Deadline for Elgin Mayor?s Awards for Preservation February 28, 2006

The Elgin Heritage Commission is seeking nominations for the 2006 Elgin Mayor?s Awards for Preservation. These annual awards honor outstanding contributions to Elgin?s heritage and educate the general public of the value of our unique architecture, neighborhoods, and history. The awards further the Heritage Commission?s goals of neighborhood and downtown revitalization to benefit the entire city of Elgin. Three awards are honors of distinction: The Mayor George Van De Voorde Award, The William Stickling Award and The Artisan Award.
Winners are selected by members of the Elgin Heritage Commission, and will be honored at the annual Mayor?s Awards for Preservation event scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 2006 at The Centre of Elgin.
For more information or questions regarding the Mayor?s Awards please contact Cindy Walden at 847-931-5910. Nomination are due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, to Cindy Walden, Planning Department, City Hall, 150 Dexter Court, Elgin, Illinois, 60120-5555. Those selected to receive a Mayor?s Award will be notified by April 2006.
The Elgin Heritage Commission is a citizen?s advisory board that promotes Elgin?s historic preservation activity through the protection, maintenance and preservation of the City?s architecture, historic and cultural resources. The Elgin Heritage Commission is composed of nine voting members appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Elgin City Council.