We are currently accepting award nominations for our Community Impact Award, Historical Rehabilitation Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Please complete one form for each person, group, organization, or business you wish to nominate. Attach additional pages as necessary. “Completed nomination forms and attachments should be emailed to: Rachel@experiencejackson.com, stating “JCMHS Award Nomination” in the subject line.” 

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Submissions are due Friday, October 4, 2024. All nominators will be notified of their status after our awards committee deliberates in October. A public announcement will be made in early November. Awards will presented at our annual banquet on December 5th, 2024 at Spring Arbor University.

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AWARDS CRITERA

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Community Impact Award:

Nominees must be individuals or organizations in Jackson County that have had/are having a significant impact on the community’s understanding and appreciation of history. The impact can result from multiple accomplishments/projects or a single accomplishment/project. If the nominee is an individual, he or she must at least be a high school senior, at minimum. If the nominee is an organization, it must have existed in Jackson County for at least one year. 

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Lifetime Achievement Award:

Nominees must be single individuals who are 75 years and older (hence the adjective “lifetime”), and have a strong Jackson County connection in one of three ways: 1) they were born in the county, 2) they lived in the county for decades or 3) they have dedicated their productive lives in a historical field in Jackson County. Their life work must have positively impacted the community’s understanding and appreciation of local history and ideally reflect multiple accomplishments spanning decades.

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Historical Rehabilitation Award:

Nominees can be single individuals, groups or organizations that have preserved the distinctive historic character of a building/structure/object in Jackson County. The award can be given to the individual or representative of the organization that spearheaded the renovation/restoration. The building/structure/object must be at least 50 years old and the rehabilitation must be significant, that is, have made a substantial, discernable difference or improvement. It also must have been conducted within the last five years.