70 maconmagazine.com | APRIL/MAY 2020
THE MISSION OF OUR BUSINESS:
Our mission is to revitalize communities
by preserving architecture and sharing
history.
HOW WE DEFINE SUCCESS: To us,
success is working together as a team to
revitalize the community by rehabilitating
homes and businesses. One of our current
projects has created nearly 50 new and
renovated homes in Beall's Hill.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOU T: We are
proud to be a part of creating a vibrant,
diverse and energetic downtown. It is
exciting to work for an organization that
has a vision to continue this mission each
and every day.
WE ADMIRE WOMEN WHO: Step
up and utilize their skills to make our
community better. One example of
this is Maryel Battin who joined Macon
Heritage (which merged to become
Historic Macon Foundation) in 1983 as
the unpaid executive director. During
her 17-year tenure, the organization
saved and renovated homes and
businesses, created a local tax credit
program, surveyed neighborhoods to
obtain National Historic Neighborhood
recognition, created a revolving fund to
save, purchase, renovate and sell homes
to families and won many awards along
the way. She left the organization ready
to grow and today we are the premier
preservation organization in the country.
WE HOPE MORE WOMEN WILL:
Step up and make a difference.
HOW WOMEN COULD BETTER
SUPPORT EACH OTHER: Listen and
encourage one another to dream big
and go for it!
Historic Macon
Foundation
STAFFORD GUDENRATH,
Director of Engagement
CANDACE WOOD,
Director of Development
SHANNON FICKLING,
Preservation Architect
SHERRY OLIVIER,
Beall's Hill Coordinator
ANITA KAPOOR,
Director of Finance and Operations
338 Poplar St., Macon | 478-742-5084
historicmacon.org
