A Message from Heritage Watch Hamilton
The City of Hamilton has requested special Federal and Provincial Infrastructure Stimulus Funding for Auchmar, the Hamilton mountain estate of The Honourable Isaac Buchanan, and the most significant heritage property on the Hamilton Mountain.
The vision is to fully restore the nearly 10-acre estate, owned by the citizens of Hamilton. The Manor house, returned to its full glory, will provide a venue for civic receptions. The walled garden will be a park for all Hamilton residents to enjoy. The coach house will anchor a complex for the City’s Department of Culture. All will become part of an integrated cultural centre, including space to house the City of Hamilton’s varied and valuable collection of historical artifacts, and to establish permanent and professional conservation labs so our heritage is properly cared for.We need your help to make sure that his happens. There are many other infrastructure projects competing for the same pool of funds. While we all agree that roads and bridges and sewers are essential to the operational well being of our city, Heritage Watch Hamilton believes restoring a nationally and locally important and unique heritage property is essential to our cultural well-being.
You can help. To increase the likelihood Auchmar will receive the money required to undertake such an important heritage restoration project, we ask you to contact both your local MP and MPP to let them know that you support the Auchmar restoration project. We ask that you do so immediately before final decisions are announced. The decisions are being made quickly, and we don’t want to be too late.
A restored Auchmar will be a place open to all citizens of Hamilton and their guests, as a park, as a reception centre, and as a learning facility. Not just for the next few years, but for generations to come. We hope you agree. And that you’ll agree to contact you local elected officials (listed below).
Let’s work together to ensure that Hamilton’s heritage is part of our governments’ investment in the future.
Contact information for Members of Federal Parliament:
http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/YourElectedOfficials/FederalPolicitians.htm
Contact information for Members of Provincial Parliament:
http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/YourElectedOfficials/ProvincialPoliticians.htm
With warmest regards,
Heritage Watch Hamilton
More about Auchmar http://www.auchmar.info/about_auchmar.html
