State program to preserve downtown buildings helps Fayetteville's Main Street

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has helped play a role on Fayetteville's Main Street district with help from its Main Street Design Assistance program.

The program has helped with facade concepts for the Ballard Law Firm and with restoration efforts at the Holliday House Museum.

The Trust offers a variety of free and low-cost assistance for downtown building owners to help with the preservations of Georgia's historic downtowns. The program provides free technical assistance and interpretive sketches, and can also provide computerized renderings and detailed hand-drawn rehabilitation renderings for up to $75.

The program's design manager conducts free site visits and technical information is provided on preservation techniques and products that would facilitate the rehabilitation work all for free.

The trust has helped more than 2,000 projects in over 70 Georgia cities with the Main Street program.

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is the country's largest statewide, nonprofit preservation organization with over 8,000 members. The trust also helps revitalize communities by finding buyers for endangered properties acquired by its revolving loan fund.

John Munford