Heritage Week 2021 - the Town of Collingwood

Heritage Week 2021

ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVANCY
            OF ONTARIO

Our mandate: Through education and
advocacy, to encourage the conservation
and reuse of structures, districts and
landscapes of architectural, historic and
cultural significance, we aim to inspire and
benefit Ontarians.

Because we share a common philosophy, ACO has
supported the Collingwood Heritage Committee, by
offering resources and contributing to discussions. The
majority of our board members (80%) have served on the
committee in the past.
ACO supports the Heritage Committee’s Goals and
Priorities as reviewed with council earlier this month;
specifically, increasing the Heritage Tax Rebate and
completing a study to add an additional Heritage District.

We were pleased that the Heritage
Committee accepted our suggestion to
develop a Wikipedia page and to
update the Heritage Web page as a link
with The Town of Collingwood web site.
I believe that the 4 walking tours will be
available as PDFs on this site.
• take a walk around
• COLLINGWOOD
• More Discover Collingwood walks are available at:

ACO contributed to Collingwood’s Official Plan
update, the community- based
Strategic Plan for Arts and Culture (Heritage),
as well as the Mainstreet Modernization Project.
We also had an ACO tent during Collingwood’s summer
street festival to build public awareness of our heritage.

Nomination of Black Bellows for the ACO provincial
award; Paul Oberman award for adaptive re-use of
an historic property for small businesses

Architect Michael McClelland
   (founding principle of ERA Architects)

We were pleased to be able to join this presentation to the Heritage
Committee and were impressed by the following quote about
Collingwood’s heritage:
“I find …..more and more, the interest has been; not only the
downtown core and that certainly needs to be conserved……it needs
probably the highest degree of conservation because of the quality of
the buildings, but also…..this broader sense of understanding of
communities and neighbourhoods within Collingwood; …as well as
specific landmarks and interesting contexts around those landmarks
even outside the district.”

Social Media
As a local branch, we have increased our use of social media, in an
effort to reach out to the community about issues that impact the
cultural and built heritage of Collingwood.
We are also attempting to build community awareness of architectural
styles and of features of historic building attributes.
Recently we were please to post that the town
has hired a recognized architect firm, Guimo,
that has worked with ACO in the past. They
hope to integrate design and heritage
conservation to play a roll in the feasibility study for
for an arts centre.

ACO Provincial Endangered Properties
                 to
            Protect List

  1929                       1895

              1855 - 1858

New Part 4 Designations

It is important to continue to encourage Heritage
Designations outside the Heritage Conservation District.
Maintaining our tree-lined streetscapes is important as
there are presently many infill projects happening.
It is also important to complete Heritage Impact
Assessments when new construction is adjacent to a
property with a Heritage Designation.

ACO does not support Bill 229 This bill would
limit the powers of Conservation Authorities to
comment on land use planning decisions and
impacts of proposed developments.
ACO’s mandate is to preserve culturally significant
landscapes. ACO strongly opposes the removal of
the excellent protection which Ontario
Conservation Authorities
have provided.

Heritage Advocacy Day
Members of ACO, supported by a number of Members of Parliament,
are meeting virtually this week on Thursday, to recognize this special
day. This year’s themes are building conservation, heritage tourism,
mainstreet projects, and improved and stricter building codes.

FUTURE AIMS and OBJECTIVES
ACO Collingwood aims to continue building community
partnerships to strengthen Collingwood’s rich and vital
heritage. Our strong heritage builds on the pillars of society
to provide a sustainable community, with cultural vitality,
strong economic health, environmental responsibility and
community involvement.
    HERITAGE GIVES US A SENSE OF PLACE.
                We, as members of ACO, we
        want to preserve and to protect our heritage.

Heritage Week 2021