Margaret Davis and Gordon Prentice tonight received the coveted Architectural Conservancy of Ontario A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy - an award which: 

"recognises an individual, a group or a non-profit organisation that has brought greater attention to an important heritage issue or controversy, and has been able to persuade others, change policies and practices, or mobilize people during a heritage crisis."

The award recognises the role we played - with many, many others - in saving Newmarket's historic downtown from the developer Bob Forrest.

It was an astonishing victory. But it shows what people can do when they join together, united in a common purpose.

We had been told beforehand that acceptance speeches should be no longer than two minutes.

Margaret told the entranced audience:

"I am one hundred years old and I shall speak for as long as I like."

Gordon Prentice 13 October 2022

And this is how Newmarket Today reported the news. The story has been shared an astonishing 1,900 times.

YouTube video from the ACO Heritage Awards wrap-up.