Now in its seventh year, initiative highlights urgent need to save historic resources from demolition
Until Sept. 15, the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation (SAHP) is accepting nominations for the annual Six to Save list, the nonprofit organization has announced.
“Members of the public are encouraged to submit nominations for historic buildings and assets, archaeological sites or cultural resources in our community that are at risk,” a news release says.
“This year marks the seventh year of the Six to Save program, which allows SAHP to shine a spotlight on historic resources that are in danger of being lost to development, neglect or demolition,” the release explains.
Nominations may be submitted online at https://www.preservesrq.org/six-to-save, the release points out.
“With every historic resource demolished, Sarasota County loses a bit of its legacy, its charm, its sense of place,” said Jan Vertefeuille, co-president of SAHP, in the release. “The Six to Save list is an opportunity to try to change the trajectory for some of these historic buildings and assets.”
Begun by the History and Preservation Coalition of Sarasota County, the program is collaborative, with the SAHP spearheading it, the release continues. “Similar to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places and the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation’s Florida’s 11 to Save,” the Sarasota County initiative is used by members of the preservation community “to bring awareness to historical resources at risk and work with owners to try to save them when possible,” the release adds.
“The Six to Save list will be announced in November,” the release notes. Among the previous places named to the list are both publicly and privately owned properties,” including the historic buildings at Warm Mineral Springs, the Blackburn Point Swing Bridge near Nokomis and the Mira Mar Plaza in Sarasota, the release says.
The Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation (SAHP) is “dedicated to preserving the historic buildings, archaeological sites and cultural resources that give Sarasota County its sense of place,” the release points out. Learn more at www.preservesrq.org.