City Council members are expected next week to approve a contract for construction management services with the same company that built the UA’s Garland Avenue and Harmon Avenue parking decks.
Fayetteville residents and City Council members got their first look at the preliminary design ideas for a planned downtown parking deck this week.
City officials will host a public input session on March 12 to discuss design options for the planned parking deck set to be built at School Avenue and West Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville.
The Walton Arts Center Council voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Portland-based architecture firm Boora Architects to help “fast track” an estimated $20 million expansion of the Fayetteville facility.
A planned downtown parking deck will be built on the southeast corner of the Walton Arts Center campus at Spring Street and School Avenue.
After weighing the pros and cons which include nearly two dozen site selection criteria, the group recommended building a deck on the “Theater site,” located at the southeast corner of the Walton Arts Center campus.
On Nov. 27, council members are set to hear a presentation detailing the three sites being considered. One week later, on Dec. 4, they’ll be asked to make a final decision.
Construction on the Fayetteville expansion project could begin as early as mid-2013 and be completed sometime in 2015.
Concerns about limiting the art center’s growth potential on Dickson Street have thus far prevented its board from weighing in on where they’d like to see a planned parking deck built in downtown Fayetteville.
Mayoral candidate Dan Coody took another shot at the city’s paid parking program and planned downtown parking deck Thursday during a news conference and media tour of the Dickson Street area.
Arts center officials are ready to put some pen to paper in an effort to solve some of the challenges presented by limited expansion space in downtown Fayetteville.
Now that city officials have narrowed their preferred locations for a planned downtown parking deck, it’s time for Walton Arts Center officials to weigh in.
Nothing’s official yet, but the four possible locations for a planned downtown parking deck seem to have been narrowed by half.
Here’s what you missed and what you can do if you didn’t make it out to the input sessions and walking tours held on Wednesday afternoon.
City officials have scheduled two public input sessions regarding the location of an upcoming downtown parking deck in Fayetteville.
About 50 people attended the event to hear Mayor Jordan and various department directors discuss what’s been happening in the city over the past few months.
Council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to authorize Mayor Lioneld Jordan to issue up to $6.5 million in bonds to finance a downtown parking deck. There was no public comment during the discussion.
With Mayor Jordan’s downtown parking deck project on hold for at least another two weeks, we began wondering Tuesday night just how long it could be before any dirt is ever turned.
A familiar voice was amplified through the speaker system inside City Hall Tuesday night when Dan Coody took to the podium during a regular meeting of the Fayetteville City Council.
The first step in moving forward with Mayor Lioneld Jordan’s downtown parking deck project was taken Tuesday night when the Fayetteville City Council heard the mayor’s financing plan.
