Tantramar council’s gallery was filled with about 35 supporters for a public presentation by heritage advocate Meredith Fisher on Monday.
Fisher told council she wanted them to make heritage a priority in their upcoming strategic plan, and emulate places like Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where she says the town has been “reaping economic and social benefits” from its heritage by-laws.
Fisher reminded councillors that built heritage is fleeting. “Once lost, heritage is never replaceable,” she said, “and the community loses its sense of place, distinctiveness and aesthetic value.”
Fisher said that residents were full of ideas on how to preserve and protect the town’s built heritage, including the creation of a heritage advisory committee to “work with council to help create a sensible, practical heritage bylaw and to help implement a strategy.”
