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February 2004
13
Norvell Wins 2004 Mayor's Cup
Appearance Commission,Tree Board host Awards
Luncheon
BY MARK WINEKA
SALISBURY POST
February 13, 2004
Edward P. Norvell, a hands-on
preservationist, conservationist, fund-raiser and planner, received the 2004
Mayor's Cup Thursday for his longtime efforts in improving Salisbury's
appearance.
Mayor Susan Kluttz presented the
silver engraved cup to Norvell at the 2004 Awards Luncheon of the Salisbury
Community Appearance Commission and the Salisbury Tree Board, two groups on
which Norvell has served.
Norvell, a resident of South
Fulton Street and an attorney with the Conservation Trust of North Carolina, has
held key board positions with Historic Salisbury Foundation, Rowan Museum and
Downtown Salisbury Inc., for which he chaired the Master Plan Committee.
He also has been a leading
fund-raiser for the Meroney Theater, Rowan Museum and the J.F. Hurley Family
YMCA in the more recent past. The Mayor's Cup recognizes all of his efforts in
Salisbury and across the state, Kluttz said.
The Awards Luncheon, held every
two years, took place at the Park Avenue Community Center.
Other notable winners of the day
included Paul Fisher and F&M Bank, architect Gray Stout and the Salisbury
Community Development Corp.
F&M Bank, which Fisher serves as
chief executive officer and chairman of the board, received the Award of
Excellence for Design and Implementation for the bank's role in a major
redevelopment within the 200 block of North Main Street and the 100 block of
East Liberty Street.
The successes include what are now
the F&M Financial Center, the R.W. Norman Building, Waterworks Visual Arts
Center, Easy Street and the F&M Trolley Barn. Virtually all of those projects
were recognized Thursday.
Taken collectively, they resulted
from the tenacity and stubbornness of Fisher, said Barbara Perry, a member of
the Community Appearance Commission.
She noted that the projects
breathed new life into a long-neglected block and saved buildings once scheduled
to be razed for parking.
Stout, who could not attend
Thursday's gathering, received the James A. Dunn Award, named for the former
city councilman who started the Community Appearance Commission more than 20
years ago. Stout's mother, Millie, accepted for her son.
The Dunn Award recognizes a person
who enhances Salisbury's quality of life through community appearance efforts.
Stout served as architect for East
Council Place; the Doran, Shelby, Pethel and Hudson law offices; and renovations
to the Washington Building and Innes Street Drug, among other projects.
Former Mayor Margaret Kluttz
presented the Margaret H. Kluttz Neighborhood Improvement Award to the Salisbury
Community Development Corp. Through various partnerships, particularly with
financial institutions, the CDC has built several homes in targeted
neighborhoods for first-time owners.
Executive Director Chanaka
Yatawara received the award for the Community Development Corp.
Other winners named Thursday were:
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New construction -- Webb/Busby
Medical Clinic, 203 Mocksville Ave.; and East Council Place, at East Council
and North Lee streets.
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Building renovation -- F&M
Financial Center, North Main Street.
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Adaptive reuse -- Park Avenue
Community Center, represented by the Park Avenue Redevelopment Corp.
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Building restoration -- F&M Bank
Trolley Barn, East Liberty Street.
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Preservation of Local Heritage
-- Soldiers Memorial AME Zion Church, 306 N. Church St.
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Site improvements -- Easy Street
(done by F&M Bank), between North Main and Lee streets.
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Signs -- Waterworks Visual Arts
Center.
The Salisbury Tree Board gave out
three awards, other than recognizing its Landscape of the Month winners in
residential and commercial categories.
The Tree Board recognized the N.C.
Department of Transportation for a $602,000 grant used for brick sidewalks,
granite curbing and decorative lighting in the East Square area.
The Rowan County Master Gardeners
program won an award for its development of the West End Community Garden, and
the LandTrust for Central North Carolina was honored for its conservation work.
Steve Fisher, an executive with
F&M Bank and president of Downtown Salisbury Inc., described the Appearance
Commission and Tree Board as interior designers who add the touch, color and
character that make Salisbury a home.
Otherwise, the city would just be
"a bunch of bricks and mortar," he said.
The Community Appearance
Commission provided all the food and decorations for the luncheon.
The awards jury included Perry;
Fred Blackley, a landscape architect in Shelby; Marge Anders Limbert, with N.C.
Smart Growth Alliance; and Janet Slack, a Cabarrus County planner.
Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-4263, or
mwineka@salisburypost.com.
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