Using Your Historical Assets: Making the Places and Stories Along Your Byway Stronger.
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June 27-28, 2017
Renaissance Spa in Montgomery, Alabama
STATE SCENIC BYWAYS STATEWIDE CONFERENCE
Finding History Along Alabama’s Scenic Byways
June 27-28, 2017
Renaissance Hotel/Convention Center
Montgomery, Alabama
Tuesday, June 27
1:00 Registration – Montgomery 7 Meeting Room
Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center
1:30 Welcome and Participant Introductions
Gale Main and Joe Watts of State Scenic Byways Council and
Katie Thomas of Alabama Association of RC&D Councils
2:15 National Register of Historic Places: How to List Properties and the Benefits of Program
Collier Neeley, NR Program Coordinator at Alabama Historical Commission
3:15 Tour of Rehabilitation Tax Credit Projects – 101 Tallapoosa Street and 129 Coosa Street
Kyle Kyser, Jr., of Kyser Property Management Co., Inc.
5:00 Reception at Star Light Foyer
Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center
Wednesday, June 28
8:30 Alabama200: Community Programs to Celebrate Alabama’s Bicentennial
Graydon Rust and Jelani Moore of Alabama Bicentennial Commission
9:15 Preservation Tax Credits and Property Tax Abatement Programs
Chloe Mercer, Tax Credit Program Manager at Alabama Historical Commission
10:00 Break
10:15 Alabama Register of Heritage and Landmarks and Cemetery Register programs: How to List Properties
and Benefits of Programs
Hannah Garmon, AR and Cemetery Register Program Coordinator at Alabama Historical Commission
11:00 Resource Conservation and Development Council Community Development Projects
Katie Thomas, Operations Manager, Alabama Association of RC&D Councils
11:45 Connectlivity Tourism Project
Gina Clifford, Executive Director of Design Alabama
12:15 Follow-up and Discussion
Joe Watts