蜜柚直播鈥檚 Ignite Sign Art Museum can now add 鈥渁ward-winning鈥 to its title, thanks to a recent nod from the and .
The museum, which is dedicated to restoring and displaying 蜜柚直播鈥檚 signage of the past, was one of 10 projects across the state given a Governor鈥檚 Heritage Preservation Honor Award, a distinction bestowed upon organizations that work toward preserving the state鈥檚 history.
鈥淚t is nice to get recognition for what we are doing here,鈥 said Jude Cook, owner of Cook & Company Sign Makers, who opened Ignite with his wife, Monica Hay Cook, in 2018.
Jim McPherson, president of the board of the 蜜柚直播 Preservation Foundation, said recognizing efforts to save vintage and neon signage is relatively new for them, calling it in an email, 鈥渁 sign of growing popularity among preservation advocates and communities where there are active efforts to save and restore such features.鈥
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Over the past decade, only three sign projects have been awarded the honor: Ignite, the 蜜柚直播 Neon Sign Rehabilitation Project in 2012, and the in Casa Grande in 2020.
Other Southern 蜜柚直播 projects and individuals that received the award this year, include the Pima County Historic Courthouse Rehabilitation; 蜜柚直播 resident R. Brooks Jeffery; Marana residents Gordon and Linda Hanson; and the in Bisbee, which tells the story of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers stationed there. The Camp Naco map took the foundation鈥檚 highest honor, the James W. Garrison Grand Award.
Cook said the award will help when they apply for grants for the museum.
As for the certificate they received, 鈥淚 think I am going to frame it in neon,鈥 he added.
Ignite Sign Art Museum, 331 S. Olsen Ave., is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Admission is $12 with discounts available.
The museum will be holding an 鈥淚gnite at Night鈥 event on Nov. 10 as part of . The evening will run from 5-8 p.m. and tickets are $15.
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