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The Sault Ste. Marie Walk of Fame is a series of markers located throughout downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. The Walk of Fame is a joint project between the city of Sault Ste. Marie and its Downtown Association, and honours those from the city or the Algoma District who have made outstanding contributions to the community or have made significant achievements in their chosen field(s) of work. Inductees are added on an annual basis. HistoryThe genesis of the Walk of Fame was City By-Law 2002-193, passed by the Sault Ste. Marie City Council on September 9, 2002. The by-law established a "Walk of Fame Program," to be operated by the city and the Downtown Association with the intent of honouring Sault Ste. Marie natives who have made significant contributions and outstanding achievements. By extension, the Walk was viewed as a means of enhancing tourism in the city and attracting patrons to the Downtown shopping and business district. The by-law established a committee to select annual inductees and, at the outset, determine a suitable location for the Walk. The 8 committee members are appointed by the City Council for a 3-year term, and include the mayor, two city councilors, two representatives of the Downtown Association, two citizens at large, and one Chamber of Commerce representative. Prospective names for the first set of Walk of Fame inductees were submitted by the general public to the city clerk's office in 2003. From that pool of nominees, the Walk of Fame Committee selected an inaugural list of 10 inductees. Those selections were then tabled until a suitable time and place to launch the Walk of Fame was determined. The Walk of Fame was formally unveiled on September 30, 2006, with its first 10 honorees celebrated as part of the grand opening weekend of the Steelback Centre sports arena (the arena would be rechristened Essar Centre in 2008 and GFL Memorial Gardens in 2018).[1] From its 2006 unveiling until the mid 2010s, the Walk of Fame markers were embedded in the south sidewalk of Queen Street, north of the Essar Centre and adjacent Memorial Square. By the mid 2010s, however, wear and tear caused by winter weather, snow removal, and other maintenance vehicles caused many of the stone-and-granite markers to become crumbled or otherwise severely damaged.[2] In August 2015, as part of a broader repair plan for Queen Street's sidewalks, the City Council voted to remove the markers from the sidewalk and place them in storage.[3] With the Walk of Fame's markers removed and its nomination process paused, the City Council spent 2016 and 2017 reviewing new options for the Walk, including replacing the stones with vinyl graphics, illuminated pillars, or aluminum markers on the Essar Centre facade.[4] By Spring 2017, another display concept was considered, one that would place new and existing markers in see-through display cases located throughout downtown. The concept would help preserve the condition of the marble markers, reduce replacement costs for the original stones (5 of those 38 markers were damaged beyond repair), provide year-round access and visibility, and allow for simple display expansion and signage when necessary.[5] This plan would eventually be approved by Council, and the restoration project's results were revealed to the public (with the assistance of original Walk inductee Roberta Bondar) on December 7, 2017.[6][7] RequirementsThe 2002 by-law that established the Walk of Fame also established ground rules for Walk inductees, some of which have been adjusted over the years:
Markers and locationIn the Walk of Fame's original concept, inductees were immortalized on a 16-inch granite stone square, each of which included a marble maple leaf displaying the inductee's name and year of induction. The markers were originally embedded in the sidewalk facing Queen Street, in front of the north end of the GFL Memorial Gardens and the adjacent Memorial Square. In the restored Walk project unveiled in December 2017, each of the surviving markers saw their marble granite maple leafs removed from their squares. Those leafs, the replacement leafs for markers that could not be restored, and any future leafs are now featured in steel cabinets found in four outdoor locations in Downtown Sault Ste. Marie: the GFL Memorial Gardens, the Memorial Tower, the Art Gallery of Algoma, and a parkette at the corner of Queen and March Streets.[6] Each cabinet features a concrete base as well as protective transparent covers made of the polycarbonate Lexan.[5] The cabinets are also double-sided, allowing each to hold up to 12 granite leafs.[7] InducteesNote: (P) indicates a posthumous induction
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References1. ^soonews.ca feature on the 2006 inductees {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927063057/http://www.soonews.ca/viewarticle.php?id=8725 |date=2007-09-27 }} 2. ^[https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/cracked-walk-of-fame-stones-may-be-moved-3-photos-175946 "Cracked Walk of Fame stones may be moved,"] from SooToday.com, 9/23/2014 3. ^[https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/sault-rips-up-walk-of-fame-182391 "Sault rips up Walk of Fame,"] from SooToday.com, 8/10/2015 4. ^[https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/city-to-revive-walk-of-fame-456485 "City to revive Walk of Fame,"] from SooToday.com, 11/15/2016 5. ^1 [https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/councillors-decide-what-to-do-with-embarrassing-ton-of-granite-4-photos-542409 "Councillors decide what to do with embarrassing ton of granite,"] from SooToday.com, 4/11/2017 6. ^1 [https://saultonline.com/2017/12/the-official-unveiling-walk-of-fame-restoration-project-complete/ "Walk of Fame Restoration Project Complete,"] news release from City of Sault Ste. Marie via SaultOnline, 12/7/2017 (original press release at this link) 7. ^1 2 [https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/new-look-for-walk-of-fame-in-sault-ste-marie-1.3711728 "New look for Walk of Fame in Sault Ste. Marie,"] from CTV News Northern Ontario, 12/7/2017 8. ^"NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR WALK OF FAME AWARD," from EZRockSoo.com, 3/29/2012 9. ^"James W. Curran, Helen Arvonen to be honoured," from Sault Star, 7/9/2015 10. ^1 "2018 Walk of Fame Recipients Announced," press release from City of Sault Ste. Marie (5/15/2018) 11. ^[https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/a-few-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-dr-lou-lukenda-935788 "A few facts you may not have known about Dr. Lou Lukenda,"] from SooToday.com, 5/27/2018 External links
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