Title
Planning for Heritage Month and Awards in 2024
Recommended Action
Discussion only. No action requested.
Report
Issue:
Discuss plans for Heritage Month and annual Heritage Award Nominations in 2024.
Staff Contact:
Holly Borth, Historic Preservation Officer, Community Planning & Development, 360.753.8427, hborth@ci.olympia.wa.us
Presenter(s):
N/A
Background and Analysis:
Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the month of May with programs and recognitions planned and offered by the Commission. Heritage Award nominations are brought forward by commissioners, discussed, and recommended to the General Government Committee (now Community Vitality and Public Safety, CLPS), for their recommendation to City Council.
Climate Analysis:
The greenest building is the one already built. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) reports that "...all kinds of historic buildings and neighborhoods, archaeological sites, Tribal sites and resources, and culturally important landscapes (both designed and natural) throughout the country (collectively, "historic properties"), as well as associated intangible cultural heritage, are at risk from a broad range of potential climate impacts, including sea level rise; extreme weather events; increased wildfires; drought; melting permafrost and erosion; and temperature changes. These impacts are both direct and cumulative, and threaten not only historic properties but also the terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna associated with historically and culturally important places. The loss of or damage to historic properties from such climate impacts can irrevocably change a community's sense of place and erode people's sense of personal identity and cultural stability...
...About 39 percent of global carbon emissions come from the construction and operation of buildings. This impact can be reduced by reusing existing buildings, thus avoiding the embodied carbon emissions inherent in new construction, including the c...
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