The alliance to conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (ACORN), Richmond, Virginia — for their successful effort to identify vacant, derelict and/or tax delinquent buildings in Richmond’s older neighborhoods, promote the purchase and renovation of vacant and abandoned structures and market the properties to attract homeowners of all income levels.

2000 Honorable Mention

Harrison Tyler — for the private purchase and restoration of Fort Pocahontas, Wilson’s Wharf Civil War Battlefield, the best preserved site in Virginia associated with African-American Federal troops in combat.

John Emory Wells, Richmond, Virginia — for his exemplary work as an architectural historian with the Virginia Department of Historical Resources.

In Your Ear Inc., Music and Recording Services, Richmond, Virginia — for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of four derelict buildings in Richmond’s Schockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District, for use as the company’s recording studio.

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