This award is being presented for the first time. The GHPA Preservation Partner in Print Award is given to the Houston Chronicle and its president and publisher, Jack Sweeney, for the newspaper's extensive coverage of historic preservation projects and issues and its long-standing editorial support of preservation in Houston. Through its news coverage and on its opinion pages, the Chronicle keeps the value of our history in the public eye. In fact, the paper's coverage of the Harris County District Clerk's Historic Documents Preservation Project brought that project to GHPA's attention and resulted in its winning a Good Brick Award.

GHPA appreciates the Chronicle's unsolicited and generous coverage of preservation issues and newsmakers so crucial to achieving this organization's goals of increasing public awareness and creating a preservation ethic for Houston. Fortunately, Jack Sweeney understands, and with his wife, Ellie, champions the value of preservation to the overall quality of life in our city.