Alphabet Soup

Local Historic District: is a district with contiguous boundaries established by a local government entity. The buildings contained within the district are all related by form, style, and/ or development patterns pertaining to the established period of significance.

Mitigating: Removing or limiting damage to the integrity of historic resources. It also pertains to removing the danger of hazardous material in a building or on a site.

Mothballing: The practice of closing off the building envelope to protect vacant structures from damaging elements, such as weather and animals. Preservation Brief 31

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966: Commonly referred to as NHPA or NHPA 1966 (16 USC 470). It is the enabling federal legislation governing the preservation of cultural and historic resources in the United States. It guides the national preservation program and established the National Register of Historic Places to encourage the identification and protection of cultural and historic resources of national, state, tribal, and local significance.

National Park Service: Commonly referred to as NPS. The NPS is the federal oversite agency for the majority of Historic Preservation programs and houses the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register Criteria: The established criteria for evaluating the eligibility of historic resources for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. A historic resource or district must be related to one of the following criteria at the local, state, and/or national level: a significant event, a significant person, an example of significant design/construction approach, or it has the potential to yield significant information (archeology).

National Register District or Listing: is a national designation from the National Park Service. A national register district does on impose any regulatory restrictions on properties, is an honorific title only. A property that is listed individually or as part of a district and is not a private residence is eligible for the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credits.

National Register of Historic Places: Commonly called the National Register. Created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places encourages the identification and protection of cultural and historic resources of national, state, tribal and local significance. It is the official list of the Nation’s significant historic places worthy of protection.

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Commonly referred to as the National Trust. The National Trust the national nonprofit organization dedicated to historic preservation. The trust provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to further preservation in the United States. Main Street was originally a program developed by the National Trust.

Non-Contributing Property: Used in historic resources surveys and pertains to properties that are not 50 years or older and/or have lost historic integrity or significance. These properties are not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Preservation: The maintenance and repair of existing historic materials and retention of a property’s form as it has evolved over time with no new alterations or additions. It is one of the four treatments of historic structures.

Property Inventory/ Survey: A database that includes details regarding the type, style, use, significant features, and photographs of historic properties determined to meet specified historic context and/or period of significance.

Reconstruction: Recreation of a building or site that once existed but was lost through reconstruction. One of the four treatments of historic structures. Example: Williamsburg.

Rehabilitation: It is the most common treatment for historic buildings. Rehabilitation recognizes the need to alter or add to a historic property to meet continuing or changing uses while retaining the property’s historic character as it has evolved over time. Example. The White House and the majority of historic buildings in your city. One of the four treatments of historic structures.

Restoration: Takes a property back to a specific period of time or date and removes all the evidence of later time periods. One of the four treatments of historic structures. Example: Monticello.

Secretary of the Interior’s Standards: Commonly referred to as the Secretary’s Standards. There are standards for each of the four historic structure treatments: preserving, restoring, rehabilitation, and reconstructing. They are intended to provide guidance on responsible preservation practices and function as the best practices for work on historic properties to maintain a property’s significance. Federal Rehabilitation Tax credit project must follow the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.

Section 106: This process determines the effect that a federally funded project has on a resource and then seeks ways to avoid, minimize, or mitigate the effects.

Section 4f: Is included in the US Department of Transpiration Act of 1966 and states the Federal Highway Administration and state departments of transportation agencies cannot approve the use of land from a significant publicly-owned public park, recreation area, wildlife or waterfowl refuge, or any significant historic site. Unless the following conditions apply: (1) There is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use of land and (2) The action includes all possible planning to minimize harm to the property resulting from use.

Stabilization: The process of returning a building, object, or material to state of balance and safety.

Many acronyms make up the jargon of state and local government programs. In a system where every turn of phrase, organization and program seems to have its own special language it is easy to get your CLGs confused with your QLGs. This list of acronyms and their meanings is offered to ensure that you, as a manager, won’t get any LOLs at your next meeting.

ADA ARC BBB BID BOE CBD CDBG CEcD CHIP CID CLG COA CRA CVB DCA DDA DDRLF DMO DNR DOR DOT EDFP EIP ECG EMC EPA EPD EZ GACCE

GAPC GCATT Annual Average Daily Traffic Association of County Commissioners of Georgia Americans with Disabilities Act Appalachian Regional Commission Better Business Bureau Business Improvement District Board of Education Central Business District Community Development Block Grant Program Certified Economic Developer Community Home Investment Program Community Improvement District Certified Local Government Certificate of Appropriateness Community Reinvestment Act Convention and Visitors Bureau Department of Community Affairs Downtown Development Authority Downtown Development Revolving Loan Fund Destination Marketing Organization Department of Natural Resources Department of Revenue Department of Transportation Economic Development Finance Professional Employee Incentive Program Electric Cities of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Division Enterprise Zone Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Georgia Certified Economic Developer Georgia Cities Foundation Georgia Community Loan Fund Georgia Downtown Association Georgia Department of Economic Development Georgia Downtown Development Professional Georgia Economic Developers Association Georgia’s Exceptional Main Streets Georgia Initiative for Community Housing Geographic Information System Georgia Municipal Association

GMSP HPC HPD HPF HUD IDA IGA IPA JDA LIHTC LDF LMI LOA MEAG MGAG MOU MSA NEA NMSC NMTC NPS NR NSP NTHP ODD OSHA OZ PR QLG RBEG REAP RFP RLF SBA SBDC SHPO SOS SPLOST SSBCI TAD TEA-21 TIF URA USDA VIC WIA

Georgia Main Street Program Historic Preservation Commission Historic Preservation Division Historic Preservation Fund Housing and Urban Development Industrial Development Authority Intergovernmental Agreement Initial Project Assessment Joint Development Authority Low Income Housing Tax Credit Local Development Fund Low to Moderate Income Letter of Agreement Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia Memorandum of Understanding Metropolitan Service Area National Endowment for the Arts National Main Street Center New Market Tax Credit National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Neighborhood Stabilization Program National Trust for Historic Preservation Office of Downtown Development Occupational Safety and Health Administration Opportunity Zone Public Relations Qualified Local Government Rural Business Enterprise Grant Regional Economic Assistance Program Request For Proposal Revolving Loan Fund Small Business Administration Small Business Development Center State Historic Preservation Office Secretary of State Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax State Small Business Credit Initiative Tax Allocation District Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century Tax Increment Financing Urban Redevelopment Agency United States Department of Agriculture Visitor Information Center Workforce Investment Act

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