<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-s-content-block gmail-s-content-block--small" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;color:rgb(81,82,85);font-family:&quot;Work Sans&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-m-page-title" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px"><h1 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;font-weight:400;color:inherit;font-size:2rem;line-height:1.3125">Heritage Awards</h1></div></div><div class="gmail-s-content-block gmail-s-content-block--small" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:20px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(81,82,85);font-family:&quot;Work Sans&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-m-intro gmail-m-wysiwyg" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.88235;color:rgb(88,108,102);font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif">Recognizing sustainable conservation of British Columbia’s unique cultural heritage, Heritage BC presents the Annual Awards celebrating the outstanding and significant achievements in heritage conservation of individuals, organizations, groups, businesses and government in communities across B.C.</p><a class="gmail-a-button gmail-a-button--wysiwyg-inline" href="https://heritagebc.ca/heritage-awards-2019/" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:rgb(203,99,0);line-height:1.14286;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-transform:uppercase;text-align:center;display:inline-block;font-weight:600;border:none;border-radius:0px;font-size:14px;padding:12px 33px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:10px">SUBMIT NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2019 ANNUAL HERITAGE AWARDS</a><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.88235;color:rgb(88,108,102);font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif">The presentation of awards will take place at the annual conference to be held in Nanaimo, May 10, 2019.</p><hr style="box-sizing:inherit;overflow:visible;clear:both;height:0px;border-width:0px 0px 4px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-color:rgb(151,151,151);padding:0px;max-width:none;margin:20px 0px"><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(203,99,0);font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:0px">Award Categories</span></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.88235;color:rgb(88,108,102);font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif">Heritage BC presents in four categories: Heritage Conservation; Heritage Education and Awareness; Heritage Planning and Management; Distinguished Service Award.</p><h4 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;font-weight:400;color:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.625">Heritage Conservation</h4><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px 1.25rem;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.6"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">For the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, or adaptive reuse of historic places</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Recognizes high standards of heritage conservation based on the national <em style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin-bottom:0px">Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada</em></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Emphasizes innovation and commitment to heritage conservation that also contributes to environmental, economic, social and/or cultural sustainability. Examples of connecting heritage and sustainability include: climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; environmental resource management; downtown/main street revitalization; affordable or special needs housing; community or arts and culture spaces.</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;font-weight:400;color:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.625">Heritage Education and Awareness</h4><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px 1.25rem;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.6"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">For increasing awareness and support for historic places and conservation in a community</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Recognizes achievement in heritage education or interpretation through social media, publications, displays, exhibits, or other products or activities to promote heritage conservation</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Emphasizes community engagement or public involvement</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;font-weight:400;color:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.625">Heritage Planning and Management</h4><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px 1.25rem;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.6"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">For community heritage planning and cultural and heritage resource management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Recognizes planning initiatives which support the long-term conservation of heritage resources through conservation plans, community plans, zoning, or financial incentives</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;font-weight:400;color:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.625">Distinguished Service Award</h4><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px 1.25rem;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.6"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">For exemplary volunteer commitment by an individual to heritage conservation, through leadership in public awareness, heritage education or interpretation, or heritage advocacy over a considerable period of time.</li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(203,99,0);font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2">Levels of Recognition</h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.88235;color:rgb(88,108,102);font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif">There are three levels of recognition for the Heritage Conservation, Heritage Education and Awareness, and Heritage Planning and Management awards categories.</p><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px 1.25rem;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.6"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Outstanding Achievement: for excellence</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Honour: for high achievements</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Recognition: for noteworthy achievements</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;font-weight:400;color:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.625">Eligibility</h4><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.88235;color:rgb(88,108,102);font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif">Projects nominated for an award must have been completed within the past three calendar years (preceding the nominations deadlines).</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.88235;color:rgb(88,108,102);font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif">Individuals, groups, organizations, businesses, government agencies and other entities will be considered for a Heritage BC award, based on evaluation and selection criteria for each of the categories. Please contact Heritage BC for more information on these criteria, and how to prepare the award nomination. (<a href="mailto:info@heritagebc.ca">info@heritagebc.ca</a>)</p><h4 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Libre Baskerville&quot;,serif;color:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.625"><i>Information You Need to Know</i></h4><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:1.6;outline:0px"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">No more than two nominations may be made by the same nominator in each year. Incomplete nominations will not be considered by the jury.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">All decisions of the Awards Committee are final. Submissions may not be re-nominated in subsequent years; repeat nominations will be disqualified.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Separate phases of large projects may be nominated, as long as they are clearly different from previously completed work.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;outline:0px">Following review by the awards jury, nominators and successful nominees will be notified by email or telephone.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:inherit">Please read our nomination procedures carefully before using the online form to submit a nomination.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Jennifer Dunkerson</i></b><div style="font-size:12.8px">Heritage Planner, Columbia Basin Region</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Heritage BC</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">cell: <a href="tel:(250)%20814-9170" value="+12508149170" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">250-814-9170</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Columbia Basin Trust office: <a href="tel:(250)%20304-1667" value="+12503041667" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">250-304-1667</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Toll-free: 1-800-505-8998</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4B97Pjo0XnkdzZTMGxZbWttYm8&amp;export=download"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.heritagebc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">www.heritagebc.ca</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heritage-BC/191841050874008" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Facebook:  Heritage BC</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://twitter.com/heritagebcanada" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Twitter: @HeritageBCanada</a></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>