Mary Adams Anthony recently attended the Family Foundations Forum of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, held in Savannah, Georgia. She participated in the panel discussion, Historic Preservation: Philanthropy’s Impact in the Southern Region, which was moderated by Daniel Carey, the president of the Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF). Other panelists were Dr. Jeff Eley, a professor from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Department of Historic Preservation, and Jeff Kole, a board member of HSF. Discussion centered on the impact, economic and otherwise, of historic properties redevelopment investment on communities, with HSF’s local preservation work providing an example of a successful program.