Title
Recommendations for the 2022 Olympia Heritage Award Nominations
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Move to recommend the Heritage Commission nominations for 2022 Heritage Awards to full City Council for consideration.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to recommend the Heritage Commission nominations for 2022 Heritage Awards to full City Council for consideration.
Report Issue:
Whether to recommend the Heritage Commission's proposed Heritage Award nominations for City Council consideration.
Staff Contact:
Marygrace Goddu, Historic Preservation Officer, Community, Planning & Development, 360.480.0923
Presenter(s):
Holly Davies, Heritage Commission Chair
Background and Analysis:
Each year the Heritage Commission seeks to recognize individuals and organizations who make important contributions to historic preservation in Olympia. The emphasis has traditionally been on brick-and-mortar preservation, research, and interpretive projects. Last year however, consistent with a desire to recognize a greater diversity of achievement, the Commission brought forward nominations recognizing other ways that local heritage is meaningfully shared, including a local playwright and a documentary film producer among our nominees.
This year the Commission continues the effort to recognize a broad range of heritage resources that that shape our community character and identity, while continuing to also highlight excellence in traditional preservation architectural heritage. History does not always come packaged in architecturally significant structures, and the commission aims to showcase a more inclusive narrative of local heritage.
In that spirit, the nominees for 2022 include three very different small businesses that have stood the test of time to become local landmarks in our community, who the commission proposes to recognize as Olympia Legacy Businesses.
According to American Planning Association, "The definition of "legacy business" varies from...
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