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knowing ........... .............. "The Spirit of Place," will be the theme of Preservation Week 2002 —May 12.18— expanding on the theme of the 2001 National Preservation Conference. To receive the 2002 poster, contact the National Trust at (202) 588 -6037. For tips on planning and promoting Preservation Week events in your community, visit www. nationaltrust .org /preservationweek, Help the National Trust create its 2002 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Nominations are being accepted until January 18, and the "losers" will be announced next summer. For a nomination form, contact the Office of Communications at (202) 588 -6141 or visit www.nationaltrust.org /t 1most, Do you know a preservation superstar or stellar success? Applications are now available for the National Trust's 2002 preser- vation awards. March 1 is the deadline for the Trustees Awards for organizational excellence, outstanding achievement in public Policy, and excellence in stewardship of historic sites; and for the National Trust /HUD Secretary's Award for excellence in historic preservation. May 1 is the deadline for the Honor Awards. Nomination forms are sent to Forum members. They can also be requested by contacting (202) 588 -6236 or awards @nthp.org, downloaded from Forum Online, or ordered from the fax -on- demand line at (202) 588 -6444 (request document #9005). The preservation message will soon be delivered to homes throughout the nation. The National Trust has been selected by the Ad Council to be featured in a three -year campaign of public service announcements. The Ad Council will choose one of its member agencies to produce TV, radio, and print ads to be distributed to 14,000 media outlets. The National Trust will pay only production costs. mars I ............... Andrew Kirk will be the first executive director of Preserve Nevada, a newly formed statewide organization that will operate in partnership with the Public History Program at the University of Nevada -Las Vegas. Dr. Kirk is also director of that program and an assistant professor of his- tory, as well as a former staff member of National Trust's Mountains /Plains Office where he worked on the Barn Again! program. t' 2 AndyKtrk After serving for 30 years as director of Chesterwood, a National Trust historic site in Stockbridge, Mass., Paul Ivory retired in December. His replacement is Michael Panhorst, former director of the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. Jane Cassady has joined the Kentucky Heritage Council as manager of its site identification registration program. Previously Applications for the 2002 Preservation Technology and 1 raining Grants, awarded by the National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, are being accepted until February 1. Grants are awarded for historic preserva- tion projects involving information management, training and edu- cation, applied research, and publications. In previous years, awards have typically ranged from $10,000 to $40,000. For details, visit NCPTT's website: wwwncptt.nps.gov (click on "AboutNCPTT "). A new report from the National Governors Association looks at ways to combat sprawl. "New Community Design to the Rescue: Fulfilling Another American Dream" offers smart growth planning principles as well as a checklist for evaluating projects. The 100 -page report can be downloaded from www.nga.org /cda /files /072001NCDFull.pdf. The National Trust's Preservation Services Fund program reports that in FY01 172 grants were awarded for a total of $528,695 - a sizable increase over the previous year. Regional offices also expended $48,929 through Intervention Funds to assist in 28 differ- ent preservation emergencies, including the Washington earthquake. For details, request a free copy of the Preservation Services Fund FY2001 Annual Report from (202) 588 -6197, p6gnthp.org. The National Trust will offer its first graduate -level scholarship in historic preservation as well as a new paid summer internship in its legal department. Both are funded by the estate of Mildred Colodny and are designed to encourage people from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, or economic backgrounds to enter the preservation field. Apply by February 28. For details, contact the Office of Human Resources at (202) 588 -6120. she was director of the Southern Regional Office of Historic Land- marks Foundation of Indiana. After serving for the past year as executive director of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Robert Stearns is now manager for the National Native American Graves Protec- tion Repatriation Act Program (NAGPRA), a program of the National Park Service's Center for Cultural Resources. In New Hampshire, James McConaha is the new director of the Division of Historical Resources and state historic preservation offi- cer. A member of the Concord Heritage Commission, he was exec- utive director of the USDA's Farm Services Agency in the state. James W. Igoe, former head of Preservation Worcester, will become executive director of Historic Massachusetts. His predecessor, Mar- garet Dyson, now holds a newly created position doing historic parks planning for the city of Boston. J A N U A R Y F .E .B R U A R Y 2 • 0 . 0 .z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e = ?.