetLeadership Luncheon (1860-1861) Parish HouseJoin Congressman Lincoln Davis and other local officials and dignitaries as Congressman Davis speaks onconservation and preservation issues of interest to Tennesseans. Lunch will be catered in the historic St. Peter’sEpiscopal, Parish House.Separate $20 Leadership Luncheon ticket required.Size of venue limited to 150 persons. See registration form.Please register early.

1:15PM—2:30PM Comprehensive Economic Planning, Maury Co., Conserving Natural and Cultural ResourcesBridget Jones, Ed.D., Executive Director, Cumberland Regions Tomorrow and Richard QuinThis is CRT’s first regional pilot community plan to advance to this point. This cutting edge pilot project focuses onnatural and cultural resources as a top priority and is a model for making conservation heritage tourism integral toregional economic planning.

Friday June 6

* Main Street Oriented Sessions (open to all attendees). All sessions will be held in the Memorial Building 308 West 7th Street in downtown Columbia, TN

1:15PM—2:30PM Historic Downtown Theaters—How to Acquire, Renovate, and Operate an Historic Theater *Donna Belote, Executive Director, Greater Gallatin, Inc.Discover how to acquire, renovate, and successfully operate an historic theater. Ms. Belote will reveal all the hard-learned do’s and dont’s she encountered and successfully accomplished in her work on the oldest silent theater inTennessee, the Palace Theater in Gallatin, TN.

2:00PM—4:00PM Optional Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Columbia, TennesseeRichard Quin and Kristi MartinColumbia Main Street Program’s Kristi Martin and Richard Quin will conduct a special “behind the scenes” walkingtour of historic downtown Columbia, including glimpses of rarely seen interiors and a survey of the results of therecent Garden Street Improvement Project. Separate $20 ticket required. Limited to 40 persons. See registration form.

2:45PM—4:00PM Restoration of Tennessee’s Historic Executive Residence—A Case StudyRex E. Garton, Jr., AIA CSI CCS LEED AP Hart Freeland Roberts, Inc.Mr. Garton has been intimately involved with this project and will discuss the complex story on the unique renovationsunderway at the Governor’s Residence, from existing conditions through the design process and projected completion.

2:45PM—4:00PM The Coming Impact of the Boomer Generation on Main Street—Demographic, Disabilities,and Design Review. *Phil Thomason, Thomason and Associates, Principal, (Nashville, TN)An overview of the impact Boomers will have in the next three decades as they retire and as many move back intohistoric downtowns. Communities must prepare for this impact by making their downtowns “Boomer friendly.”Mr. Thomason, a nationally recognized preservation planner, will present workable solutions to these challenges.

5:30PM Reception 5700 Main St.6:00PM Awards Rippavilla Plantation Spring Hill, TN6:30PM Gala and Auction (Hwy 31)

Join us for an evening of celebration, feasting, and frivolity at the National Register Rippavilla Plantation.

Saturday June 7

8AM-12PM Registration and Exhibits

8:30AM-11:30PM Masonry Workshop (continued)

9AM-10AM Preserve America Presentations Memorial Building 308 West 7th Streetand Recognition EventSpeaker: John Nau, Chairman ACHP and Tom Miller, Moderator, Former Mayor of Franklin, ACHP MemberFirst Lady, Laura Bush InvitedPlease join us for a special public recognition of four Preserve America Communities in Tennessee: Columbia,Oak Ridge, Rugby, and Victorian Village in Memphis. (We will also be celebrating Maury County and Columbia’s 200thanniversary.) These communities have fulfilled the special requirements to achieve designation as a “Preserve AmericaCommunity,” and this will be the official public presentation of those awards. John Nau, Chairman of the President’sAdvisory Council for Historic Preservation, will be on hand and the First Lady, Laura Bush has been invited. This is a specialopportunity to honor some of the premier preservation communities in Tennessee, meet and greet their leaders, andparticipate in Chairman Nau’s recognition of their efforts.

10:15am-11:30am THC Director’s report and an update on the Restoration of Historic WynnewoodPatrick McIntyre, Director of the Tennessee Historical Commission and the State of Tennessee HistoricPreservation Officer, (SHPO) and Jerry Wooten, State Historic Sites Director & Capital Projects Administrator.Mr. McIntyre will give a brief talk on preservation in Tennessee and Mr. Wooten will make a presentation of the eventssurrounding the tornado damage to the National Historic Landmark site, Wynnewood in Castalian Springs and theextraordinary efforts the Tennessee Historical Commission and the state have undertaken to save and restore thisnational landmark.

10:15AM-11:30AM Architectural Primer of Tennessee’s Complex Architectural PatrimonyClaudette Stager, National Register Coordinator, Tennessee Historical Commission andPhil Thomason, Thomason and Associates.Ms. Stager and Mr. Thomason will give us a comprehensive historic overview of our diverse architecture. Ms. Stager willbegin with 19th century and early 20th century developments, and Mr. Thomason will present developmentsculminating in the late 20th century. A presentation of roadside “fun” architecture will complete the session. Ms. Stageris co-author of Looking Beyond the Dixie Highway: Dixie Roads and Culture.

11:45AM-12:45PM Lunch on your own

1:00PM Optional Bus Tour Historic Maury County, Selected National Register PropertiesPre-registration and separate $35 ticket required to secure transportation. Size limited to 30 persons. See registration form.

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Premier Sponsor—$10,000 and overTennessee Historical Commission—THC is a proud sponsor andco-partner of the Statewide Conference and Main Street Summit

Presenting Sponsors—$2,500-$9,999Cornerstones, Inc.Pam Lewis-PLA MediaREPUBLIC, INC.Tennessee Department of Economicand Community Development/Tennessee Main Street Program

Supporting Sponsors—$1,000-$2,499East Tennessee Masonry Association, Inc.Patrick and Ellen McIntyreMichael E. Tanner, Barger/Tanner Construction

Session Sponsors—$250-$999Ernie BaconFranklin’s ChargeMaury County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Brenda Pierce, Ex. Dir.The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson CountyStites & Harbison, PLLCTaylor Made HomesThe MTSU Center for Historic Preservation

Venue Sponsors(These sponsors have donated or made available conference sites and venues.)

City of ColumbiaColumbia Main Street CorporationColumbia Kiwanas ClubMaury County Memorial Building

Venue Sponsors (continued)Maury County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Brenda Pierce, Ex. Dir.Maury County GovernmentJames K. Polk Memorial Association and Ancestral HomeRippavilla PlantationColumbia Breakfast Rotary ClubColumbia Noon Rotary ClubThe Vestry and Parishioners of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church

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