Mike Wagner Heritage Awards

Named in honour of Mike Wagner, a former Kitchener city councillor who was a strong advocate for heritage, culture and the arts, this bi-annual award recognizes and pays tribute to individuals, property owners, businesses, organizations and institutions who have contributed to the conservation of the City's cultural heritage resources.

Cultural heritage resources include:

Properties designated under part IV (individual) and part V (heritage conservation district) of the Ontario Heritage Act
Properties listed as non-designated properties of cultural heritage value or interest on the municipal heritage register
Properties identified on the Heritage Kitchener inventory of historic buildings

Up to four awards may be presented in the following three categories:

2011 Mike Wagner Heritage Award Recipients

Individual contributions to the field of heritage conservation award

Nyle Eby and Audrey Becker

Rehabilitation/adaptive reuse award

View a short profile of the 2011 award recipients.

Eligibility Requirements

Open to all individuals, businesses, organizations and institutions who have conserved cultural heritage resources or have demonstrated commitment to the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener
Nominations 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 and heritage permits
The conservation project has not received a previous Mike Wagner Heritage Award fro the same work
The individual, business, organization or institution has made exceptional or long lasting contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener

Evaluation Criteria

Does the nomination explain how the conservation project has conserved the heritage attributes and values associated with the cultural heritage resource?
Is the conservation project compatible with the original cultural heritage resource and surrounding neighbourhood?
Is the conservation project visible from the public realm?
Does the nomination explain how the individual, business, organization or institution has made an exceptional and/or long lasting contribution to the conservation of cultural heritage resources?
Is the conservation project consistent with recognized heritage conservation standards?

Examples of recognized heritage conservation standards:

For more information, please contact Michelle Drake, heritage planner, at 519-741-2839.