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Our April issue includes a profile of Sarah Cartwright, the chief curator at The Ringling Museum. PLus our extensive arts coverage including Artist Series Concerts, Sarasota Art Museum, Arts Advocates, Key Chorale and the Sarasota Film Festival.
Our April issue includes a profile of Sarah Cartwright, the chief curator at The Ringling Museum. PLus our extensive arts coverage including Artist Series Concerts, Sarasota Art Museum, Arts Advocates, Key Chorale and the Sarasota Film Festival.
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feature<br />
Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation’s<br />
<strong>2024</strong> Sarasota County Heritage Awards<br />
This year’s winners<br />
represent achievements<br />
in the areas of historic<br />
preservation and<br />
adaptive reuse,<br />
historical research,<br />
archaeological<br />
conservancy, and<br />
organizational and<br />
individual achievement.<br />
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The Sarasota Alliance for Historic<br />
Preservation (SAHP), in collaboration<br />
with the History & Preservation<br />
Coalition of Sarasota County<br />
(HPCOSC), had its Sarasota County<br />
<strong>2024</strong> Heritage Awards. The awardeeswere<br />
honored at a ceremony back on March 21.<br />
The Heritage Awards program was originally<br />
developed in 2014 by the HPCOSC<br />
and is currently managed by the SAHP, to<br />
recognize individuals and organizations that<br />
have made outstanding contributions to the<br />
preservation and understanding of Sarasota<br />
County’s historical resources. These activities<br />
are important to lend public support<br />
to governmental and citizen-based efforts<br />
that preserve our common past so future<br />
generations can enjoy what is so unique and<br />
beautiful about Sarasota County.<br />
The <strong>2024</strong> Heritage Award<br />
Recipients:<br />
Gregory A. and Eleana Najmy Hall<br />
Adaptive Use and Historic Preservation:<br />
These two awards are named in<br />
honor of the legacy of architect Gregory A.<br />
Hall and his wife Eleana Najmy Hall. They<br />
recognize and celebrate the best historic<br />
preservation projects in Sarasota County.<br />
Nominations are judged for their success<br />
in the rehabilitation, restoration, or adaptive<br />
use of a historic building in Sarasota<br />
County as well as the impact of the project<br />
on the community. Nominated projects<br />
must have been completed within the last<br />
five years of the submission deadline and<br />
been completed in accordance with the<br />
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for<br />
Historical Rehabilitation:<br />
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Vickie Oldham and Sarasota African<br />
American Cultural Coalition<br />
(SAACC) Preservation of the<br />
Leonard Reid House: In recognition<br />
of their extraordinary efforts to preserve<br />
the home of one of Sarasota’s<br />
early leaders of the city’s African<br />
American community, and repurpose<br />
the family’s home as an arts, culture<br />
and history center in Newtown that<br />
celebrates Black life and history. The<br />
Committee and awardees also wish to<br />
recognize the financial and logistical<br />
support the Awardees received from<br />
Stevie Freeman-Montes, City Manager<br />
Marlon Brown, and the Sarasota City<br />
Commissioners. Preservation of the<br />
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Florida<br />
Leonard Reid House. It is an outstanding<br />
example of the successful result of<br />
a collaborative effort with the City of<br />
Sarasota to make their vision a reality.<br />
Studio Theater Preservation<br />
and Adaptive Reuse of<br />
the Sarasota’s Woman’s Club and<br />
Gompertz Theater. In recognition of<br />
FST’s extraordinary efforts to incorporate<br />
these historic structures into<br />
its campus, and repurpose them with<br />
sensitive alterations, as it has grown<br />
over the past 50 years into one the<br />
community’s most important arts and<br />
cultural institutions.<br />
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Frank<br />
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Dorothy<br />
The Lillian Burns Individual<br />
Achievement: This year, the award<br />
was conferred upon two individuals<br />
who have made profound contributions<br />
to the history and preservation<br />
movement in Sarasota County.<br />
Cassell, PhD: In recognition<br />
of his outstanding contributions to the<br />
history and preservation movement<br />
in Sarasota County, in the areas of<br />
scholarly research and publications,<br />
and for his tireless devotion to community<br />
service with your leadership of<br />
the Sarasota County Centennial Committee,<br />
the History and Preservation<br />
Coalition of Sarasota County and the<br />
Friends of the Sarasota County History<br />
Center, among many others.<br />
Korwek: In recognition of<br />
her outstanding contributions to the<br />
history and preservation movement in<br />
Sarasota County, including her efforts<br />
to preserve and maintain the Triangle<br />
Inn building and the Lord-Higel House;<br />
obtain historic a historic designation<br />
for the Triangle Inn; her compilation<br />
and publication of numerous books<br />
and pamphlets documenting the history<br />
and culture of Venice; and her<br />
tireless community service.<br />
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Archaeological Conservancy: This<br />
award recognizes outstanding efforts<br />
to preserve and document prehistoric<br />
sites and/or effective advocacy of archaeological<br />
conservation.<br />
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Marion<br />
Almy: In recognition of her<br />
outstanding efforts to preserve and<br />
document prehistoric sites in Sarasota<br />
County and the Tampa Bay region; her<br />
decades of effective advocacy for archeological<br />
conservation and historic<br />
preservation in Florida; and her effectiveness<br />
in advancing archeological<br />
preservation with national, local and<br />
state government agencies, including<br />
the Florida Department of Transportation<br />
and Florida Division of Historical<br />
Resources.<br />
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Deborah<br />
Historical Research: Awarded for<br />
outstanding contributions through<br />
research and publication to increase<br />
knowledge of Sarasota County’s past.<br />
Walk: In recognition of her<br />
outstanding contributions to historic<br />
research and archival preservation<br />
of our cultural past, including her research<br />
into the history of the Crocker<br />
Church for the Historical Society of<br />
Sarasota County; research for the<br />
Church of the Redeemer, and the<br />
Founders Garden Club; and for her<br />
work as an archivist, researcher, and<br />
author.<br />
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Organizational Achievement:<br />
Presented to a Sarasota County historical<br />
or preservation organization<br />
for outstanding success in historical<br />
preservation, historical education,<br />
and/or support of historical research.<br />
The awards committee welcomes<br />
nominations of organizations that have<br />
successfully completed a project or a<br />
series of projects that have had a significant<br />
impact on preserving and understanding<br />
Sarasota County’s history.<br />
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Venice<br />
Heritage, Inc.: In recognition<br />
of its efforts to advance historic<br />
preservation, education, research, and<br />
community engagement in Venice. It<br />
is curator of two of the community’s<br />
most important historical structures—<br />
the Lord-Higel House and the Triangle<br />
Inn (now the Venice Museum). It has<br />
also published books documenting<br />
the historical and cultural fabric of the<br />
city and continues to have, strong impact<br />
on raising community awareness<br />
of Venice’s past.<br />
The Heritage Awards committee is comprised<br />
of professionals in the fields of<br />
architecture, historic preservation, real<br />
estate development, archaeology, history<br />
and collections management who deliberated<br />
over the awards submissions before<br />
making their final selections.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.PreserveSRQ.org.<br />
About Sarasota Alliance for<br />
Historic Preservation<br />
The Sarasota Alliance for Historic<br />
Preservation is a nonprofit organization<br />
whose mission is to “Preserve and Enhance<br />
our Historic Places.” SAHP was<br />
incorporated in 1985 in an attempt to save<br />
architect Dwight Baum’s El Vernona Hotel<br />
in downtown Sarasota. The Alliance,<br />
a membership-driven organization, is<br />
comprised of residents, business owners,<br />
visitors, artists, architects, engineers, historians,<br />
builders, archaeologists, Realtors,<br />
planners, designers, and writers working together<br />
to preserve and encourage others to<br />
preserve - not only the remaining significant<br />
landmarks - but also the contributing structures<br />
that define Sarasota County. For more<br />
information, visit www.PreserveSRQ.org.<br />
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