In connection with the
redevelopment of the A.L. Miller School, A.L. Miller Village, LP will be
conducting a two- and one-quarter day planning workshop or “charrette” on March
16-18 2015 and would appreciate and value your participation.
The A. L. Miller Village project
is an adaptive reuse and renovation of a Historic Landmark School campus into affordable housing. A.L. Miller Village
is located on an eleven acre site at 2241 Montpelier Avenue, Macon, Bibb
County, Georgia. The campus consists of
three separate buildings, the High School (three stories), the freestanding
Gymnasium building and the Elementary School building (two stories) with an
attached Administration building (one story).
Generally the project consists of:
• 62 new one, two and three
bedroom units located in the existing historic buildings,
• Nine (9) freestanding single
family homes along Birch Street (this borders the West side of the site),
The EarthCraft Communities program addresses
low-impact development, site selection, land disturbance, water quality and
quantity management, energy, transportation infrastructure, community design,
green space preservation and more. In addition, all buildings within an
EarthCraft Community must be certified through the EarthCraft House,
Multifamily or Light Commercial programs.
EarthCraft Communities program administrators
perform regular site visits, facilitate conceptual design charrettes and
provide each project green building trainings for residents, property managers,
builders and/or realtors.
EarthCraft Communities have been
successfully implemented for numerous developments. A.L. Miller Village, LP is excited to engage
the surrounding community to better understand their concerns and uncover
potential opportunities available to the project.
The workshop will be attended by
the project team, adjacent land owners and local officials to address
EarthCraft Communities design considerations for A.L. Miller Village, to create
more innovative and responsive plans and streamline processes by involving the
entire design and construction team in the initial stages of the design process.
Format for the workshop will
include discussions regarding the feasibility of implementing EarthCraft
Communities strategies and requirements for the redevelopment of A.L. Miller
Village. In addition, the workshop
participants will explore the opportunities and obstacles inherent in these
strategies and decide what strategies and approaches would work best for the
proposed project.
All members of the community are invited to participate in this upcoming workshop.
The workshop will meet at 484 Mulberry Street, Macon,
GA 31201 (former Bowen Brothers Clothing Store). Please see the agenda at the bottom of this post.
Your ideas, insights, and action
items will be compiled into a short report for future reference. This report will provide a listing of design
considerations. The overall goal is to make this project a model of excellence
in terms of sustainable design and development and to share this knowledge with
others.
Should you have any questions or
need any further information, please feel free to call Josh Thomason, Principal
for A.L. Miller Village, at (404) 228-5483.
We realize that this EarthCraft
Communities Design Charrette calls for a commitment of time from your already busy
schedules; however, your skills are
greatly needed and we hope that you will consider joining in this effort as an
important investment in this project and this community. We look forward to seeing you at the design charrette!
Please find a copy of the agenda below;
