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Downtown Tiffin Receives Four State Awards

October 6, 2022

Heritage Ohio, for the first time ever, presented Downtown Tiffin with four awards at the Annual Preservation and Revitalization Awards Ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the historic Ohio Theatre in Toledo, Ohio.

Awards were given to:

  • Mary Lewis winner of the Spirit of Main Street Award
  • 92 South Washington Street winner of the Best Commercial Rehabilitation (Small Project Award)
  • 149 Frost Parkway & 24-25 Adams Street winner of the Best Residential Rehabilitation Award
  • Arlington Acres winner of the Historic Farmstead of the Year Award

This Spirit of Main Street award is presented to an individual who has dedicated their time, effort, and expertise toward helping their Main Street program transform and thrive. The Best Commercial Rehabilitation award is presented to one or more individuals, tenants, or building owners who have completed the best total building rehabilitation project based on proper preservation techniques. The Best Residential Rehabilitation award is presented to one or more individuals, tenants or homeowners who have completed the best exterior and/or interior single-family residential project based on proper preservation techniques. The Historic Farmstead award is presented to the historic farmstead which best embodies the marriage of modern agricultural practices with historic buildings, or best embodies the innovative reuse of historic agricultural buildings.

Matt Wiederhold, the Executive Director of Heritage Ohio, said “Downtown Tiffin’s Main Street program continues to thrive. I would like to congratulate them on their awards for these projects that preserve history in Tiffin and create a better quality of life.”

Since Downtown Tiffin began submitting applications in 2017, the organization has received 13 awards from Heritage Ohio and received one honorable mention.

Tiffin Mayor Dawn Iannantuono said, “I am thrilled that the efforts of our businesses and building owners in Tiffin continue to be recognized by Heritage Ohio. Congratulations to all of the award winners, and especially to Mary Lewis, who is being commended for her years of dedicated service to Tiffin and Seneca County.”

The Heritage Ohio Annual Preservation and Revitalization Conference is to provide attendees networking opportunities and informational presentations by community preservation and revitalization experts in addition to the awards ceremony.

About Downtown Tiffin

The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs, and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.

About Heritage Ohio

Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.

About Main Street America

Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.

 
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