Seventh Annual Four Rivers Heritage Awards
Four Rivers Heritage Area is now accepting nominations for our Seventh Annual Heritage Awards, which will be held in November 2010. Awards are made in several different categories, including Best Heritage Tourism Product, Best New Initiative, Best Heritage Partnership, Heritage Professional of the Year, Heritage Interpreter of the Year, and the Public/Private Initiative Award. Nominations are also requested for the Legacy Award, which recognizes an individual or group who continues or preserves a traditional craft or livelihood, and the Heritage Leadership Award, which goes to an individual or organization for significant and long-lasting contributions to local history and heritage. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations are due to the Heritage Area office by September 24, 2010. The Heritage Awards information and nomination form is available for download below. Please contact the Heritage Area staff with any questions, at 410-222-1805, or by e-mail at heritage_area@aacounty.org. Award winners from previous years are also listed below.
Four Rivers Heritage Awards recognize individuals, organizations, programs, and products that contribute significantly to the community by interpreting, promoting, preserving, researching, and/or supporting our historical legacy. Four Rivers congratulates the 2009 Heritage Award winners in the following categories:
Heritage Professional: Scotti Preston, Historic Annapolis Foundation,
Living History Performer and Educator, for her proven ability to make history come alive through first-person interpretation and education.
Heritage Professional: Dr. John Kille, Lost Towns Project, Londontown Foundation and Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, for his continuing dedication and commitment to preserving and sharing the heritage of our area.
Legacy Award: Dr. Joan M. E. Gaither, Documentary Story Quilter, for inspiring new audiences to share in our regional heritage through documentary story quilts and collective quilting projects.
Legacy Award: Norman Hazard, Galesville, Waterman and Boatbuilder, for sharing the traditional skills of local watermen with the community of Galesville.
New Initiative Award: Waypoint Signage and Brochure Showcasing “Best Practices” in Environmental Conservation. Honorees: City of Annapolis Environmental Commission.
Heritage Product: Carr’s Beach Historic Music Festival, the first annual commemoration showcasing this historic African-American community’s musical heritage. Honoree: Larry Griffin, Festival Organizer.
Heritage Area Certificate of Merit: The Hanover Street Historic Streetscape Reconstruction Project, for reuse of pre-existing streetscape materials and incorporation of sustainable construction practices in historic streetscape reconstruction. Honorees: Century Design Engineers, Anchor Construction, Goodwin & Associates, and the Honorable Ellen O. Moyer.
Heritage Award: Mavis Daly, Shady Side Rural Heritage Society, for her boundless dedication and commitment to the heritage and community of Shady Side, Maryland.
Heritage Award: Dr. Al Luckenbach, Anne Arundel County Archaeologist and Founder of the Lost Towns Project, for his many accomplishments as Anne Arundel County Archaeologist that have brought national recognition to our area.
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