10 Ways to Help Save Georgia's Places in Peril

ATTEND the Trust’s ‘Spotlight’ events to show your support and learn more about the Places in Peril program.

SUPPORT revitalization efforts by becoming a member of The Georgia Trust or your local preservation group.

EMAIL letters to your city officials describing the problem and offering solutions, and copy local news media.

ORGANIZE a Save The Building Day. For properties with heavily deferred maintenance, enlist the help of civic organizations looking for community projects, or organize a volunteer’s clean-up day through your local preservation group.

ADOPT a site. Start a written petition to protect the property. Post a web page for online ‘signatures’ with full name and zip code. Forward the signed petition to local officials.

CREATE a support group of local business people and residents. Organize public meetings. Distribute information about the building you’re trying to protect.

WORK with or form a local historic preservation organization. Keep media and citizens informed of ongoing changes in the property’s status and/or efforts to preserve it. The news media won’t cover every new development, but steady contact will ensure they won’t let it fall off their radar, either.

SHARE the Places in Peril issue of The Rambler electronically by emailing the website link, www.georgiatrust.org, to everyone you know.

ASK a local columnist, television or radio personality to interview elected officials about their views on your adopted Places in Peril site.

DONATE to The Georgia Trust or your local preservation group.