CURRENT PROJECTS
By recognising architectural merit and encouraging high standards of planning, our annual Design Awards help make Burton an attractive place to live and work.
Nominations are judged in three categories:
- New buildings;
- Refurbished properties; and,
- Environmental schemes.
To qualify for consideration, Building Projects haveto have been completed within the 2009 calendar year, and Environmental Projects within the last four years.
Judging will take place in Spring 2010. Awards will be announced at the Annual General Meeting to be held in June 2010.
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A book of all the entries in the 2009 'History of Burton Through My Eyes' schools' competition is being produced.
Plans to develop the Civic Society Arboretum are being taken forward in conjunction with Molson Coors and East Staffs Borough Council.
Following negotiations with Staffordshire County Council a full structural inspection of the Ferry Bridge (including a diving inspection) has been scheduled for 2009/10. This is a first step in the Society’s efforts to secure refurbishment.
The Society’s Finney’s Post display including a full size photographic reproduction licensed by the V&A Museum is currently on show at the Brewhouse.