Date: Thursday, February 20

Time: 7:00 PM

Loaction: Rockridge Masonic Hall, 5449 College Avenue, Oakland

Donations will be accepted in support of Oakland Heritage Alliance advocacy and public education programs.

OHA presents Partners in Preservation Awards to individuals, organizations, agencies, or institutions for activities or accomplishments that promote Oakland's historic and cultural heritage. This year's event will recognize: 

• 5806 Ross Street, Rehabilitation Award  
  (Kevin & Agnes Faughnan, owners; Steve Rynerson, Rynerson O'Brien Architecture; John Kraft, Kraftsmanship Carpentry; Ron Roberts, Ron Roberts Plastering; Riley Doty, Doty Tile; Eric Clausen, Clausen Sculptural Iron; Theodore Ellison, Theodore Ellison Designs; Dianne Ayres, Arts & Crafts Period Textiles; Tom Carroll, T. Carroll F.S. Electrical) 

• Girls Inc. Simpson Center for Girls, Rehabilitation Award
  

  (Anne Phillips & Winston Win, Anne Philips Architecture; Linda Boessenecker, Girls Inc. of Alameda County; Burton Edwards & Mary Hardy, Siegel & Strain Architects; Suzanne Brown, Equity Community Builders; Rick Spickard, Oliver & Company; Stephen DeJesse, Ingraham DeJesse Associates; Alice Prussin, Illuminosa Lighting)

• The White Building, Rehabilitation Award
  

  (Vida & Saied Karamooz, owners)

• The Food Mill, Stewardship Award 
  

  (Kirk Watkins, owner)

• Oakland Wiki, Education Award
  

  (Gene Anderson, creator)

• John Bliss & Kim Thompson, Advocacy Award
  

  (For raising public awareness about the City of Oakland Historic Landmarks Program)

• Oakland Art Murmur, Leadership Award 
  

  (Danielle Fox, Roderick Kiracofe, and Ron Scrivani, Oakland Art Murmur)

• City of Oakland Mills Act Program, Leadership Award 
  

  (Staff of the City of Oakland Planning Department and Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey)

• Yancie Taylor, jazz musician, Lifetime Achievement Award 
  

  (For his commitment to preserving Oakland's Jazz Music Legacy)

• Lewis Mahlmann, Children's Fairyland master puppeteer  Lifetime Achievement Award   

About Oakland Heritage Alliance  

Oakland Heritage Alliance is a non-profit membership organization which advocates the protection, preservation, and revitalization of Oakland's architectural, historic, cultural and natural resources through publications, education, and direct action. OHA serves all of Oakland with its educational outreach, fostering learning about our cultural and historic heritage and enhancing a sense of place and identity among citizens. Each summer our award-winning walking tours introduce hundreds of people to Oakland's diverse architectural, cultural and natural heritage. Our monthly lecture series attracts attendees from all over the Bay region. Through our Newsletter, we disseminate information about Oakland history. Visit us at www.oaklandheritage.org