HomeMy WebLinkAbout20080519 - Annual Preservation Awards Memo
Memo
To:
Honorable Mayor and City Council
From:
Justin Fortney, Associate Planner/ Historic Preservation Specialist
Date:
5/19/2008
Subject:
Annual Preservation Awards
This is the eighth annual presentation of awards to citizens for their contributions to Heritage
Preservation in Hastings.
Each year the Heritage Preservation Commission looks throughout the city, nominates, and votes for a
number of good examples.
This year's awards demonstrate a variety of examples of good stewardship. They show that there are
many ways to preserve the architectural heritage of the City: careful maintenance~ compatible
remodeling, restoration, and replacement of original design elements.
The HPC recognizes these owners for making the decisions they did - to maintain an attractive property,
to preserve a good building rather than replace it, to respect the building's design, to enhance their
neighborhoods. The properties are four residences and an apartment building. They were built between
1860 and 1918. The list of properties is below.
The HPC officers will ask the recipients to come up for their plaques and then stay for the Council to
congratulate.
· Gary & Carol Schmitt
316 W 8th Street
· Brian Benzick
711 W 2nd Street
· Charles & Patricia Rich
307 W ih Street
· Ronald & Cynthia Toppin
409 W ih Street
· Finley- Tronnier Investments LLC
612 Vermillion Street