Dr. Kari
Fredrickson, author of the recently-published book, Cold War Dixie, will speak
to a joint breakfast sponsored by the SRS Heritage Foundation and Citizens for
Nuclear Technology Awareness on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 7:30am at
Newberry Hall in Aiken. Dr. Frederickson
is Associate Professor and Department Chair of History at the University of
Alabama. Her book describes how the coming
of the Savannah River Site changed Aiken and other communities in the CSRA. Her talk is titled, “Better Living: Life in a
Cold War Company Town”. Reservations can
be made by calling 803-649-3456; the cost is $15. Tuesday, March 18, 2014
AUTHOR TO SPEAK ABOUT SRS IMPACT ON AIKEN
Dr. Kari
Fredrickson, author of the recently-published book, Cold War Dixie, will speak
to a joint breakfast sponsored by the SRS Heritage Foundation and Citizens for
Nuclear Technology Awareness on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 7:30am at
Newberry Hall in Aiken. Dr. Frederickson
is Associate Professor and Department Chair of History at the University of
Alabama. Her book describes how the coming
of the Savannah River Site changed Aiken and other communities in the CSRA. Her talk is titled, “Better Living: Life in a
Cold War Company Town”. Reservations can
be made by calling 803-649-3456; the cost is $15. 
Monday, September 2, 2013
SRS Heritage Center Coming to
downtown Aiken!
A donor has promised a building in downtown Aiken to be adapted for use as the SRS Heritage Center. The Foundation is moving rapidly to obtain funding required to adapt the building and equip it with exhibits as soon as it becomes available. The Foundation has joined the “Aiken Together" campaign to raise money for capital improvements at the facility once it becomes available. The campaign is designed to raise $2.9 million from individual and business donations pledged over a 5-year period and will be divided between the SRS Heritage Center and two other Aiken museums. No public money will be solicited. The Foundation obtained preliminary design of potential exhibits from Lord-Aeck-Sargent of Atlanta and last year and commissioned additional preliminary designs and cost estimates from The History Workshop of Charleston. An artist’s rendition of a proposed reactor control room is shown. The downtown Aiken location for the SRS Heritage Center does not preclude the option of locating another facility at the Savannah River Site.
A donor has promised a building in downtown Aiken to be adapted for use as the SRS Heritage Center. The Foundation is moving rapidly to obtain funding required to adapt the building and equip it with exhibits as soon as it becomes available. The Foundation has joined the “Aiken Together" campaign to raise money for capital improvements at the facility once it becomes available. The campaign is designed to raise $2.9 million from individual and business donations pledged over a 5-year period and will be divided between the SRS Heritage Center and two other Aiken museums. No public money will be solicited. The Foundation obtained preliminary design of potential exhibits from Lord-Aeck-Sargent of Atlanta and last year and commissioned additional preliminary designs and cost estimates from The History Workshop of Charleston. An artist’s rendition of a proposed reactor control room is shown. The downtown Aiken location for the SRS Heritage Center does not preclude the option of locating another facility at the Savannah River Site.
Monday, November 5, 2012
DRAFT
AGREEMENT FOR ELLENTON TRAIL RECEIVED
Recent
DOE delivery of a draft Real Estate Agreement cleared a major hurdle toward
providing escorted tours of the former site of the community of Ellenton. Ellenton was one of several small rural
communities displaced in the early 1950s to make room for the Savannah River
Site. The SRS Heritage Foundation has
been planning for years to open the site to escorted walking tours. Although several details remain to be
resolved, receipt of the draft Real Estate agreement is one of the last
milestones in the planning process. The
Ellenton Heritage Trail is approaching reality!
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| Ellenton Heritage Trail Committee reviewing proposed trail plans |
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