Posts Related To: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
Decatur Diary | July 6, 2018
Survey Seeks Input on Children’s Home First Phase Priorities
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
Beyond demonstrating how the diverse ambitions of the Decatur community might be reconciled to serve the broadest number of people, last week’s presentation of the unified concept plan for the former United Methodist Children’s Home property also laid out some proposed phases moving forward based around ease of implementation, logistics, and expectations for available funding over time...
Decatur Diary | June 28, 2018
Unified Concept Emerges for Children’s Home Property
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
The Decatur community took another step forward last night in its master planning process for the former United Methodist Children’s Home property — arriving at a single, unified concept for the 77 acre site’s future uses and programming...
Decatur Diary | June 22, 2018
Don’t Forget: Children’s Home Vision Debuts Next Wednesday
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
After months of work by city staff, a consultant design team, and thousands of neighbors who brought ideas and opinions to the table, it's time for the big reveal -- a unified plan incorporating the uses, spaces, and features most commonly requested for the 77 acre property formerly serving as the United Methodist Children's Home.
Join us Wednesday, June 27, 6-8pm at the Ebster Gym for your first-hand look at the results. Everyone's welcome...
Join us Wednesday, June 27, 6-8pm at the Ebster Gym for your first-hand look at the results. Everyone's welcome...
Decatur Diary | June 13, 2018
Second Act: Combined and Refined Plan for Children’s Home to be Presented Wednesday, June 27
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
When draft plans for the city's United Methodist Children's Home property were initially presented in April they generated a lot of comments -- over 3,000 of them if you're keeping count -- and challenged the city, with the help of its Cooper Carry-led project team, to combine the community's most favored elements into one compelling and comprehensive vision.
That unified plan is nearing completion and will be unveiled for the community Wednesday, June 27, 6-8pm at the Ebster Gym. Everyone's welcome...
That unified plan is nearing completion and will be unveiled for the community Wednesday, June 27, 6-8pm at the Ebster Gym. Everyone's welcome...
Decatur Diary | May 10, 2018
Children’s Home Survey Closes Soon: Don’t miss this opportunity to comment on draft options
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
Accompanying the first round of draft options for the former United Methodist Children's Home property presented April 30th was an online survey allowing residents and other stakeholders to comment on their preferences and concerns...
Decatur Diary | May 1, 2018
Draft UMCH Options Presented, Community Survey Released
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
Multiple options for how the former United Methodist Children’s Home property might be put to use in the years ahead were unveiled Monday night, April 30, for a curious and enthusiastic crowd of over 250 residents. The presentation capped two months of community input and discussion...
Decatur Diary | April 23, 2018
First Look! Join us Monday, Apr. 30 for unveiling of UMCH draft plans
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
[NOTE: This post has been updated with a revised location.]
Here we go! The broader Decatur community is encouraged to join us Monday, April 30, from 6 to 8pm, in the gym of the Ebster Recreation Center, as first draft options for the dramatic, 77 acre UMCH property get presented by the Cooper Carry-led consultant team...
Here we go! The broader Decatur community is encouraged to join us Monday, April 30, from 6 to 8pm, in the gym of the Ebster Recreation Center, as first draft options for the dramatic, 77 acre UMCH property get presented by the Cooper Carry-led consultant team...
Decatur Diary | April 6, 2018
UMCH Community Input: Still time to host or attend a Civic Dinner
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
Still looking to contribute your ideas for the former United Methodist Children’s Home property? Then check out Civic Dinners.
Civic Dinners are sort of like a focus group where people come together around a table to share their thoughts on a particular topic. Except in our case, rather than the future of widgets, that topic is the future of these 77 beautiful acres. And rather than a sampling of demographically-aligned strangers, it’s your neighbors. And rather than a sterile conference room with two-way mirrors, it’s someone’s dining room or local restaurant...
Civic Dinners are sort of like a focus group where people come together around a table to share their thoughts on a particular topic. Except in our case, rather than the future of widgets, that topic is the future of these 77 beautiful acres. And rather than a sampling of demographically-aligned strangers, it’s your neighbors. And rather than a sterile conference room with two-way mirrors, it’s someone’s dining room or local restaurant...
Decatur Diary | March 15, 2018
Discuss, Refine: Week of workshops brings neighbors to the table
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
When first announced, Decatur’s purchase of the 77 acre United Methodist Children’s Home property was largely received as a win for greenspace, particularly given that 22 of those acres became immediately preserved in perpetuity as a condition of their financing. So here’s an interesting turn: Analyzing over a thousand ideas collected at February’s kick-off gathering, the most commonly recurring theme was affordable/community housing. And just behind that was recreation...
Decatur Diary | February 26, 2018
Refining Ideas for the Children’s Home Property: Don’t miss these upcoming workshops
Filed Under: UMCH Visioning and Master Plan
While the future of the former United Methodist Children’s Home property was expected to be a popular topic for Decatur residents, perhaps no one anticipated just how popular that might be. But thanks to a kick-off meeting drawing over 400 residents and the ongoing Civic Dinners presently taking place at tables around town, we’re amassing hundreds if not thousands of ideas to consider, assess and potentially incorporate.
That process begins now, and we’re doing it together...
That process begins now, and we’re doing it together...