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The 2025 Heritage Ohio Annual Awards and Film festival will take place in the stunning Canton Palace Theater, an outstanding 1926 John Eberson atmospheric showpiece. Awards this year will be given for both Main Street and Preservation projects. Main Street categories include Best Main Street Committee Project, Best Main Street Committee Event, Main Street Business of the Year, Main Street Director of the Year, Main Street Volunteer of the Year, and Spirit of Main Street. Preservation award categories include Best Commercial Rehabilitation, Best Residential Restoration, Best Downtown Placemaking, and Best Historic Theater Restoration. Individual awards categories include Young Preservationist of the Year, and the Joyce Barrett Historic Preservation Hero. In 2022, Heritage Ohio piloted a short film festival, showcasing the work we do in communities across Ohio. It has become a favorite part of the conference, and since the films are posted on our YouTube channel, the shorts have been very useful beyond the conference as educational tools to explain the transformative power of preservation and the Main Street program. This year, our film shorts will highlight the City of Kent and Main Street Kent for their decades long work in downtown revitalization and the Ohio Main Street Program. The Bowery Block and the Akron Civic Theater will be showcased as outstanding examples of how the Federal and State Historic Preservation Tax Credits can transform communities. Historic neighborhoods and their appreciation are a growing concern of Heritage Ohio, and we’re thrilled to highlight the venerable German Village Society for their amazing work in preserving an excellent sense of place and preservation best practices.
Heritage Ohio has a long-standing reputation of providing excellent training and technical assistance to local programs, communities, leaders and more, to help build capacity at a grass roots level for revitalization. We’ll hear from Ohio Main Street Program Leaders in Lorain County how Heritage Ohio helps them in their daily work and in their respective communities. Finally, for nearly 40 years, Heritage Ohio has been a leader in the country for creative thinking, positive solutions, and acting as change agents. Our final film of the evening will showcase where we started, where we are, and where we’re going.
For more information about the annual awards, film fest, and the 2025 Heritage Ohio Annual Conference, visit heritageohioconference.com.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Canton Palace Theater, 605 Market Ave N,Canton, Ohio, United States
