The stone masonry over the door at West Middle School reads 1924. A group of students enter the school on Tuesday, April 7, 2021. Under a proposal from the District 11 School Board, 16 schools would be renovated or rebuilt, including the West campus, and all schools would see upgrades. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT
The stone masonry over the door at West Middle School reads 1924. A group of students enter the school on Tuesday, April 7, 2021. Under a proposal from the District 11 School Board, 16 schools would be renovated or rebuilt, including the West campus, and all schools would see upgrades. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT
For two decades, Historic Preservation Alliance of Colorado Springs volunteers, many of which are longtime area residents, have advocated for and honored the preservation and protection of the community’s historic sites.
Awards for the best of 2020 were changed from the traditional formal event to a virtual video presentation and a category was added for “preservation in progress,” introduced by group president Tim Boddington.
It’s about “places that matter,” Boddington said.
The Historic Preservation Alliance awards (hpasprings.org):
HistoricCOS: The inaugural Preservation in Progress Award went to the people of the community’s neighborhoods for the Historic Master Plan, adopted unanimously by the City Council in December 2019. It was a planning effort by neighborhoods throughout and “will enhance and guide preservation efforts in the City for years to come,” the award stated. It will help neighborhoods become National Register of Historic Places, and create Ne