Tim Goodridge, coordinator of the East Billings Urban Renewal District, said property owners are working with the Billings Artspace Project to locate its proposed 40-unit live/work housing project for artists in the EBURD.
Have a business-related food idea? You need a commercial kitchen to prepare it in. City Food Studio is one such creative space. Founder Journey Gosselin plans to join forces with Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, a metalworking studio across the street. Bakers could go there to cast their own cookware, such as rosette cookie irons, for example.
Karen Roper, a Silver Spring activist who has helped shepherd the project, said Artspace is already meeting with artists in the community to discuss how they can obtain housing and studio space at the building.
Following nearly a decade of coordinated planning and development, El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 now is a successful 114,000-square-foot, mixed-use historic redevelopment. The $52 million project, which was completed in late 2014, created 90 low- to moderate-income residential apartment units for local artists with approximately 14,000 square feet of community space on the lower levels.
The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts was voted top 15 dance venues in the cities. "This venue can do no wrong. James Sewell Ballet was brilliant debuting new dances at the TEK BOX tonight!"
Every week we receive phone calls from those seeking our help in bringing an Artspace model project to their city or town. In response we have advised on the conversion of hard-to-develop historic buildings and brownfield sites, the reuse of decommissioned schools, and the creation of new construction projects. But it’s not always about getting that one affordable artist live/work project. Sometimes it’s bigger. Sometimes it’s about strategies, tools and policies necessary to steer local development and property owners toward serving the creative sector.
Artspace has narrowed in on a site in Denver’s River North Art District for an 80- to 100-unit project.
Artspace has signed an exclusive negotiating rights agreement with Denver-based Westfield Company to start working on a development plan for a portion of a 14-acre site Westfield owns at 40th Street and Brighton Boulevard, said Wendy Holmes, Artspace senior vice president for consulting and strategic partnerships.
"Everywhere (Artspace projects) have been built, a vibrant arts district has grown up around them, bolstering the local economy and creating true community," said Jaime Glasser, a downtown resident active in Mesa's art scene.