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Development Services Department www.kitchener.ca
REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener
DATE OF MEETING: April 4, 2023
SUBMITTED BY: Garett Stevenson, Interim Planning Director, 519-741-2200 ext. 7070
PREPARED BY: Jessica Vieira, Heritage Planner, 519-741-2200 ext. 7041
DATE OF REPORT: March 17, 2023
REPORT NO.: DSD-2023-142
SUBJECT: Memo: Kitchener Great Places Awards 2023
BACKGROUND:
In 1997, the City of Kitchener established the Mike Wagner Heritage Awards to pay tribute to property
heritage resources. The program was named after former City Councillor Mike Wagner who served
on City Council from 1989 to 1997, and who was a strong advocate for heritage, culture, and the
arts. In 2017, the heritage awards were renamed The Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Awards in
recognition of the many contributions of Pat Wagner, who was a long-time member of Heritage
Achievement.
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to celebrate a broader range of categories under one program event, known as the Kitchener Great
Places Awards (KGPAs). The biennial KGPAs
rds.
The first KGPA since 2019 is scheduled to be celebrated in the Fall of 2023. Nominations are being
accepted until April 28, 2023 at 4:00 PM. Nominations may be received from the general public,
including from members of the Heritage Kitchener Committee.
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Kitchener Great Places Awards 2023 is commencing March 22, 2023. Nominations are being
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accepted until April 28, 2023, at 4:00 PM.
Eligibility Requirements
The Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award are open to all individuals, businesses, organizations and
institutions that have conserved cultural heritage resources or have demonstrated commitment to
the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener. For the purpose of the
award program, cultural heritage resources are defined as:
properties designated under the Ontario Heritage Act;
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properties listed as a non-designated property of cultural heritage value or interest on the
Municipal Heritage Register; or
properties identified on the Heritage Kitchener Inventory of Historic Buildings.
Up to 4 heritage awards may be presented in a given award year, and nominations may be received
in one of three categories as follows:
Preservation / Restoration of Cultural Heritage Resources
Preservation projects involve protecting, maintaining and stabilizing the existing form, material and
integrity of a cultural heritage resource while protecting its heritage attributes and values.
Preservation projects generally relate to cultural heritage resources that are intact and do not require
extensive repair, extensive replacement, alterations or additions.
Restoration projects involve revealing, recovering or representing the state of a cultural heritage
resource or of an individual heritage attribute as it appeared at a particular period in its history, as
accurately as possible, while protecting its heritage value. Restoration projects are based on physical
and documentary or oral evidence.
Rehabilitation / Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage Resources
Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse projects involve the sensitive adaptation of a cultural heritage
resource or of an individual heritage attribute for a continuing or compatible contemporary use, while
protecting its heritage value. This may be achieved through repairs, replacements, alterations and/or
additions.
Individual Contributions to the Field of Heritage Conservation
Awarded to individuals, businesses, organizations, institutions who have made exceptional and/or
long lasting contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage resources.
Nominations for a Mike Wagner Heritage Award must demonstrate that:
The conservation project involves a cultural heritage resource;
The conservation project conserves the heritage attributes and values associated with
the cultural heritage resource;
The conservation project is located within the City of Kitchener;
The conservation project is complete;
The conservation project obtained all required approvals such as Building Permits and
Heritage Permits;
The conservation project has not received a previous Mike Wagner Heritage Award for
the same work;
The individual, business, organization or institution nominated has made exceptional or
long lasting contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City
of Kitchener.
Eligible Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award nominees will also be eligible to be nominated and
receive an award under two other KGPA award categories:
1. ard: given to a project that receives the most number of votes from the
community through a variety of polling options. Projects for consideration will be short-listed
to a group of up to 10 projects from those eligible in the Urban Design, Neighbourhood
Design, Urban Elements, Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage and Sustainable Kitchener award
categories that contribute to making Kitchener a great city.
2. Schmalz Award for Design Leadership: given to an exceptional project that achieves
overall excellence in meeting - urban design,
heritage conservation, and sustainable design. It represents the best overall project of the
City Hall and clock tower (which is now a landmark in Victoria Park) along with numerous
other buildings in the City. His father, W.H. Schmalz, was mayor when the Town of Berlin
became a City.
At the April 4, 2023 Heritage Kitchener Meeting, City staff will make a brief presentation on the award
program and highlight some previous heritage award winners. Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award
nominations forms will be distributed. Nominations may also be made online. Eligible nominations
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received before the April 28, 2023 deadline will be reviewed and considered by Heritage Kitchener
at the June 6, 2023 committee meeting, at which time Heritage Kitchener will be asked to make its
recommendations on the Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award winners to Council.
To make a nomination online and for more information on the Kitchener Great Places Awards and
the Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award, visit www.kitchener.ca/greatplaces.
APPROVED BY: Justin Readman, General Manager, Development Services Department