AIA Kansas City: The American Institute of Architects

We invite you to attend an important discussion with our special guest, Derek Richey, Vice President of the KCMO School Board. Mr. Richey is interested in meeting with our group to speak with architects about the historic “repurposing process” undertaken by the school board to evaluate and repurpose its vacated properties.

Background:
In March of this year the district gained national attention by closing 26 school buildings. The district now has 37 vacated or closed school properties. Over the summer, the school board developed the “repurposing process” through a series of public workshops and is seeking a “repurposer.”

Check out the web pages set up by the school district:
http://www2.kcmsd.net/Pages/Repurposing.aspx
https://kcmsd.schoolrecruiter.net/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=1234

Key discussion topics – What is the repurposing process and what is the Repurposing process for the District’s 26 properties – Who is a repurposer? Hiring a Repurposer to guide the community engagement for recommending and selecting projects – How does this process differ from the usual development process? – How can architects be involved? – What is the time line?
Superintendent John Covington, has said of the Right Sizing plan, that “we are fully aware that the entire nation is watching.” No school district in the nation has ever closed over half of its buildings all at once.

Be a part of this historic discussion.

The Architects Roundtable Meeting is an open forum for architects mainly focuses on 3 tracks: job search, Career development and Training, and helping small firms. If you have any questions or topic you would like to suggest for the Architects Roundtable Meeting please feel free to contact Hosam Habib, AIA : (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) .
Special thanks to Cecelia Dillon, AIA a member of the Architects roundtable who suggested this event to our roundtable meeting.

Please feel free to bring your own lunch.

The Architect Roundtable Meeting will host Mr. John Pajor from Kansas City Planning and Development Department. Mr. Pajor will present the exciting activities that the Kansas City Business Customer Service Center offers to architects and small architecture firms.

The Business Customer Service Center primarily helps entrepreneurs to understand and fulfill local government requirements for their business. The Development Assistance Center provides support services to architects and builders. We can assist with predevelopment meetings and questions related to the development process. For more information please refer to the links below:

http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/CityManagersOffice/BusinessCustomerServiceCenter/index.htm

http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/CityPlanningandDevelopment/PropertyRelocationandEconomicDevelopment/DevelopmentAssistanceCenter/index.htm

The Architects Roundtable Meeting is an open forum for architects mainly focuses on 3 tracks: job search, Career development and Training, and helping small firms. If you have any questions or topic you would like to suggest for the Architects Roundtable Meeting please feel free to contact Hosam Habib, AIA : (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Please feel free to bring your own lunch.