Nominations Now Being Accepted for Graves/Hale Historic Preservation Award
Posted by GSDispatch Editor in by City of Lee’s Summit, GSD Online
The Historic Preservation Commission is accepting nominations for the Graves/Hale Historic Preservation Award. The award, established by the Lee’s Summit Historic Preservation Commission in 2004, is inspired by the dedicated efforts of Frank Graves and Don Hale.
Graves and Hale were enthusiastic local historians who were the first to publish books about the local history of Lee’s Summit. In honor of their monumental work in historic preservation for Lee’s Summit, the Historic Preservation Commission presents an annual award to individuals and/or organizations that exemplify such contributions to historic preservation.
This award is presented to living individuals, teams, groups, agencies, firms and/or collective entities who have demonstrated, over an extended period of time, a commitment to interpreting, retaining and promoting the preservation and adaptive reuse of buildings, districts, structures and cultural landscapes in Lee’s Summit.
The nomination form can be downloaded from the Historic Preservation Commission Web site at: http://lees-summit.mo.us/HPC/hpcprogram.htm. Please submit all nomination forms by March 10, 2010 to Christopher Hughey in the City of Lee’s Summit Planning and Development Department on the first floor of Lee’s Summit City Hall, 220 S.E. Green St., Lee’s Summit.
The award ceremony will be held during the Strawberry Lawn Fete on May 16, 2010 as part of the Historic Preservation Commission’s May Preservation Month events. For more details about the award and May Preservation Month, contact the Planning and Development Department at (816) 969-1600.
