Citizen Forum on Heritage Preservation
April 20, 9:30 a.m. to noon
Council Chambers, 2nd Floor city Hall
A G E N D A
- Words of Welcome
– Alissa Denham-Robinson, Municipal Heritage Committee
– Donna Reid, ACO, Hamilton Branch
- Introductory Remarks
– Brian McHattie, Ward 1 City Councillor
- Learning About Cultural Heritage Protection
– Jim Leonard, Ontario Heritage Trust – learn the state of heritage protection in Ontario
– Michael Seaman, Director of Planning, Town of Grimsby – learn from Michael’s experience in protecting properties through the Register and through designation in Markham, Oakville and Grimsby
– Jeff Feswick – Principal, Historia Building Restoration Inc. – learn how Jeff restored Hamilton’s Treble Hall and other properties using adaptive re-use techniques
- Cataloguing Cultural Heritage Information Through University of Waterloo’s Building Stories Program
– Kayla Jonas, Heritage Resources Centre, University of Waterloo
- Tackling Hamilton’s List of 6,000 Properties of Cultural Heritage Significance
– Role for citizens
- Breakouts by geography/heritage group to organize how to assign properties for evaluation