Join In The Effort To Preserve Niagara’s Rich Heritage

–         Regional Group Invites You To November 17 Annual Meeting     Featuring Guest Speakers On Heritage Topics

Submitted to Niagara At Large by Pamela Minns

 ANNOUNCEMENT.

I am a member of the Steering Committee of the Niagara Heritage Alliance, which is an organization formed about 3 years ago and which represents communities across Niagara.     N.H.A. is committed to heritage preservation and enhancement, including natural heritage, agricultural lands and built heritage which are considered to be of cultural, environmental, historical and/or architectural significance.  A full explanation of this organization can be viewed on their web site at : www.niagaraheritagealliance.org 

The Riverbrink Art Museum in historic Queenston, Ontario is the venue for this forum on preserving our region’s heritage resources

  They are holding a general meeting Saturday, November 17th, 2012 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon, (coffee at 8:30 a.m.) at the picturesque Riverbrink Art Museum, 116 Queenston Street, Village of Queenston (Niagara on the Lake).   Their web site at :  www.riverbrink.org   shows a map with the exact location. Everyone is welcome !  It is free !

 Kim Craitor, MPP – Niagara Falls and Parliamentary Assistant to Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture & Sport, will be speaking, as well as David Eke, Lord Mayor of the Town of Niagara on the Lake.   Since Mayor Luciani of Thorold is not able to attend, Councillor Rebecca Lott will be delivering a message;  she sits as a council representative on Thorold LACAC.

 We are also fortunate to have Robert Shipley, Author and Associate Professor, Chair-Heritage Resources Centre, School of Planning, University of Waterloo, speaking on “Heritage Conservation Districts.”

 After the coffee break I will be speaking on “The Weakening Position of Heritage in Ontario”, followed by updates from Eleanor Lancaster and Joanne Atkinson, St.Catharines, and Colin Johnston of Port Dalhousie.

 We have excellent and informed speakers;  it is hoped that you will all attend this session at Riverbrink, and find out what is happening in heritage around the Niagara region.

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NIAGARA HERITAGE ALLIANCE, P.O.Box #1158, Niagara on the Lake, Ont. L0S 1J0, Phone: (905)  468-2058 email:   niagaraheritagealliance@gmail.com

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Pamela Minns is a resident of Thorold, Ontario , a member of Heritage Thorold LACAC and longtime advocate in Niagara for preserving what is left of the region’s built-up and natural heritage.

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