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awareness of Auburn’s UrbanStudio in Birmingham’s down-town. Along with the absence of an entertainment district and congregation venues within a close proximity of the identi�ed site.

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By integrating a performingarts center into the new Urban Studio, it will providing a place which celebrates the practice of exploration in both the visual and performing arts.

This venue will attract begin toattract people of all walks of life and provide a greater exposure and public awareness for Auburn’s Architecture program.

At the same time provide a new venue to celebrate the culture of visual and performance art in the newly thriving downtownBirmingham.

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Structural Glass Plank : a thermal andvisually stunning material which begins to allow for the beginning ofinhabitable facades.

This building skin begins to perform and activate itself through a play of shadows and movement of �gures. To the right, this e�ect is portrayed in various day lighting conditions of the Slip House by Carl Turner Architects located in London.

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The proposed Children’s Hospital is an interactive building which acts as a front yard to the city of Boston. It attracts pedestrians through the use of transparency,setbacks, and the relationship between the exterior and the central lobby atrium.

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For the patients, the process of healing is encouraged through visual connection to the active city and the calming water fromthe patients’ private rooms.

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As a group, our task was to re-design the existing courthouselocated in Bessemer, Alabama.

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Giving the people of Bessemer an iconic civic building, my team manipulated the site toalso provide them with an opengreen area that will serve as agathering place. This green space frames the courthouse and allows for a uniqueexperience when approachingthe strong structure.

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These sketches demonstrate a study of space and human interactions within their settings. On-site sketches provide a unique and momentary insight into a foreign culture. Through the eyes of an outsider, the result becomes a personal and subjective interpretation.

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These sketches demonstrate a study of space and human interactions within their settings. On-site sketches provide a unique and momentary insight into a foreign culture. Through the eyes of an outsider, the result becomes a personal and subjective interpretation.

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These works are explorations of space, light and the manner in which environments are rendered by both. Observations of spaces during travels in Turkish cities are explored in this series of watercolor renderings. They explore the extent to which traveling and surroundings impact and allow for new perspective.

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These works explore and capture movement and emotion through gestural drawings. This is done through various media including graphite on paper and oil pastels on cardboard.

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Work with REV, the Merchants’ Association and the neighborhood associations to:• Improve signage identifying Historic Ensley at the four Interstate exits • Create new signage/image at Tuxedo Junction • Work with property owners to clean and clean up existing storefronts - cover windows with images of the kinds of businesses that might occupy them• Host regular concerts, food truck events and a farmers market on the corner of 19th and Ave. F• Initiate a “circulator” to local colleges for these events• Start the Amphitheater by beginning to use the site for regular family-oriented activities - work with the City to aggregate the land for full build-out through land swaps• Do regular bicycling events that are competitive or focused on “history tours” of historic Ensley - start and end these events on 19th on the food truck, concert or market days• Support BEAT’s proposed housing along 17th - particularly at Ave. F• Work with City and property owners to relocate or “open-up” the Private/Adult Clubs - they need to look friendlier and contribute visibly to the vitality of the street• Plant high visibility crops - sunflowers, knock-out roses, etc. on vacant land along 20th - work with REV’s Urban Food Project and the Mayor’s land bank initiative - test the potential for Urban Agriculture in Ensley• Investigate the potential for housing at the old Council School - particularly housing that could support seasonal workers and/or volunteers - engage the faith-based community in this initiative

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Capture the potential of Village Creek Become a Trail Head for Village Creek and the Red Rock Trail SystemLeverage progress on Ramsay McCormack This progress signals significant re-investment and partnershipsTake a Leadership Role in the City’s Proposed Urban Agriculture Innovative Economy Strategy - be the “Beta Site”Abundant vacant open space Explore options for near-term repurposing; long-term reinvestmentHistory of Food Destinations in EnsleyConcentration of “Beauty” related businessesProximity to Jobs: Downtown, Princeton Hospital, McCalla, Mercedes Market your easy commute; your ideal location for households with jobs in two directions Nearby College students who need things to do: Provide a variety of entertainment/recreation on nights and weekends Challenge them with opportunities to be engaged as volunteersPartner in a Long-term Strategy for Ensley Works’ Brownfield Site Be pro-active in investigating options, particularly those that represent a significant potential for local jobs

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EatChange the First Impressions of Ensley• The dynamics and potential for revitalization depend on visible evidence that make people believe there is opportunity in Ensley. Tuxedo Court is powerful evidence of this concept. The momentum created by Tuxedo could be amplified by a transformation of 20th Street between Ensley Avenue/Five Points West and Avenue C. Twentieth brings hundreds of people through Ensley everyday; brings the Faith Chapel congregation of 10,000 to and from worship services; and is the gateway off Interstate 20/59 to the Crossplex Recreational Complex at Five Points South. Twentieth is your “front door” and encourages (or discourages) people from stopping and getting to know what you have to offer.Build New/Alternate Economies (Grow)• This proposal suggests that aggressively adopting the City’s proposed alternative economy of Urban Agricultural Inno-vation - particularly along 20th - could provide not only a new economic engine for Ensley, but also a strategic and highly visible way to create a new, “green” first impression. Create Reasons to Go to Ensley, to Stop in Ensley, to Come Back to Ensley (Eat)• Recruit businesses - food, music and recreational - that can attract adults, families and college students.Populate “Downtown” with multiple Housing Strategies (Live)• People living in the “downtown” reinforce the potential for business and help create a sense of safety and vitalityConnect “Downtown” - to neighborhoods and to nearby anchors• Reclaim 19th Street as the “Heart of Ensley.”

Together these concepts can be articulated as:

Grow/Eat/LiveGrow a new economy and the potential to attract new business and residents to Ensley.

Eat - people will drive for food! Food brings people to and together.

Live - providing new housing alternatives can: keep seniors in Ensley; attract empty nesters; and attract the next generation of familieswho will make Ensley their home.

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Location: Along Interstate 20/59 and active railroads Along Village Creek and the Red Rock Trail Near downtown and Princeton Hospital jobs Near Miles College, UAB and Birmingham Southern En route to/from Faith Chapel (congregation 10,000!) Near the Birmingham Crossplex sports venue History: Cultural Identity of: Jazz - Steel - Streetcar/Tuxedo Junction Erskine Hawkins legacy Abundant and Beautiful Historic Building StockTraditional “small town” patterns of development: Identifiable and walkable core Walkable neighborhoods with existing sidewalks Local schools and parksVisibility: Ramsay McCormack mid-rise Smoke Stacks of Ensley Works High traffic Volume along 20th Street 4 Exits off Interstate 20/59“Available” Property at all scales: Ensley Works to individual buildings The City owns significant amount of propertyStrong Evidence of (Re)investment in Ensley: Tuxedo Terrace Hope VI project New Jackson Olin High School BEAT - Sandy Vista residential redevelopment Proposed Senior Housing in Ramsay McCormackDestination Activities in place: Ensley Beauty Supply Bethesda Life Center, Princeton OB/GYN, Morgan Pediatrics Faith Chapel Existing Recreational Anchors: Ensley Park and Recreation Center McAlpine Park and Recreation CenterEnsley is an Anchor along the proposed Red Rock Trail - One major trail in the network is: Village CreekExtensive expanses of Flat Land!Lots of Engaged ChurchesMultiple Strong Neighborhood Associations/LeadershipPartner in REV’s Neighborhood Revitalization Program

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The Historic Ensley Community is, today, a part of the City of Birmingham, AL with an exceptional location just 10 minutes west of downtown Birmingham, which hosts the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and multiple large corpora-tions/government entities. UAB is the largest employer in the state of Alabama.

Ensley is immediately adjacent to Interstate 20/59. There are four exits along the Interstate that connect directly into Ensley. Coming from downtown Birmingham, the Bush Boulevard exit is at 19th Street and Avenue V. Nineteenth leads directly to the historic commercial core of Ensley, while Avenue V connects to an area of established industry. The 20th Street exit not only leads directly into Ensley but also is the exit signed from the Interstate for access to the City’s new and successful Crossplex - a regional swimming and track venue just to the south of Ensley in 5 Points West. Twentieth Street and Ensley/5Points West Avenue cross at Tuxedo Junction: a once important street car stop that was made famous in the Erskine Hawkins Jazz classic “Meet me at the Junction.” Ensley and Jazz are, rightfully, closely associated.

Village Creek is on the northern edge of Ensley. Areas adjacent to the Creek to the south are largely flood plain and are slated to become a greenway as part of Jefferson County’s Red Rock Trail System, a 700 plus mile network of walking and biking trails launched in 2012. This future Trail is in easy walking or biking distance of most of Ensley via a traditional grid of neighborhood streets and side-walks. Ensley’s largely flat landscape makes bicycling here easy to imagine!

The community’s traditional retail/commercial district and flanking historic neigh-borhoods were built when Ensley was home to the Ensley Works, a large steel manufacturer. Ensley Works was the area’s primary employer and contributed to a thriving and vital community. One legacy of this “heyday” is the extraordinary abundance of beautiful historic buildings that remain in Ensley. Nineteenth Street, the spine of the historic commercial district, was anchored at its western terminus by Ensley Works and employees would come and go to work each day down 19th. The expansive site of Ensley Works is today a brownfield, cleared of all but a few residual buildings. Remaining are the iconic smoke stacks that can still be seen from the Interstate and remain an identifying landmark of Ensley’s industrial heritage.

Another striking landmark is the Ramsay McCormack building, an ten story mid-rise tower that anchors the primary cross axis of the community’s street grid. The Mc-Cormack tower, vacant for many years, is in the block between Avenues E and F. Avenue E goes southwest toward the Interstate and the town of Fairfield - home to the historic black Miles College. Avenue F goes northeast from 19th toward Village Creek and the community’s new Jackson Olin High School. Jackson Olin has an “academy” program with a focus on health/health care.

Historically, Ensley was famous for Cotton’s Department Store and for the Ensley Grill. Both drew customers from across the region: Cotton’s for women’s clothing and amazing hats; the Grill for excellent food. Today, Ensley’s regional “draw” is beauty products at Ensley Beauty Supply.

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• The Ramsay McCormack Building is an Ensley land-mark visible from the Inter-state and towering above 19th Street. A proposed adaptive re-use for senior housing will significantly change the potential for business along19th. REV Birmingham is leading the City’s efforts to move this project forward. Re-lighting the building’s blue star can signal an Ensley comeback!

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This revitalization plan proposes that to capture the potential of Ensley it is strategically important to change the impressions that are created and maintained about the community. Many of these impressions are formed along 20th Street. Twentieth Street is a de-facto “bypass” in Ensley. Hun-dreds of vehicles a day come and go along this corridor, but even fast-food restaurants have failed to thrive. Gas stations and discount stores are the only evidence of commerce and the strongest impression along this route is of disinvestment. Changing this impression could create a tipping point for a new sense of possibility in a part of Birmingham that has some of the best stock of vacant and under-utilized properties.

One option with an immediate potential for this sense of transformation is to pro-actively engage with the City’s new Comprehensive Plan which identifies Ensley as an Urban Agriculture Innovation District. Urban Agri-culture - intensive planting of specialty crops on small parcels - has been demonstrated to create very high return on investment. This repurposing of vacant parcels - particularly along 20th - can create a highly visible new economy; new jobs; and perhaps as important: a new impression of Ens-ley. The plan to the right illustrates the amount of planting potential if all of the “vacancy” along 20th were incorporated into this strategy. Conceptu-ally, these uses can be thought of as land-banking. When businesses see a new potential along 20th and are recruited into Ensley - these “plots” can be repurposed again for buildings and traditional sales.

This revitalization plan would suggest that as these more traditionalbusinesses return, it is important tomaintain a 20th Street that is distinctive and NOT to revert to the anonymous char-acter of a “strip.” Insist that businesses open to the street and a sidewalk with street parking. Additional parking can be off the side streets. Have traditional storefronts and maintain a sense of green with abundant trees and landscaping. Making 20th a pedestrian friendly street will slow traffic and give businesses more potential to thrive.As businesses are recruited work to locate businesseswith destination potential along 19th rather than 20th.

One of the most important locations along 20th is at thegateway to Ensley at Tuxedo Junction. This is also Birmingham’s gateway to its new Crossplex at Five Points West. This proposal suggests: “greening” the Interstate overpass with evergreen vines; adding a “Welcome to Ensley”sign on this overpass; creating a round-about at Ensley Avenue and 20th (#23 to the right;) and creating a mural on the Nixon building to mark the site of historic Tuxedo Junction.

• proposed mural on the Nixon Building at Tuxedo Junction

• Acknowledgements:• Auburn’s Urban Studio would like to thank the Ensley Merchants’ Association and REV Birmingham for making it possible to work with the Ensley Community. The Urban Studio has a long history of engagement with Ensley that began with Bethel Ensley Action Task and the Tuesday Group in the Sandy Vista district. This is the first work that results in a document - the poster - that can be used to leverage the engagement of the community.

• Specifically we would like to thank, David Fleming, CEO, REV; Elizabeth Barba-ree-Tasker, COO, REV; Brian Gunn, Merchants Liason, REV; William Robertson, Ensley Merchants’ Association; City Councilman Marcus Lundy, Jr.; City Council-man Steven Hoyt; State Representative Juandalynn Givan; State Senator Linda Coleman; US House Representative Terri Sewell; and the citizens of Ensley who engaged with this plan. Auburn Urban Studio students who developed this study under the direction of Professor Cheryl Morgan, AIA are: Andrew Bahn, Shelby Bed-dingfield, Caylee Griner, TJ Helms, Matt Hinton, Emily Holloman, Jessica Hynes, Skylar Keele, Kari Lawson, Blaine Lindsey, Samantha O’Leary, Brooke Riesberg, CatieTraynom, Nick Valvo, Zoya Zinger and Yichen Yang.

Nineteenth Street is Ensley’s historic “main street.” Businesses along this traditional downtown street once provided a wide array of goods and services for the adjacent residential neighbor-hoods. Today, the street is anchored by Ideal Furniture at Avenue G and Gilmer Drug at Avenue D, but many of the buildings and storefronts in between are vacant or serve activities like private clubs that do not contribute to the sense of a vital and thriving main street. This proposal recom-mends a strategy of revitalization that is built on recruiting destination activities that can reestab-lish reasons for a wide array of people to go “downtown” in Ensley.

Food and entertainment are central to this concept, as well as places to come together along 19th that can provide opportunities for festivals and special events that attract people into downtown. Target venues should be geared to attracting: college students from Miles, UAB and Birmingham Southern; young professionals; local families and retirees.

Food: Actively recruit restaurants and cafes, particularly those that represent distinct and/or local food. Make the old Ensley Grill your highest priority. Incubate these food related businesses via food trucks and by establishing a regular food truck venue on the vacant lot at Avenue F and 19th. Promote these food truck events with students and with locals. As urban agriculture is established, create venues along 19th to sell these local products: Host a farmers market on 19th!

Entertainment: With a focus on Ensley’s jazz history, recruit a jazz club to Ensley. Cotton’s seems an ideal venue and harkens to the Cotton Club in Harlem. Work with the Jazz Hall of Fame, Ona’s and the Churches to host regular music events on 19th at the corner of Avenue F and across from Cottons at the head of 19th. Also recruit music related businesses: instrument stores that can also provide les-sons; vintage recording stores/consignments; church furnishings and audio equipment stores - sheet music, choir robes and microphones!

Festival Grounds: Central to a strong sense of community are places where the community can come together. This proposal recommends

a new park and amphitheater at 19th between Avenues C and D. In addition to creating an outdoor entertainment venue, this park can give a green visual terminus to 19th and reinforce the sense of transformation in Ensley. An ad-ditional downtown park is proposed behind the current police station. When the station completes its proposed move, this building can be renovated to house a Senior Center. The Center and adjacent park (on the current parking lot) can serve the local seniors day-to-day and give families a place to gather in the downtown for birthday parties, family reunions and celebrations.

Other recommendations for transforming 19th include: • make 19th a one-way street moving from Avenue I to Avenue C allowing for parallel parking on both sides; • create a welcome and heritage center on the ground floor of the renovated Ramsay McCormack building - establishing a place to stop and get to know what Ensley has to offer• make 19th the “trail head” for regular bicycling events through Ensley

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• BEAT has built a significant number of af-fordable homes between “downtown” and Jackson Olin High School. Their interest in building ad-ditional new housing options along 17th should be strongly supported. This housing makes their history of investment in Ensley more visible; can help to transform and stabilize this area of dis-investment; and provide good new housing in walking distance of busi-nesses and schools.

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• Make Downtown an Arts Destination The arts can be a catalyst for: Community Building, Economic Development, and Attracting Artists and Art Lovers to Selma• Make Water Avenue a Walkable Attraction ArtsRevive, galleries, working studios, teaching studios, and arts events anchor Water Avenue to the west The St. James Hotel, a proposed produce market and the Riverfront Park anchor Water Avenue to the east The pivot point of this potential for an intense pedestrian/bike/car destination is the Selma to Montgomery Interpretive Center including: a proposed Selma Welcome Center and a Conference and Meeting Center (long-term) • Revive the Alabama River as an Asset for Economic Development in the Downtown Connect with the Alabama Scenic River Trail Create camping and passive/active outdoor recreation along the river adjacent to downtown Connect both sides of the river across the bridge, “under the bridge” by foot; and across the river by canoe or kayak• Make Downtown and Water Avenue the Trailhead for Local and Regional Trails/Visits: every visit starts and ends downtown Historic Trails: walking trails in historic districts, ghost trails, cemetery trails Civil Rights Trails/Walks in the downtown and across the river Civil War Trails, Native-American Trails Bicycle Trails: connecting local attractions including: Riverfront Park, the colleges, the schools, Bloch Park, Memorial Stadium, and as a trailhead for a larger regional system of bicycle trails Canoe/Kayak Trails including: The Alabama Scenic River Trail and The Cahaba Blueway (at Old Cahawba) Create multiple lodging alternatives associated with downtown and the trailhead• Create Places for the Community to Come Together in the Downtown Make downtown “the place” for celebrations, birthday parties, commemorations, family reunions, and civic organizations

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Acknowledgements• Working with ArtsRevive and the citizens of Selma has been amazing. Your generosity of spirit, your love of your community and your hope for Selma’s future were tangible during our entire engagement. In particular we would like to thank the Arts Revive board,board president Fran Pearce, and AR execu-tive director Martha Lockett. Henry Brick made their lodge available for the students during the charrette and the Arts Revive board provided excellent home cooked food!

• Special thanks for the support of Mayor George Evans, the City Council and city staff, in particular James Benderson, Director of Planning and Development. We would also like to acknowledge the Selma/Dallas County Chamber of Commerce, Sheryl Smedley; the Selma/Dallas County Tourism Office; the Selma Times Journal; and the citizens of Selma who participated in this planning and design process.

• Auburn University Urban Studio students who developed this study under the direction of Professor Cheryl Morgan, AIA are: Andrew Bahn, Shelby Beddingfield, Caylee Griner, TJ Helms, Matt Hinton, Emily Holloman, Jessica Hynes, Skylar Keele, Kari Lawson, Blaine Lindsey, Samantha O’Leary, Brooke Riesberg, Catie Traynom, Nick Valvo, Yichen Yang and Zoya Zinger.

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Selma is the county seat of Dallas County and one of Alabama’s most historic and significant towns. Selma is on the Alabama River and is at the crossroads of primary highways going both north south and east west across the state. Highway 80, Selma’s major US highway crosses Alabama from Columbus, GA to Meridian, MS. Highway 80 east of Selma is known internationally for the celebrated Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March. The Selma to Montgomery National Trail is anchored in downtown Selma with the National Park Service’s Interpretive Center at the corner of Broad Street and Water Avenue. Selma is home to two historic black colleges: Concordia College and Selma University. Wallace State Community College has a large campus north of downtown. Selma is just to the south of the Oakmulgee District of the Talladega National Forest and is the gateway to Old Cahawba, Alabama’s first state capital. Selma is within an easy drive of Montgomery, Tuscaloosa (home of the University of Alabama) and Birmingham. Each of these population centers represents large audiences for the arts and cultural and recreational attractions recommended in this proposal.

Selma’s history is rich and significant in the story of Alabama. The evidence of Selma’s prominence and importance as a trade center during the days of King Cotton can be seen in her extraordinary collection of historic buildings. There are exceptional historic places of worship, a distinctive historic down-town core, and beautiful historic residential areas and cemeteries. Selma has the largest contiguous historic district in the state. Selma has Native Ameri-can history, Civil War history, as a munitions center, and globally important Civil Rights history. In March of 1965, 25,000 marchers crossed the Edmund

Pettus Bridge heading to Montgomery to petition the legislature for reforms in voter registration. This effort captured the attention of the world and helped to change history. Thousands come to Selma every year to commemorate this event. In 2015, Selma will be on the global stage as the March celebrates its 50th anniversary.http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1635

This proposal focuses strategically on two economic development tools that can help to build opportunity for Selma and downtown: the arts and the outdoors. We believe these are complementary strategies and can make Selma a destination with well over a week’s worth of “things to do.” A diverse array of offerings can attract visitors to a community multiple times and for multiple days.

A recent report by the Outdoor Industry Association shows that outdoor recreation in Alabama gener-ates $7.5 billion dollars in consumer spending, $495 million dollars in state and local tax revenue, and $2 billion dollars in wages and salaries for 84,000 direct Alabama jobs. Selma is on the Alabama Scenic River Trail - a 631 mile canoe and kayak blueway; and is in a region ripe with outdoor opportunities. Selma is a logical “trail head” for all outdoor enthusiasts.

• Alabama Scenic River Trailwww.alabamascenicrivertrail.com

• This diagram speculates about over 100 miles of potential bicycling trails that are within a 10 mile radius of the historic downtown. They are along country roads and represent all levels of bicycling interest and ability. Important local opportunities are for connecting to Old Cahawba and to Marion - the home of Judson College and Marion Military Institute. Coordi-nating bicycle trails with canoe/kayak trails and potentially with horseback riding trails builds even more recreational and economic oppor-tunity. Downtown should be the starting and stopping point for every trail.

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Selma has a long history of engagement with the arts - from story telling, to portraiture, to folk artists. Selma’s beautiful architecture and countryside, historic cemeteries and location make if an obvious destination for plein aire painters, cinematographers, photographers and artists of all types. Coupled with a relatively low cost of living, mild climate and abundant available property, Selma has exceptional potential as an arts destination.

Selma has the potential to attract not only artists but art lovers and enthusiasts. ArtsRevive hosts the annual Tale Telling Festival started by master story teller, Kathryn Tucker Windam. Local folk artist and ArtsRevive board member Charlie “Tinman” Lucus has a national following. The incredible Tiffany windows created by Selma native Clara Weaver Parrish in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and in the First Baptist Church could anchor a tour of local architecture - much of which is exemplary not only in the state but in the entire southeast. Selma’s history of excep-tional jewelers also provides a legacy that further builds this potential for a local arts economy.

ArtsRevive has committed to making historic downtown Selma a destination arts district that can better host their successful arts festivals and arts events, and that can expand the potential for all of downtown to thrive.

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This economic concept has worked in other communities - one of the most noted is Paduka, KY. Central to their success was not only a thriving local arts community but also incentives for artists to come and study and put down roots in their commu-nity. Programs that foster this atmosphere include: partnerships to help artists find affordable studio, sales, and presentation space; artist-in-residence programs; and places where artist can teach, share, and learn from each other. Having a non-profit like ArtsRevive is an essential first step in moving an arts economy forward.

Physical manifestations of these ideas are illustrated in this plan in two key areas of downtown. The first is at Water Avenue and Church Street in the ArtsRevive district. Adjacent and currently vacant buildings are well suited to studio space, teaching stu-dios, galleries and art markets. To the north of the art market is a proposed “park” that hosts overflow vendors on Saturday market days, art/craft demonstrations, and special events. ArtsRevive’s proposed new pavilion overlooking the Alabama River expands and complements this potential and expands the critical mass needed to reach a tipping point for destination activities. A nearby vacant lot is well located for a parking “orchard” that can accommodate event parking and overflow parking for market days.

The second component of this concept is the creation or identification of housing for artists and storytellers who are engaged in residency programs or special events. Bringing well known artists to Selma through a residency program is one way to “put Selma on the arts map.” Arsenal Place, immediately west of ArtsRevive, has vacant multi-unit and large single family homes that are well suited to these uses. They are in walking distance of potential studio and teaching venues and are embedded in an established neighborhood. Additional downtown lodging is also illustrated with a hostel that is well suited to a visiting artist’s budget and is also in walking distance of

Water Avenue is the major cross axis of Selma’s walkable downtown. This proposal imagines Water Avenue as a pedestrian friendly place of galleries, cafes, restaurants, food vendors and specialty shops: the artists’ supply store, the “butterfly” bookshop with its array of nature books, the artisanal cheese shop, the wine shop. These ven-dors will complement the existing historic St. James Hotel and plans for the Riverfront Park. Water Avenue becomes the trailhead - the starting point - for walking tours whether a ghost tour, a church tour, a historic homes tour or a gallery crawl. Water Av-enue becomes the place to meet for any day downtown. Water Avenue becomes the reason to linger downtown, creating the potential for businesses to thrive as people think of Water Avenue as a destination: a place to spend time and to spend money!

Water Avenue has the length, scale and potential to be marketed like successful retail streets or centers: anchor stores/activities at each end with shops between that are more dependent on window shopping and impulse buying. Water Avenue has these anchors in place in ideal locations: the St. James Hotel and the evolving River Front Park and amphitheater to the east and ArtsRevive to the west. Broad Street, Selma’s main street, is at the pivot point of the avenue anchored by the Selma to Montgomery Trail Interpretive Center and the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Bordering Water Avenue to the south is the magnificent Alabama River.

Currently, Water Avenue is a wide, high speed “short cut” around downtown. This

proposal suggests a reconfiguration of the avenue with landscaped medians, di-agonal street parking, wider sidewalks, and bike lanes to slow traffic and improve pedestrian access. Better organized street parking and a safer, well lit and well appointed pedestrian environment should be a goal of the entire district. Water Avenue is a perfect first application of this strategy.

Two other strategies are recommended in this proposal for building the poten-tial along Water Avenue. One strategy focuses on capturing the view potential along the west end of Water. Currently vacant properties have stunning views of the river and the Pettus Bridge. Market these sites for food and entertainment venues. These activities can regularly bring people to this end of the avenue on nights and weekends increasing the perception of “safe and friendly.”

The second strategy is to engage Water Avenue with the evolving Riverfront Park and to “shorten” the actively used length of the avenue, particularly as business-es build synergy and traction. This proposal recommends focusing initially on the block of the St. James and the block immediately to the east. Bringing in a weekly produce market is an obvious option. Additional food vendors that serve customers all week add to the destination potential at this end of Water Avenue. The St. James must also meet its potential as a first class destination historic hotel. Attracting partners who can help realize this potential is essential.

• Capturing the opportunities of the Alabama River are essential to downtown revitalization. This proposal illustrates multiple venues for the evolving Riverfront Park. These activities can help to attract families and friends throughout the week and all year long. The river front development concept expands the potential of the park as a destination by envisioning a strong connection to the Alabama Scenic River Trails’ canoers and kayakers. By providing a dock with access up to Water Avenue trail users can find food, groceries, merchandise and lodging options. The proposed hostel could be very attractive to these users. Additionally, this scheme proposes a camp ground on the south side of the river in the flood plain areas adjacent to the Voting Rights Memorial. A camp ground with wilderness camp sites, tent sites and RV sites can serve river users, an array of outdoor recreation enthusiasts, as well as trav-elling retirees and budget minded travelers. A proposed under bridge suspended walkway facilitates campers coming across the river to food and entertainment venues downtown. Of course they can also boat, canoe or bicycle across! An expanded Song of Selma park on the north side of the river adjacent to the Pettus Bridge is shown with ramps that can help accom-modate walkers and the physically challenged. The views will be amazing!

• Creating an artists’ com-munity adjacent to ArtsRe-vive is visualized, to the left, along Arsenal Place. This short street links downtown to other historic neighbor-hoods and has the potential to create a critical mass of artists downtown. Clustered units at the end of the street can provide common space that helps to build a sense of community among artists and with the neighbors.

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• Walking in the footsteps of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marchers is a must do activity for visitors to Selma. The sidewalk along

the bridge is too close to high speed traffic and it’s uncomfortable and scary. This is probably a good feeling as one imagines the courage it took to take that historic march. This proposal would encourage every visitor to

take that walk. Subsequent trips and walks to engage with the incredible scenary of downtown and the River can be made on a proposed “under

bridge” pedestrain walkway that is accessed from an expanded Songs of Selma park on the downtown side.

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“ A snapshot of the study* profiling Alabama reflects our state having 5,000 creative industies employing 70,000 people with wages totaling 2 billion dollars. The revenue of creative industries is at the 9 billion dollar mark.”- Albert B. HeadExecutive DirectorAlabama State Council on the Arts.

“Arts and culture increase economic development by

attracting businesses, creat-ing new jobs, increasing

tax revenues and promoting tourism.*”

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State of Alabama

* from Creative Industries in AlabamaA South Arts Research Publication

- Allen Bell, 2012

• Broad Street is Selma’s main street. It has an exceptional collection of his-toric multi-story buildings. You have an asset that is enviable. The illustrations below and to the left show examples of the impact if every building were refurbished to celebrate the legacy of your history and of the investment of Selma’s historic business community in beautiful buildings.

• Facade easement strategies facilitated by your Main Street Program can ad-vance the work that is already in prog-ress on the east side of Broad Street.• Partner with the newly reinstated state Main Street Program to have Selma ready for 2015!• Promote the use of upper levels of buildings for lofts, artists studios and boutique lodging.

Washington Street Market, the library, the Children’s Museum, and Selma’s downtown movie theater and Larry D. Striplin Performing Arts Center.

The arts are important in building community. Investment in an arts economy not only creates an attraction for cultural tourists who traditionally stay longer and spend more money than other visitors, but also creates new opportunities in the arts for the citizens and children of Selma. The arts significantly impact quality of life in ways that are essential to recruiting and retaining business and the creative class of young people that employers seek out. ArtsRevive has committed to being a partner in this effort. This planning process is a first step. Success will require commitment from the city, civic and cultural organi-zations, the education sector, regional leaders and the community as a whole. The ingredients are here, as is the enthusiasm and the will. This plan can be a crucial tool in initiating the conversations, in building the partnerships and in finding outside resources to move the concept forward.

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• ArtsRevive Community Development Corporation, Inc. exists to enhance community development in the Selma-Dallas County area. ArtsRevive’s goals are to: provide learning opportunities in the arts; support local artists; develop Selma as an arts destina-tion; create an arts and culture district downtown; and become community builders.

ArtsRevive’s signature events are the annual ArtsRevive Art Show in conjunction with the March Selma Pilgrimage and the Kathryn Tucker Windham Alabama Tale Tellin’ Festival.

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• recruit riverfront eating/entertainment • ArtsRevive pavilion with river overlook

• proposed median, landscaping and lighting• restore historic facade• new wrought iron porch• move drop-off to side street• art market place • art studios

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