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2010 Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation

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Preservation Durham Executive Director John Compton, President Paul Yale, and Past President Ellen Dagenhart (L) compare notes before the 2010 Annual Meeting at Tosca Ristorante Italiano. Compton later reviewed the organization's activities and accomplishements during the previous year. Yale spoke about upcoming events and plans, and Dagenhart presented the slate of new officers and board members for election by the members.

(R) Awards committee member Lindsey Locke describes the winner of a Pyne Award to the appreciative crowd. Thirteen properties were recognized this year for awards, including homes and commercial buildings ranging in size from a hot dog stand to a factory. For more information about Preservation Durham's annual awards, contact the Preservation Durham office by phone (919)-682-3036 or by email for more information.

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(L) T. J. McDermott accepts a Pyne Preservation Award for his renovation of King's Sandwich Shop, a landmark in the Foster Street/Central Park neighborhood that is now reopened for business serving hungry Durhamites! (R) Kip and Sarah Coonley (R) with their contractor Jonathan Wilkins of J. J. Construction (L) are all smiles after winning a Pyne Award for renovation of their c. 1919 home in the Burch Avenue neighborhood.

Other Pyne Award winners included Charmaine and Michael Huckabee for renovating the Silent House in the Watts Hospital neighborhood; Sanyin Siang-Miller and Chad Miller for renovating the Ellerbe Powe House in Trinity Park; Scientific Properties LLC for renovating the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company buildings into apartments and artists' studios; and Joseph Bushfan for renovating derelict commercial buildings and creating space for a deli, a coffee shop and a grocery store on Angier Street in East Durham.

Neighborhood Conservation Award winners included the City of Durham and Minor League Baseball for renovations at the Durham Athletic Park; Durham Public Schools, Durham County, the City of Durham, and Duke University Health Systems for renovating an empty school building to create the Holton Resource & Career Center in the former East Durham Junior High School; Ellen and John Dagenhart for renovating the Watts-Honeycutt House in Old West Durham; Synergy Enterprises, LLC, Contractor for renovating two houses on Ottawa Street in the Holloway-Cleveland Street Historic District; and Kristie Porter & Geoffery Berry for renovating the Eakes House in the Burch Avenue neighborhood

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(L) Ellen Dagenhart enjoys her NCA Award with Award Committee member Heather Wagner and Preservation Durham staffer April Johnson. (R) After the meeting, Preservation Durham members and friends stayed to congratulate the award winners and talk about the many accomplishments of the last year. Everyone is looking forward to another exciting year for Preservation Durham!
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT !