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The 2023 Design Awards Event
For 2023, we’re celebrating 16 award winning projects at the historic Fort Mason Center for the Arts & Culture in the Cowell Theatre, preceded by a special social event in the stunning Design Award-winning Pier 2 Atrium.
We’re celebrating four years of the Preservation Design Awards at this special opportunity for winning teams and conference-goers. Wines will be split into six groups, tied to winning projects from all four years. There will be some surprises, a silent auction, and food and drink served.
Rooted in Richmond
Project Lead
Jonathan Haeber – City of Richmond
Planning Staff Lead
Jonelyn Whales – City of Richmond
Client or Owner
Lina Velasco – City of Richmond
Historic Preservation Commission Chair
Joann Pavlinec – City of Richmond
App Developer
Daniyal Syed – Action Data Systems
Historic Preservation Commissioner
Caitlin (Harvey) Hibma – City of Richmond
Historic Preservation Commissioner
Michael Hibma – City of Richmond
Historic Preservation Commissioner
Fatema Crane – City of Richmond
Historic Preservation Commissioner
Linda Hemmila – City of Richmond
Historic Preservation Commissioner
Gretchen Stromberg – City of Richmond
Specialty / Sub-Contractor
Liam O’Donoghue – East Bay Yesterday
Museum / Archives Specialist
Victoria Stuhr – Richmond Museum of History & Culture
Museum / Archives Specialist
Evelyn Santos – Richmond Museum of History & Culture
Specialty / Sub-Contractor
Marc Robinson – Action Data Systems
Specialty / Sub-Contractor
Maria Leticia Oregon – RAP Center
Rooted in Richmond
Rooted in Richmond is a winner for the 2023 Preservation Design Award for Cultural Heritage, Intangible Assets. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/programs/awards/.
About Rooted in Richmond
The Rooted in Richmond App is a collection of 16 historic sites – tangible and intangible – located along the Richmond Greenway. This multimedia walking and biking tour (made possible by a Certified Local Government Grant and a volunteer project management team) allows visitors to hear from Richmond residents, historians, and notable civic leaders. The Android and Apple-based app is also accessible on the web for people to learn about the diverse sites associated with Richmond in the 20th century. The tour also includes a narrated Spanish version.
The tour features exclusive audio interviews, 3D models of Richmond’s historical artifacts, and dozens of vivid historical images. Stops automatically trigger as you pass by, including Pre-WWII Japanese rose nurseries; the Pullman Palace Car factory; Social Justice and Civil Rights in Richmond; a WPA-era mural rediscovered in a post office basement; Ohlone shell mounds; and much more.
The tour is six miles in length and can be completed all at once, or in three equal segments of two miles each.
You may visit the full tour and browse the tour stops by visiting one of the following options below.
- Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rooted-in-richmond/id1645340587
- Android App Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actiontour.richmond&hl=en_US&gl=US
- Web-based Version: https://actiontourguide.com/rooted-in-richmond/
About CPF and the Awards
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. The awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, bringing together hundreds of people each year to share and celebrate excellence in preservation.
The California Preservation Foundation (CPF), a 501c3 nonprofit, was incorporated in 1978. We now support a national network of more than 36,000 members and supporters. Click here to learn how you can become a member.