FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2016
MEDIA CONTACTS
Gwen Schuler, Media and Communications,
gschuler@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-5152
Stacy Ellifritt, Media and
Communications, stacy.ellifritt@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-2005
2016 Historic Preservation Award
Recipients Announced
The Landmarks Preservation Commission
will recognize excellence and dedication in local historic preservation efforts
at the 2016 Historic Preservation Awards on Sunday, May 22, from 1 – 4 p.m.
This year’s event is taking place at The Swiss Restaurant & Pub (1904
Jefferson Ave. in Tacoma).
The 2016 Historic Preservation Award
recipients are:
- Residential Renovation:
Stephanie Goffin - 1415 N. Steele St.
- Commercial Renovation:
Foss Waterway Seaport - the Balfour Dock
Building
- Preservation Planning, Policy, or
Initiative:
University of Washington Tacoma
- Landmark Nomination to be Recognized:
Lari Ryan for the Nomination of 2702 N.
Puget Sound - the Mead-Keyser House
- Urban Revitalization:
Downtown On the Go - Walk Tacoma
- Leadership in Preservation:
Melissa McGinnis - Metro Parks Tacoma
Historic & Cultural Resources Manager
- Leadership in Preservation:
Marie Hayden - Tacoma Historical
Society’s Historic Homes of Tacoma Tour
- Organization in Preservation:
Team Totem - Eyes of the Totem
The event is free and open to the
public. Complementary refreshments will be available and Historian Michael
Sullivan will give a talk on Prohibition era Tacoma.
For more information, visit
cityoftacoma.org/HPEvents or contact Historic Preservation Coordinator Lauren
Hoogkamer at lhoogkamer@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5254.
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