Heritage planner and committee win award at ACO conference
The town’s heritage planner and its heritage committee won an award at the recent Architectural Conservancy Ontario (ACO) Ontario Heritage Awards.
The ceremony, held Oct. 29 at Magnolia Hall in Hamilton, saw Adam Coates and the Heritage Committee of the Town of Amherstburg win the Carlos Ventin Award for Municipal Heritage Leadership. Coates was there to accept the award.
Coates and the heritage committee were nominated along with the Town of Oakville council and its heritage committee, the City of Kingston Heritage Services Division and the Town of Cobourg’s Heritage staff.
Coates’ nomination was recognized at a recent town council meeting.
“I don’t think it’s an honour that’s going to me. I think it’s an honour that’s being extended out to multiple decades of hard work by community leaders, heritage researchers, the heritage committee and the hard work of many, many people,” said Coates.
Coates said he was nominated to represent the heritage committee.
“The nomination was for the Heritage Conservation District and the implementation of the HCD,” he said. “I think it was just kind of wonderful timing with the legislative change and how Amherstburg was able to put this in place to protect our very unique sense of place and culture.”
According to Tammy Dewhirst from the ACO’s Windsor-Essex chapter, “the jury cited the number of properties protected as the January 1, 2027 deadline (Bill 23) looms.”
The Park House Museum was nominated in the ACO Public Education and Engagement Category. The museum was represented by curator Kat Bezaire at the awards ceremony. The Essex Railway Station took the win in that category with other nominees being the Legacy Beacon in Windsor, the Haileybury Heritage Museum in Haileybury, the Potters Field Project in Ingersoll, and Sharon Hong from Toronto.
Heritage planner and committee win award at ACO conference
By Ron Giofu
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