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2022 Village Heritage Awards
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: August - 2022
The Cashiers Historical Society is seeking the community’s votes for its 2022 Village Heritage Awards.
The Cashiers Historical Societycontinues to pursue their mis-sion of preserving the heritageof the entire Cashiers Valley in a varietyof ways.During the early years of the Society, itsfocus was dedicated to the preservationof the Zachary-Tolbert House.However,the group kept its overall mission to“preserve the heritage of the entireCashiers Valley through stewardship,advocacy and education.”To help ensure the character of theValley, CHS commissioned architecturalhistorians to research and assemble a listof historic sites in Cashiers.From thatresearch, CHS established the annualVillage Heritage Award in 2003.Thepurpose of the award is to recognizeand celebrate annually the historicpreservation in Cashiers of an existingstructure that has been nominated bylocal residents.Residents nominate a property basedon the criteria that it has been builtor repurposed in keeping with the oldvillage feel.Additional criteria include that theproperty has attractive landscapingwith native material and moderatelighting.Nominees must also belocated within the boundaries ofhighway 107 N to the ContinentalDivide, 107 South to Cashiers UnitedMethodist Church; Highway 64 Eastto the Cashiers-Highlands HumaneSociety and Highway 64 West to theContinental Divide.Nominations for the 2022 VillageHeritage Award must be submittedin writing.Deadline for this year’snominations is Friday, August 5.Formsmay be picked up at Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, CHS oronline atcashiershistoricalsociety.org/village-heritage-award.This year’s presentation of the 2022Village Heritage Award will beThursday, September 8.Location andtime will be announced soon.Formore information, contact CHS at(828) 743-7710.
by Mary Jane McCall
