City council has acknowledged the winners of the 2021 Moose Jaw Municipal Heritage Awards program and commended them for their work conserving the heritage value of their properties or cultures.
Mayor Clive Tolley and Coun. Jamey Logan presented the recipients with their awards during the March 14 meeting. The heritage advisory committee collected the nominations of citizens and heritage properties and voted on the award nominees.
This year’s award winners are:
- James and Carla Ferguson at 1006 Redland Avenue for stewardship
- Joe and Laura Willis at 140 Oxford Street West for restoration
- Jillian’s Design Elements at 621 Main Street North for adaptive reuse
- Darrell Hawman for advocacy and heritage education
- The Robinson Home at 65 Oxford Street West for sympathetic new construction
No award was given to recognize heritage tradespeople or craftsmen.
Hawman and Jared and Alyssa Robinson were the only winners to attend the meeting to receive their awards.
According to a city council report:
- Stewardship focuses on the long-term care of a heritage property and protecting, maintaining and/or stabilizing the existing materials, form and integrity of a heritage place while protecting its heritage value
- Restoration is about accurately revealing, recovering or representing the state of a historic place as it appeared at a particular time while protecting its heritage value
- Adaptive reuse is about making possible the continued or compatible contemporary use of a historic place through repair, alterations, and/or additions while protecting its heritage value
- Advocacy/ heritage education recognizes the efforts of individuals or groups that advocate heritage or promote the conservation of a site or increase public awareness of heritage issues
- Sympathetic new construction recognizes new designs that respect the heritage character of a property, immediate context, or neighbourhood. This considers the compatibility of the new buildings or additions with the heritage character of the streetscape, setting or neighbourhood with architectural design, scale, form, materials and minimal intervention
- Heritage tradespeople/craftsmen recognizes the skills of an individual or team in trades or crafts professions related to a heritage conservation project
The next regular council meeting is Monday, March 28.
