Title
Special Recognition - Proclamation Recognizing Olympia Heritage Month and Review of 2023 Heritage Award Nominations
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Proclaim May as Olympia Heritage Month and review the 2023 Heritage Award nominees.
City Manager Recommendation:
Proclaim May as Olympia Heritage Month and review the 2023 Heritage Award nominees.
Report
Issue:
Whether to proclaim May as Heritage Month in Olympia and review nominations for 2023 Heritage Awards.
Staff Contact:
Holly Borth, Historic Preservation Officer, Community Planning & Development, 360.688.0419
Presenter(s):
Holly Davies, Heritage Commission Chair
Background and Analysis:
In May of each year, the City of Olympia recognizes the importance of our local history and heritage by declaring May as Heritage Month and recognizes individuals and organizations who make important contributions to historic preservation in Olympia.
This year, the Commission brought forward nominations primarily honoring the Indie Music History project that began in 2022 and continues on through 2023. These nominations also recognize non-traditional ways that local heritage is meaningfully shared with the general public, such as through books, business, radio, collecting significant historical ephemera, and providing space to Olympia's musically-inclined residents for over 50 years.
In that spirit, the nominees for 2023 include seven different nominations representing a wide variety of ways historic preservation and heritage interact with all of us directly, and indirectly, as we inhabit this great city.
The following nominations for 2023 have been selected and are recommended by the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee and the Heritage Commission for approval by City Council. The full text of the nominations, prepared by Heritage Commissioners, are included with a staff report prepared for this meeting's consent calendar.
Klaumbush House Rehabilitation
Property owner, Hilary Haselt...
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