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RECOGNITION OF THE 2019 HERITAGE BARRIE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Councillor, C. Riepma introduced the members of the Heritage Barrie Committee and highlighted the Committee’s accomplishments for 2019.
Councillor Riepma discussed the importance of the Heritage Barrie Awards being a component of heritage conservation and the important role the community can play in preserving heritage. He advised that the Heritage Barrie Committee will be recognizing two residential properties, one institutional property, one individual and one group from the City of Barrie. Councillor Riepma announced and presented the 2019 Heritage Barrie Awards with Mayor Lehman and members of the Heritage Barrie Committee to the following recipients:
• Residential Heritage Award - 126 Letitia Street, Terrance McGrath;
• Residential Heritage Award - 227 St. Vincent Street, Elizabeth Allen Van Der Wal;
• Institutional Heritage Award - St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 3294 St. Paul’s Crescent;
• Individual Heritage Award - Mary Harris, a local historian, writer and storyteller of Barrie’s history; and
• Group Heritage Award - Theater By The Bay.
Councillor Riepma thanked all the nominees, and the Heritage Barrie Committee’s hard work this year, and he acknowledged the support from City staff.