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Ursula Van Duin represents the Richmond Hospital/Healthcare Auxiliary, whose thrift store is located in a protected heritage building on Chatham Street.
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Richmond announces winners of 2020 Heritage Awards
Published 1:02 PST, Tue December 8, 2020
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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The city has announced the two winners of its 2020 Heritage Awards: the Richmond Museum Society and the Richmond Hospital/Healthcare Auxiliary.
“These annual awards recognize Richmond individuals and organizations for their dedication to the conservation of historic places and for promoting an awareness of Richmond’s diverse history,” says Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “We thank all those who submitted nominations and the many who are dedicated to Richmond’s heritage.”
The first recipient is the Richmond Museum Society, recognized for their contribution to public history and heritage education through their recently-launched self-guided historical walking tours at Terra Nova and Brighouse. The tours were undertaken as part of a new COVID-19 outreach initiative.
The second recipient is the Richmond Hospital/Healthcare Auxiliary, recognized for their significant contribution to the conservation of historic places. Their volunteer-led effort resulted in the recent restoration of the protected heritage building known as the Steveston Methodist Church, now home to the Auxiliary’s thrift shop on Chatham Street.
The annual Richmond Heritage Awards are sponsored by the Richmond Heritage Commission. They are based on public nominations of people and/or organizations for their dedication to the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation of a historic place and promotion of heritage. Some of the ways these efforts are recognized include promoting local heritage awareness through education, restoring a historic building or landscape, outreach or advocacy, and contributing to local heritage knowledge by interpreting places and events.
The nominations were reviewed by the Richmond Heritage Commission, and the recipients contacted and publicly announced.
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