HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks - March Grandview Open House
City of Edina 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jordan Gilgenbach, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 jgilgenbach@EdinaMN.gov EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Open House to be Held for Grandview Facility Operations
Edina, Minn., March 1, 2016 – The public is invited to attend an open house 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10 at
Edina’s Public Works & Park Maintenance Facility, 7450 Metro Blvd., to provide input on how proposed
programs can best fit at a new community facility.
At a Feb. 17 work session, the City Council reviewed various building alternatives for a potential public facility
in Grandview on the site of the former Public Works facility at 5146 Eden Ave. The program/scope
alternatives were paired with estimated construction and operating costs to help facilitate a thorough review
of the options. The City Council directed the project team to further explore a building option which includes
the following program categories:
Art Center
Center for Active Adults (Senior Center)
Commons/community gathering areas
Wellness/multi-purpose rooms
Café/restaurant
Event space (250 person banquet capacity)
“The next step in the feasibility study process is to apply these programs into the Grandview site and explore
how they can best fit and be configured into the space for the best outcome,” said Parks & Recreation
Director Ann Kattreh. Areas of importance in this stage of the study include: connection to urban context;
main entry access; access to below-grade parking; service access; building orientation; access to daylight/views
and outdoor space, and others. “This takes refinement even further, moving from conceptual design to actual
diagrams, floor plans and 3D models.”
The feedback from the open house will help the project team with the floorplans to achieve the best look, feel
and programming interaction for the site. The analysis will be expressed in floor plan diagrams and 3D building
massing studies which explore the building’s size, shape and height.
For more information, visit EdinaParks.com or call 952-826-0368.
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