The Riverside Avondale
Preservation Society’s annual meeting on Feb. 21 recognized outstanding members
of the historic districts. Douglas Coleman, Jennifer Mansfield, Sally Robson,
and Erin O’Brien were recognized for their service on the RAP Board. Robson,
who served the board by establishing a community garden currently in the
planning process, also won the award for Best River Friendly Yard for her home
on Remington Street.
Michael
Williams, Cheryl Corrado and Zack Nettles accepted the Outstanding Business
Renovation award for Derby on Park in 5 Points for their exceptional
transformation of the building on Park Street. The Outstanding Home Renovation
Award went to three residences: Julia Starr Sanford, an architect, owns a home
built in 1905 on Challen Street; home owner John Summerlin and contractor Sean
Larkin led a six-month project on Oak Street for their renovations on a house
built in 1917, and Courtney McEwan and husband Peyton Rogers took home the honor
for their home on Pine Street, built in 1920.
David
Case received the award for Outstanding Historically Compatible New
Construction for the home on Richmond Street. Dolf James represented CoRK Arts
District for Outstanding Neighborhood Contributing Business sharing the honor
with Riverside Dental.
Awards
for Outstanding Neighborhood Advocates included Tommy Donahoo, Mark Anderson,
Alicia Grant, Susan Fraser, Tom and Ida Rae Merten. RAP honored volunteers Judy
Bristol and Rhonda Bryant, and Luminaria Committee chair Malcolm Jones won
Outstanding Board Member.
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Hi Abigail,
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the article! It is helping us to get exposure and reach out to members in the community that we were not able to easily connect with until now. Again, thank you for your well written article. We hope you can join us for our next event.
Sincerely,
Missy Woods Jackson, VP Friends of the Murray Hill Library