HCNT Welcomes Director, Regeneration Projects

HCNT Welcomes Jim Mountain as Director, Regeneration Projects 

Ottawa, ON, January 8, 2014 – Heritage Canada The National Trust (HCNT) is pleased to announce that Jim Mountain has joined the organization as Director, Regeneration Projects. Jim will increase HCNT’s capacity to demonstrate that heritage-led regeneration—the renewal, repurposing and regeneration of heritage buildings, communities and regions—can enhance local identity, economic self sufficiency and cultural vitality. 

Jim has over twenty-five years of experience in the fields of heritage, culture and community renewal. This includes his early career with HCNT’s Main Street and Heritage Regions programs, where he helped establish Main Street projects across the West, and “Regions” projects from Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver Island. Most recently, Jim served as Cultural Developer at the City of Ottawa, where he assisted in developing the City’s Renewed Action Plan for Arts, Heritage and Culture. Prior to the City of Ottawa, Jim worked with Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd. Since 1998, he has been a Sessional Lecturer with Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism on the subjects of heritage conservation and urban and rural sustainability. 

In his role at HCNT, Jim will offer services and develop partnerships to help communities implement their regeneration initiatives, and will lead demonstration projects that rehabilitate heritage properties while also meeting local needs, with the ultimate goal of providing national leadership and inspiration for the renewal of historic places in Canada.

To discuss possible projects, opportunities and partnerships, Jim can be reached at 613-237-1066 ext. 226 or jmountain@heritagecanada.org. 

For further information contact:
Carolyn Quinn, Director of Communications
cquinn@heritagecanada.org
Telephone: 613-237-1066 ext. 229; Cell: 613-797-7206
www.heritagecanada.org