Community Strategic Plan Phase II for Smart Growth Development Begins This Week in Chickasaw AL

March 9, 2010 - PRLog -- City of Chickasaw AL Begins Community Strategic Planning, Phase II
with Auburn Urban Studio

Event Description:   The City of Chickasaw is beginning Phase II of the city’s first long0-term comprehensive community strategic plan, based on smart growth principles that will sustain, preserve and ensure an environment that fosters growth and enhances the quality of life for all citizens, businesses and visitors, embracing the city’s historical tradition as an early ‘walkable community.”  The City was awarded coastal planning funding from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), State Lands Division, Alabama Coastal Area Management Program.    Citizens, business owners, city employees and interested parties will offer their suggestions at the community town hall meeting on Thursday evening, March 11, from 7-9 p.m. facilitated by the Auburn Urban Studio team.  This project is coordinated  and monitored through the City of Chickasaw Commercial Development Board and the city’s community development/grants administration consultant.  

The City of Chickasaw has hired the Auburn Urban Studio from Birmingham to facilitate and develop this phase of the comprehensive plan.  This is the first time that the Auburn Urban Studio has worked with a South Alabama community.

Dates:   March 11-13, 2010

Location:   

March 11 - Community Meeting, City Hall, 224 N. Craft Highway
March 12-13 - Team Meeting and Public Presentation Viewing, McConnell Civic Center, 220 Grant Street  

Project Managers:   

Sherrie Graham, Bay Coast Consulting Partners (251) 404-3924
Tom Hayward (251) 457-2707, Chickasaw Commercial Development Board,

Participants:   

Citizens of City of Chickasaw, City of Chickasaw Employees, Business Owners of Chickasaw

Auburn Urban Studio Team Members:

Cheryl Morgan, Director, Auburn Urban Studio, Birmingham
Laura McAllister, Auburn Urban Studio/Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc., Birmingham
Larry Watts , Architect/ Planner, Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc., Birmingham
Jane Ross, Landscape Architect, Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc., Birmingham
Pam King, Historic Preservation Specialist, UAB/ONB, Birmingham
Mary Shell, Preservation Planner, Alabama Historical Commission, Montgomery
Craig Roberts, Architect, Mobile
Brian Slaton, Planner, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, Mobile

Schedule of Events

Thursday, March 11   

7-9 p.m.   Community Meeting,    City Hall, 224 N. Craft Highway, Chickasaw
      
Friday, March 12

8 a.m.-9 p.m.   Auburn Urban Studio team works at Civic Center, 220 Grant Street

10 a.m.-6 p.m.   Citizens, city employees, business owners and interested persons
      may visit the Civic Center to see how the charette process
      is formed, and give ideas and suggestions to team members.

Saturday, March 13
   
8 a.m.-6 p.m.   Auburn Urban Studio team works at Civic Center, 220 Grant Street

9 a.m.- 1 p.m.   Citizens, city employees, business owners and interested persons
may visit the Civic Center to see how the charette process is formed, and give ideas and suggestions to team members.

3-5 p.m.   First presentation for public viewing
         

Event Sponsors:   Wal-Mart, St. Thomas Apostle Catholic Church, First Baptist Church of Chickasaw, United Methodist Church of Chickasaw, City of Chickasaw Parks & Recreation Senior Program, America’s Best Inn, Margaret Czajkowski, Bay Coast Consulting Partners

Contact:   Sherrie Graham, Community Development/Grants Administration, City of Chickasaw, (251) 404-3924   sherrie@baycoastcp.com
   Tom Hayward, Chairman, Chickasaw Commercial Development Board,
   (251) 457-2707
   Mayor Byron Pittman, (251) 452-6450      www.cityofchickasaw.org

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