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Heritage Kitchener Heritage Promotion Sub-committee
MINUTES
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Conestoga Room Main Floor City Hall
1. Choose Point Person:Sandy
2. Work Plan:develop a strategy to promote greater public education and awareness of
heritage conservation/investigate opportunities to develop partnerships with
other area municipalities, the Region, community organizations, academic
institutions and businesses to broaden the support base for heritage locally
3. Building Stories:Members discussed the Building Stories website on which co-op
student Richard Kelly-Ruetz has developed asample Downtown walking
tour. His impressions were compared with the Sub-. Overall,
Sub-Committee members agreed it was not the most modern or easy-to-
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continue to add Kitchener walking tours, plaque locations and designated
properties to this site as time allows.
4. Heritage House Plaque Program: The Sub-Committee has been reviewing other
Listed and HCD
properties in Kitchener has been explored. A draft memo and attachments
to Heritage Kitchener requesting permission for the Sub-Committee to
continue to develop the idea was approved and will be presented at the
September 6 meeting.
5. Doors Open Waterloo Region September 17, 2016: Members discussed the
upcoming Doors Open Waterloo Region program. Staff were asked to offer
materials such as walking tour brochures to the organizers for distribution at
Kitchener sites.
6. Civic Centre Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Walking Tour: Staff
advised that the new Walking Tour brochure
website.
7. Schoerg Barn Interpretive Plaques: Staff advised that two new Interpretive Plaques
have been installed at the Schoerg Barn foundation site.
8. Ideas carried over from previous meetings:
Partner with KW Association of Realtors:Megan advised that KWAR will set
aside a booth at their XPO Conference in May 2017. The Sub-Committee will
consider what will be offered at the booth, including brochures, etc.
9. Next Meeting: joint meeting with the Designation Sub-Committee on September 6,
2016, 6 pm, to discuss letter to Listed property owners and preparations for
an open house.
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