Prince of Wales Award Nanaimo

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Nanaimo presented 

Prince of Wales Award

The City of Nanaimo was recently awarded the Prince of Wales Prize: Honourable Mention for Exemplary Stewardship of Heritage Architecture by the Heritage Canada Foundation. 

Created in 1999 with the support of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales whose commitment to architecture, the environment, and inner-city renewal is well known, the prize is awarded annually to municipalities which have demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to the conservation of its historic places, and have a record of supporting heritage preservation through such means as regulation, policies, funding and exemplary stewardship. 

As noted by Mayor John Ruttan, “The award is a testament to the support and leadership provided by numerous Nanaimo City Councils over the past couple of decades with respect to built heritage conservation, and in particular to the building rehabilitation work that’s been completed over the past 10 years on the downtown revitalization initiative.” 

Mayor Ruttan received the award on October 13^th during a ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. The event was held as part of the 14^th International Conference of National Trusts.  The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national registered charity dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s historic places.

Previous recipients of the Prince of Wales Prize in both its primary and honourable mention forms, include Victoria, B.C., Saint John, New Brunswick, Quebec City, Quebec, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Markham, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta.

For further information please see the Heritage Canada Foundation website at: http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/services/awards.html#national2011