LITTLE ROCK— Preserve Arkansas is accepting nominations for the 2018 Arkansas Preservation Awards. Winners will be honored at a ceremony and dinner Jan. 25, 2019, at Little Rock.
Nominations will be accepted in 12 categories and the deadline is Aug. 17, according to a news release.
Individual awards will recognize leading craftspeople, homeowners, volunteers and professionals.
Themed awards will salute outstanding education and advocacy initiatives, community programs, and dedicated stewardship. Project awards will honor the restoration and rehabilitation of buildings and sites and compatible design in historic areas, according to the release.
The public is invited to submit nominations for eligible projects in the following categories:
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• Outstanding service in neighborhood preservation;
• Outstanding work by a craftsperson;
• Excellence in preservation through rehabilitation;
• Excellence in preservation through restoration;
• Excellence in personal preservation projects;
• Outstanding achievement in preservation advocacy;
• Outstanding new construction in a historic setting;
• Outstanding preservation reporting in the media;
• Ned Shank Award for Outstanding Preservation Publication;
• Outstanding achievement in preservation education;
• Excellence in heritage preservation;
• Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement (to be awarded in January 2020.)
Hot Springs architects Anthony Taylor and Bob Kempkes will be honored with the 2018 Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement, according to the release.
“Preserve Arkansas is the only statewide nonprofit advocate for the preservation of Arkansas’s historic places,” according to the release.” Our organization is dedicated to building stronger communities by reconnecting Arkansans to our heritage and empowering people to save and rehabilitate historic places.”
To make a nomination, visit www.PreserveArkansas.org to obtain a nomination form or nominate online, or request a nomination form by calling 501-372-4757 or emailing info@preservearkansas.org. Nominations are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17.