NOMINATE A LOCAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION PROJECT FOR A CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD

Orange has some fantastic examples of older buildings that have been beautifully restored and revitalised.

Nominate them for Orange City Council’s 2023 Cultural Heritage Awards.

The biennial awards aim to recognise and encourage outstanding contributions to cultural heritage conservation.

Orange Mayor Jason Hamling said the awards were about acknowledging the commitment made by property owners in maintaining and conserving the city’s older buildings and building community interest in the city’s heritage.

“It’s great to see when someone takes the time to care for older buildings and takes pride in heritage conservation,” Cr Hamling said. Nominations can be made in eight categories:

• Restoration of a residential heritage building, including streetscape element restoration

• Adaptive reuse of an existing building

• Infill development - a new building in an existing heritage streetscape including unit duplex developments

• Best heritage treatment of a commercial building

• Best work on a heritage building in Lucknow, Spring Hill or a rural area within the Orange LGA

• Best conservation or improvements to landscape/garden design which is appropriate to its environment

• Best Improvements to a building which is under 50 years of age

• Best individual or group contribution to the cultural heritage of Orange.

Projects must have been completed within the last five years and projects that have previously won one of these awards are ineligible to enter.

“Entries can come from property owners, family or friends who have watched a restoration project develop or it could also be from a builder or tradesman who has worked on a project, however, it’s important to get the permission of the owner before you put in an entry,’ Cr Hamling said.

The deadline for entries is 5pm, Friday 14 July 2023. Nomination forms and more information is available from the Orange Civic Centre, Orange City Library or online at https://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/our-heritage/awards/