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HOME WHAT WE DO JOIN DONATE EVENTS WOOLEN MILLS CHAPEL GRANTS AWARDS NEWS CONTACT More. HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY IN THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT ABOUT Preservation Piedmont is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the built environment and its setting in order to protect and create an appreciation for the historic resources of the region. Preservation is promoted by the protection and rehabilitation of historic buildings sites and neighborhoods as well as the natural and created landscape traditional routes and open spaces. The purposes of Preservation Piedmont are to serve the City of Charlottesville the County of Albemarle and adjacent localities by promoting greater public awareness of and advocating for historic preservation in the region protecting the historic resources of the region sponsoring educational tours and programs that encourage public participation in the preservation restoration and ownership of historic and archeological sites buildings and structures and landscapes significant to the cultural social and architectural history of the region promoting heritage tourism supporting and initiating local projects partnerships and studies that help to identify and protect important community historic resources and monitoring local and state government actions on issues affecting preservation of historical cultural and natural resources.