[Scmusenet] News Release - Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission

[Cassidy Shaiman, Jai]

News Release

 

1703 Gervais Street  *  Columbia, SC 29201  *  (803) 799-1100  *
Contact: Hope Derrick

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 29, 2007

 

Congressman Clyburn Announces Open Nominations for the Gullah/Geechee
Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission

 

(Washington, DC) - House Majority Whip and Sixth District Congressman
James E. Clyburn announced today the National Park Service and State
Historic Preservation Officers will begin accepting nominations for the
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission on Monday, February
12, 2007.  All nominations must be received by March 30, 2007.

 

"This is good news for the future of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural
Heritage Corridor," Congressman Clyburn said, who authored the
legislation that created the corridor.  "Time is of the essence in
beginning the work of the Commission to preserve and protect the
Gullah/Geechee cultural treasures. I am pleased progress is already
taking place."

 

The 15-member commission will be made up of four individuals nominated
by the South Carolina Historic Preservation Officer and two individuals
each nominated by the State Historic Preservation Officer from Florida,
Georgia, and North Carolina.  Additionally, two individuals from South
Carolina and one each from Florida, Georgia and North Carolina will be
nominated for the commission who are recognized experts in historic
preservation, anthropology, and folklore.  All members of the commission
will be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.

 

Public meetings are scheduled in South Carolina and Georgia to provide
the community with more information about the Gullah/Geechee Cultural
Heritage Corridor and the creation of the Commission.  These four
meetings are open to the public and each will start at 6:30 p.m.:

 

February 15, 2007       Town of Atlantic Beach Community Center

1010 32nd Ave

Atlantic Beach SC

 

February 16, 2007       Avery Institute

125 Bull Street

Charleston, SC

 

March 1, 2007             Camden High School -- Frissell Hall

6300 Laurel Island Parkway

Kingsland GA

 

March 2, 2007             Penn Center

6 Penn Center Circle West

St. Helena Island, SC

 

For more information, visit Congressman Clyburn's website at
http://clyburn.house.gov/ and follow the link on the homepage to the
Gullah/Geechee Commission or contact Michael Allen with the National
Park Service at 843-881-5516 x12 or 843-883-3123 x36.

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