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i 2 ' BACKGROUND showed the document to be nearly 75 percent complete. Ms.Dickinson requested (continued) a review of the draft by Linda Edmisten,National Register Coordinator for SHPO. On September 22, Pat Dickinson, Linda Edmisten,Anna Tilghman (SHPO), and Don Belk toured the proposed Cedar Grove district. The purpose of the site visit was to assess Sexton's proposed district boundaries as well as plan for a field trip during SHPO's annual consultant workshop on October 26-27. The following subparagraphs summarize the findings from the site visit: o Ms.Edmisten found that the area adjacent to the Cedar Grove crossroads (the intersection of Efland-Cedar Grove Road and Carr Store Road) does not possess sufficient contributing features to qualify as a historic crossroads, which would normally possess significant elements on each corner. o Ms. Edmisten believes there is a stronger case for submitting Cedar Grove as a Rural Historic District. The Cedar Grove crossroads and environs may contain suitable contributing characteristics to qualify as a Rural Historic Landscape. The Cedar Grove area exhibits elements of a historic cultural landscape, a landscape that has evolved through use by the people whose activities and occupancy have shaped the land.'. Affected by the processes of land uses, patterns of spatial organization, responses to the natural environment, and cultural traditions, Cedar Grove is reflective of an agricultural-based, tightly-knit community that was self-reliant and innovative in character. Through additional survey work, Cedar Grove may be found to possess a significant concentration, linkage, and continuity of areas of land use, vegetation, buildings and structures, roads, and natural features. A National Register Rural Historic District nomination would be the basis for a more extensive citizen-based planning initiative, wherein the residents of Cedar Grove would work toward a consensus on a vision of their community's future, utilizing visual preference surveys and other "visioning' techniques to develop a plan for the area. Local district designation and design guidelines would be among the tools for implementing the community-based plan. Grant funds would be used to hire a consultant to conduct additional survey work for developing a more thorough historic context of the Cedar Grove rural landscape,including identification of significant landscape elements,evaluation of significance and historic integrity, application of the National Register criteria, selection of district boundaries, and preparation of the National Register forms. Additonal funds would be used for the citizen participation and visioning processes. RJECOBEWENDATION: The Administration recommends that a grant application for a National Register nomination for the Cedar Grove Rural Historic District be submitted to the State Grants Program for Nonprofit Historical Organizations and Local Government Entities. 'Guidelines for Eualuating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes. National Register Bulletin No. 30, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Interagency Resources Division.