Calgary Prince of Wales heritage prize hon. mention

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Calgary Prince of Wales heritage prize hon. mention

Postby newsposter » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:55 pm

The City of Calgary won honourable mention for the Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership at the Heritage Canada Foundation conference in St. John's this weekend. The Calgary Heritage Initiative was pleased to nominate the City, which has made great strides in recent years, including the passage and ongoing implementation of the Calgary Heritage Strategy. Congratulations in particular to the City of Calgary's heritage staff, and to City Council for its growing support of heritage. According to the Heritage Canada Foundation: For the second time since the inception of the Prince of Wales Prize, the jury made a unanimous decision to award an Honourable Mention to the City of Calgary, where efforts to develop policies and plans that favour the conservation of the city's built heritage have been ongoing for 30 years. Congratulations to Oakville, Ontario, which won the Prince of Wales Prize for 2010.

new :arrow: From the Centre City Blog:
http://www.centrecitytalk.com/my_weblog ... ship-.html

Here is a link to the news release from HCF:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/arch ... c5613.html

And also to the HCF backgrounder: http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/servi ... kgrounder2

Photos from the St. John's conference, heritagecanada.org
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Calgary Senior Heritage Planner Darryl Cariou accepts the prize
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Postby newsposter » Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:55 am

This national award (see above), plus the award from the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation ( http://www.calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/vi ... .php?t=971 ), will be presented to Calgary City Council, 9:30 am on Monday December 13 at Council Chambers. Show your support for Calgary heritage by attending!
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Postby newsposter » Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:28 pm

Here is the youtube of the award presentation at Council. First item on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRM88Z0PwkI

From the Council minutes of Dec. 12, 2010:

2. PRESENTATION(S) AND RECOGNITION(S)

PRINCE OF WALES PRIZE - HONOURABLE MENTION

Mayor Nenshi recognized The City of Calgary’s ongoing commitment to heritage preservation. The Calgary Heritage Strategy was adopted with three main principles in mind – Identification, Protection and Management of Calgary’s historic resources.

The City, the Calgary Heritage Initiative Society, and other community-based groups are working together to preserve and celebrate heritage. Mayor Nenshi expressed thanks to Cynthia Klaassen, President of the Calgary Heritage Initiative Society for nominating The City of Calgary. He
also thanked the Calgary Heritage Authority for ongoing work to preserve and promote heritage throughout Calgary.

Henry Maisonneuve, Heritage Canada Foundation Board of Governors, Alberta was introduced by Mayor Nenshi, and presented an Honourable Mention for the Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership to The City of Calgary. The Heritage Canada Foundation developed the National Awards Program in the 1970s. The goal is to celebrate
excellent conservation work being done by individuals, groups, and municipalities all across the country, while at the same time raising awareness of the value of heritage preservation.

The Prince of Wales lent his title to the creation in 1999 of a Heritage Canada Foundation prize to be awarded annually to the government of a municipality which has demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to the conservation of its historic places. Mr. Maisonneuve extended congratulations to City Council, and the people of Calgary, for their
commitment to maintaining and integrating heritage buildings into official municipal plans, and for igniting and supporting the passion for its continued preservation.

MUNICIPAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION AWARD

Mayor Nenshi advised that The City has been recognized by Alberta Historical Resources Foundation. Mayor Nenshi invited Alderman Carra to present his remarks after accepting the Municipal Heritage Preservation Award on behalf of The City last week.

In presenting the award to Members of Council, Alderman Carra recognized and thanked heritage volunteers within our province, and the people of Calgary for their continued support in preserving and promoting Calgary’s rich heritage. The City of Calgary was nominated for
this award by the Calgary Heritage Initiative Society, a group that has been instrumental in making our heritage valued by, and accessible to, Calgarians of all walks of life.

Link to Council minutes:
http://agendaminutes.calgary.ca/sirepub ... 046282.PDF
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