Nominations now open for Heritage Awards

Celebrating built heritage is important to the City of St. John’s. This week is Heritage week and what better way to celebrate then nominate someone for a Heritage award.

What are the Heritage awards?
The Heritage awards recognize commercial and residential property owners for their work in rehabilitating, restoring and celebrating our rich built heritage. If you’re curious to see who some of the past award recipients are, you can watch this short video here.

The City is now accepting award nominations for the award category of Heritage under the St. John’s Applause Awards program. This awards program, combines the City’s individual awards like the Heritage award under one banner to celebrate outstanding contributions and achievements of individuals and organizations that help make our city a great place to live.

What can residents nominate for Heritage award?
Residents can nominate a heritage building or other building in the City’s designated Heritage Areas; property owners can nominate their own property. Nominations are accepted for the following categories:

• Preserving or restoring the original character of a heritage building or any building in a Heritage Area. Rehabilitating an older building, including successfully integrating modern elements
• Respecting the character of a modern building in a Heritage Area
• Infill developments that blend into a neighborhood in a Heritage Area
• Stewardship and long-term preservation of a heritage building or any building in a Heritage Area 

How can you nominate someone?
To submit a nomination, please complete the nomination form at stjohns.ca by March 31, 2022.The Heritage awards will be given out at the St. John’s Applause Awards corporate event in the spring.

For more information to nominate someone, please visit StJohns.ca/Applause or call 709-570-2041 or email planning@stjohns.ca.