Five Spaces left for ACHP's Section 106 class in DC

From Mary Rowse, Historic Washington Architecture:

Last call:

We are looking for five more people to join a group of nine, who will be paying a reduced fee of $300 to take the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's popular two-day Section 106 Essentials Class in Washington DC on May 31 and June 1, from 8:30 - 4:30 each day. Individual registrants normally pay $450 for the class. Since there will be nine of us, we're getting a group discount that reduces the cost to $300 per person. If you'd like to participate in this class, please contact me by Friday, March 31, 2006.

The Advisory Council's two-day class explains the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which applies any time a Federal, federally assisted, or federally approved activity might affect a property listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

Since there are a number of pending Section 106 cases in the District, it would be a good idea for those concerned with any of them to be as familiar as possible with the law.

The course features:

* Information on the most recent changes to the ACHP's regulations, "Protection of Historic Properties" (36 CFR Part 800).
* New real-life case studies to illustrate each step in the Section 106 process.
* Practical advice on how to make Section 106 work smarter and more efficiently to resolve conflicts between development plans and historic preservation values.
* A revised curriculum and a course CD, featuring model documents, guidance materials, and a reference library.

The course is geared toward Federal, State, or local government officials, tribal representatives, or private consultants who encounter preservation-related law in their job, and members of the public with an interest in historic preservation.

There will be two classes taught in DC at the same time. Each one will have 50 participants. The first class has already sold out and the second one is expected to as well. ACHP is holding nine spaces for us to take the class for $300 each, reduced from $450 per person. Please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to take advantage of this special opportunity.

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