Here is a preview of the designs to be presented on December 2, 2023. These designs are representative of three levels of budget / program scope and site strategy. The community will be asked to indicate a preference for one to move forward for further development and bonding in March 2024.
COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEE:STATE OF THE TOWN DESIGNS
COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEE POSSIBLE SPACE USE, SEPTEMBER, 2023 Each of the concepts for the Lincoln Community Center includes a variety of administration, support and programming spaces. Each space is designed to be flexible and support a variety of programs, and enable the COA&HS and PRD staff to plan and deliver a broad selection of activities…
The vision: what is a Community Center, and why would Lincoln want to build one? A Community Center not only reflects the community at whose heart it sits, it strengthens that community. A Community Center is a year-round, intergenerational gathering place and activity center. A Community Center is a locus for a wide variety of activities…
COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEESTATE OF THE TOWN, SEPT. 30, 2023 At the State of the Town Meeting (SOTT) on September 30, 2023, starting at 10:00 a.m., the CCBC will present a set of building concepts to Town residents, and will provide residents with opportunities to ask questions and share opinions. The feedback that the CCBC…
COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEEOVERVIEW: COUNCIL ON AGING & HUMAN SERVICES The Council on Aging & Human Services (COA&HS) is a welcoming organization that provides social services, and educational, social, and recreational programs for Lincoln residents aged 60+. These programs enrich people’s lives, and allow older residents to remain safely and independently in our community. …
On Saturday, September 30, Lincoln residents will have the opportunity to gather at the State of the Town Meeting (SOTT) to participate in planning the future of our town. One focus of SOTT will be the development of a Community Center on the Hartwell Campus, to serve as the home of both the Council on…
COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEE:COA&HS COFFEE HOUR BEMIS HALLTUESDAY, SEPT. 1910:00 a.m.The Community Center Building Committee invites town residents to join members of the Committee at a coffee hour, in the Map Room at Bemis Hall, at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19th. CCBC members will provide information about the work to date, including the development…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST MONTH:We took a break from public meetings through most of July, to allow ICON to work on more detailed design options, but we met this past Wednesday, and are back at it! Site DesignsICON provided a new look at schemes for options at 100%, 75% and 50% of the original project cost. Their July 26 presentation builds…
Happy 4th of July Weekend! The Town has a number of celebratory events this Independence Day, and you can review the Parks and Recreation Department Flyer HERE CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:We’ve made further progress on our building program and site design… Site PlanningICON’s recently developed site strategies were met with favorable feedback, and will become the basis for our work going forward.…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:Site strategies continue to evolve… Site PlanningBased on feedback on our initial site strategies to deliver our project at the three necessary price points (up to 50%, up to 75%, and up to 100% of the $25M estimate from 2018), ICON has developed additional concepts that keep the parking in its present location, while still making important…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:Cost modeling has begun… Program Analysis & DevelopmentOver two public meetings this past Tuesday (June 13) and Wednesday (June 14), ICON Architects presented initial strategies and costs to deliver our project at the three necessary price points (up to 50%, up to 75%, and up to 100% of the $25M estimate from 2018). We had hoped…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:Options are coming together! The image above is just one of three potential site plans… Program Analysis & DevelopmentAt our public meeting this past Wednesday, June 7, the CCBC voted to approve the updated program need analysis that was presented on May 31, for preliminary cost modeling. We expect to see early project costs at our public…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:We’ve had a busy and productive week! Program Analysis & DevelopmentAt our public meeting this past Wednesday, May 31, we heard an excellent presentation from the Historic District Commission / Historical Commission, with added insight from the Friend of Modern Architecture, which will inform ICON’s work as they begin to consider building concepts and designs. ICON then provided an updated program need…
We hope this update finds you enjoying a restful and reflective holiday weekend, and look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow morning at the Town’s Memorial Day Observance at 9:45AM at the Pierce House! CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:The CCBC is working hard to merge our two different work streams together in the coming weeks! We’ve…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:Program Analysis & DevelopmentICON presented their program need analysis at our CCBC meeting this past Wednesday night. This analysis has brought the building program down to 15,568 sqft (plus an additional 7,000 sqft of renovated space for LEAP and school maintenance.) It represents an almost 8,000 sqft reduction from the 2018 building program,…
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!! CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK: Program Analysis & DevelopmentICON, PRD and COA/HS staff have made significant progress in scaling down the building program to include only proven program needs. The original 2018 project, which included both program needs and wants, was approximately 23,000 sqft (plus another 7,000 sqft of renovated space for LEAP and the school maintenance program). To date,…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:Program Analysis & DevelopmentICON is continuing to refine the detailed building program, based on the data provided by the COA & Human Services and Parks and Recreation. This is expected to provide a “room-by-room, day-by-day, hour-by-hour” presentation for our next public meeting on May 17. (Details below) Site PlanningICON met with representative from the…
CCBC WORK THIS PAST WEEK:Program Analysis & DevelopmentICON met again with COA and PRD to continue the building program “wants vs needs” conversation. They completed an initial building program, highlighting needed spaces and presented them at the Community Forum on Tuesday evening (4/25). They will continue to work on a more detailed “room-by-room, day-by-day, hour-by-hour” presentation for our next public meeting. Site PlanningICON scheduled…
While many families were on school vacation this past week, ICON staff Ned, Mark and Ana have been working collaboratively with town staff to further both the building program, and the site design.
ICON met with Jessica, Abby, Dan and Tim to further refined the program needs of Parks and Recreation and Council on Aging and Human…
ICON Architecture has completed its review of the prior Community Center studies, each of which included a careful evaluation of the programmatic needs of the Council on Aging & Human Services, and Parks and Recreation.
Building on those prior studies, ICON is helping the Community Center Building Committee (CCBC) ensure that program assumptions benefit from…
We were pleased to have the opportunity to introduce ICON Architecture to the community during last week’s CCBC meeting. ICON was selected, from among six firms who submitted proposals, to help us advance our work to the next stage. ICON’s extensive municipal building portfolio, sustainable design expertise, reassuring approach to cost estimating and budgeting, strong municipal…
The Community Center Building Committee is pleased to announce that the Town of Lincoln has entered into a contract with ICON Architecture, for professional services associated with the development of plans for a community center within the Hartwell Campus on the Ballfield Road school campus. ICON will assist the CCBC in reviewing and refining the…
Community organizations cannot use the new school facilities during normal school hours (except in very specific circumstances, like elections) – 7:30 to 3:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 7:30 to 1:00 on Wednesdays, late August to late June. At the end of each school day, some continuing educational activities have preferential use of the school facilities.…
We are happy to provide some information about potential uses of Bemis Hall in the future. However, please note that determining the use of Bemis Hall after a community center is built is beyond the scope of the Community Center Building Committee. We anticipate that the upstairs hall will continue to be used for performances,…
November 30, 2022:Vote at Special Town, to authorize the transfer of up to $325,000 from the Stabilization Fund so that the CCBC can develop Community Center design and budget options. September 30, 2023: The CCBC will present various design options at different cost levels for resident preferences and feedback. December 2, 2023:The CCBC will present…
The short answer is that we can’t know the operating costs of a building that we haven’t designed yet. However, we can specify some parameters which would help to narrow the possible answers to the question: The Town already pays the operating costs of a set of buildings that house the Council on Aging &…
In 2012, the Select Board appointed a Community Center Feasibility Committee to evaluate existing and future space needs of the Council on Aging & Human Services (COA&HS) and the Parks & Recreation Department (PRD). The Committee concluded that Bemis was not well-suited for use as a senior center, and that the Hartwell Pods, home to…
If Lincoln decides to build a Community Center, that Center is expected to be on the Hartwell Campus, adjoining the Lincoln Public Schools. There are several reasons for this determination, but it is worth highlighting two of them here: First, there is a set of practical reasons, having to do with the inclusion of the…
Lincoln has known for a long time that Bemis Hall is not an appropriate building for the Council on Aging & Human Services (COA&HS): Doing nothing to provide adequate facilities for the COA, PRD [Parks & Recreation Department], and community organizations is not an option. The physical plants of both Bemis Hall and the pods…
We encourage questions, and have been asked for information on the Community Center Building Committee (CCBC), including its role and responsibilities. In March, 2022, the Lincoln Annual Town Meeting voted with near unanimity to restart the Community Center planning and design process, and to request that the Select Board appoint a building committee. (The specific…
A Community Center not only reflects the community at whose heart it sits, it strengthens that community. A Community Center is a year-round, intergenerational gathering place and activity center. A Community Center is a locus for a wide variety of activities – health and fitness, social services, learning, eating, socializing, creating, playing, participating. A Community…
On Wednesday, November 30, the residents of Lincoln will assemble at a Special Town Meeting to decide whether to spend up to $325,000 for the development of preliminary schematic design options for a new Community Center, which would be built on the Hartwell campus at the Lincoln Schools. Prior to the Special Town Meeting, residents…