 Hi, welcome to CTN member highlights. I'm Leslie McVane and my guests today are from the greater Portland landmarks Hillary Bassett executive director and Chris Claus who is the preservation advisor. Yes, great. Welcome. Thank you And we're going to talk about something special that's coming up fairly soon And that's a deadline for an award that you're going to be giving out Do you want to tell us a little bit about it and How people can submit nominations for this preservation award? Well greater Portland landmarks is offering a preservation awards program this year That's a little bit more expanded than we've done in some recent years We're actually seeking nominations in a couple of different categories structures and landscapes So that would be buildings and it could be buildings of any type So it could be a personal home all the way to an institutional structure a church Public library it could be any a variety of different kinds of structures and landscapes which would include parks or other kinds of landscape improvements and then there's also another category called people and Programs and those are the people who get things to happen in preservation and that's very broadly defined Well, that sounds exciting Chris. Do you want to talk about the age of these? Submissions, I mean you can't send something in on a house that was built 10 years ago And they did a little bit of remodeling over the past 10 years. It has to have some age to live That's right Leslie. There are some criteria and I can go over those briefly The what we're looking for our projects that were completed within the last five years That is between January 1st 2009 and June 30th of this month this year The age of the buildings themselves is not so much a criteria We obviously are looking for older structures But we're also looking for compatible new development within historic districts, which we call infill So the quality of design becomes important in in new structures or additions to historic buildings as well So those are part of the will be part of the submissions That's really interesting because I know there has been a lot of that Happening especially up on Munchaway Hill in the in the greater Portland area that you know That it's been interesting to see how they've fit buildings into a neighborhood that has been rather traditional And I also want people to know that the greater Portland area includes It's Portland and surrounding towns like Cape Elizabeth, Thalmouth, Westbrook, Scarborough Cumberland Cumberland So a number on Long Island, right the greater contiguous greater Portland area And I also wanted to say that when we talk about an historic building We're really talking about a building that's 50 years old or older But it's really about an old building that retains its its character and just to clarify as far as what is it? Historic building well, and I suppose the idea that the buildings that are being built now Will have that longevity Attached to them so that you know 50 years from now or a hundred years from now the buildings being built today We'll still have that integrity Right to fit into what a landmarks is considered. We like to think of those buildings as the landmarks of the future So quality and integrity of design and of materials is important. I love that now How do people go about making these nominations? For the consideration. There's an application form and it's on our greater Portland landmarks website Which is www.portlandlandmarks.org and it's pretty simple It really is to talk about what is the what is the project show us some before and after images and Make a case for why is it award-worthy the quality of the work done at the opportunity to bring back historic features Just bringing back a building that was needing needing some some care and attention and then just to send it in Actually in the form of a CD and a hard copy so that our our jury can look at it and then make a judgement and if they Want to find out more information or be reminded of what we've just talked about they can go to your web Website right which is the Portland landmarks org and they could also call us at 774-5561 and We can provide more guidance if they need if they have specific questions about whether their project and I think there will Be a lot of questions, you know when you talk about landscaping Does that landscaping have to be attached to? Structure to a building that is or can it be a park that has been restored? I think we have kind of a broader idea of that and I think our intent but but obviously we'll be very Responsive to a creative application our intent there was to make sure that historic landscapes were included such as and I think I Thinking was parks, but it also could be design landscapes associated with a property so I and I'm thinking they're Examples where somebody a homeowner or a property owner has restored a building and the ground So that certainly would be something that would be eligible. It could include a cemetery also or the restoration of a cemetery That's that's interesting to know too. So it's quite broad Quite exciting open to creativity as you say and I think people will be really excited about Submitting to this and the key date is July 14th. That's the Submission of nominations. All right, and then when will the presentation be it's going to be September 29th at the Merrill Auditorium We have a very special opportunity this year to be at Merrill. So we thought let's really celebrate our award winners and I do want to encourage people if they're Thinking about nominating their own property that to do so because I know sometimes people are a little bit shy about Tutting their own horn, but this is a chance to really bring attention to some good projects to inspire others too To also preserve their buildings and landscapes. Well, we're going to have to go But I think it sounds really exciting and I hope people will you know, listen to this and submit Applications because it's it's it's really important to the longevity of our city and the beauty of it. Thank you. Thank you very much