On Wednesday, Oct. 27, representatives from ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ and the city of ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ will hold a community meeting called βA Vision of a Villageβ to share information and answer questions about a new residential complex designed to integrate the city of ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ and ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ State, physically and programmatically.
The programmatic aspect of the project is initially focused on three themes: being positive for the natural environment, the social environment and the local economy.
The university is currently seeking a design/build developer for the project called βThe Intergenerational Village.β The proposed site for the project is along Campus Center Drive, north of state Route 261, west of the Allerton Street neighborhood.
The development is envisioned as an environmentally sustainable, socially diverse community that is well integrated into the city of ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ and ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ State. The Village is seen as a community where existing and potential ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ stakeholders of all ages and backgrounds have an entry point. This would include wide spectrum of people as potential residents, including international students, older and married students, artists/entrepreneurs, faculty, staff, alumni and seniors.
Neither ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ State nor the city will be investing any capital in the project. ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ Stateβs objective is to work with a real estate developer or development team that would assume responsibility for the financing, design, construction and operation of the property.
This community meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the seminar rooms of the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center, located at 1550 Ted Boyd Drive on the ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ Campus. The meeting will also be available online at .
For more information about this project, contact Doug Pearson, ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ Stateβs associate vice president for facilities planning and operations, at dpearso9@kent.edu.
WRITTEN BY: PHIL SOENCKSEN