Tregaron Conservancy wins a Vision 2014 Award!

The Committee of 100 on the Federal City chose the Tregaron Conservancy for a 2014 Vision Award.  These awards are “presented annually to nominated projects, plans, and individuals that represent new models for sustainable problem solving and achineving excellence in that endeavor — all within the context of the principles and values emerging from the L’Enfant Plan and the McMillan Commission Plan.”  Nancy MacWood, Chair of The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, cited the Conservancy’s many accomplishments.  Her remarks and the commendation on the plaque read:  “For its ongoing efforts to rehabilitate and maintain the landscape of the historic Tregaron Estate dating back to 1912.  After more than 25 years of legal battles to limit development of the site, the conservancy became the beneficiary of a donation of thirteen acres to be protected in perpetuity.  It has, since its founding in January 2006, rehabilitated bridle paths and pedestrian trails, restored stone bridges, and planted hundreds of trees and thousands of daffodils.  In so doing, it has brought back to life an obstructed open space in the middle of the city, and made this open space available for the public’s enjoyment.”