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	FM Planning Group directs a broad range of planning issues, including land use and master planning, campus development standards, landscape design, transportation planning, resource allocation oversight, and facilities assessments. This group is the source for strategic and physical planning at the University of Arkansas, and ensures that all projects support the academic goals of the University and promote the highest physical potential of the Fayetteville campus.
				Garland Center is a new shopping destination on the University of Arkansas campus. Conveniently located on Arkansas Highway 112, Garland Center will include a new 30,000 sf University of Arkansas Bookstore and Razorback Shop and 20,000 sf of retail stores in a building of terracotta baguettes, cement panels, exposed steel, and glass. Garland Avenue Parking Garage will have over 1500 spaces on five levels, with vehicular access from Cleveland Street and Lindell Avenue. Razorback Transit will stop on Garland in front of the retail shops. The leasing agent is Alan Cole of Colliers International 479-636-9000. The Center will open summer 2010. > more projects


	Funding Awarded for the Oak Ridge Trail - The City of Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas are proud to announce the receipt of a grant in the amount of $116,543.00 through the Recreational Trails Grant Program for a 1/2 mile section of the Oak Ridge Trail. The Oak Ridge trail will connect to Frisco Trail at Center Street and continue west along the north side of Center Street to Harmon Avenue. The trail will then follow a vacant right of way through the wooded hillside between California Blvd. and the Business School and end at Garland Ave. near Pomfret Hall on the University of Arkansas Campus. (A future phase of the trail will extend north between Stadium Dr. and Garland Ave. and connect to Razorback Stadium). The Oak Ridge Trail will provide a safe alternative transportation route from the primary north-south trail of the system to the University of Arkansas and Fayetteville High School. > more Campus Historic District placed on National Register - The University of Arkansas Campus Historic District in Fayetteville is one of eight Arkansas properties that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of historically significant properties. Frances McSwain, program director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation, announced the listing Tuesday, Oct. 6. The University of Arkansas Campus Historic District, bordered by Garland Avenue, Maple Street, Arkansas Avenue and Dickson Street, contains buildings dating to 1875. It contains 15 buildings and five landscape areas. > full press release University of Arkansas Projects Receive Green Globes Designations - The Green Building Initiative (GBI) recognized two University buildings for achieving official Green Globes® designations for sustainable design and construction. The Duncan Avenue Apartments and the Duncan Avenue Community Center were both recognized at an Earth Day ceremony. The design for each focuses on energy and water efficiency. The Duncan Avenue Apartments is the first apartment in the U.S. to be Green Globes certified. > more - aia architect, volume 16 > more - sustainability.uark.edu Chemistry Building Renovation Earns Awards - The $18 million dollar renovation of the historic Chemistry Building earned two regional awards. The renovation was named Best Education Building Project of 2007 by “McGraw Hill’s South Central Construction” magazine. The project has also been awarded an honorable mention for Excellence in Preservation Rehabilitation by the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas. > more Getty Foundation Awards Heritage Grant - The University of Arkansas won a Campus Heritage grant from the Getty Foundation for $170,000 to develop a heritage preservation plan for the Fayetteville campus. With Getty support, the University will create a preservation master plan that will address planning needs and improve stewardship and preservation across campus. The work funded by the grant will provide an opportunity for the University to hire preservation consultants to develop a comprehensive strategy for long range planning and management of its historic resources as it plans for future development. > more > the getty foundation - press RFQ Notification - Would you like to be notified of upcoming University of Arkansas design and construction projects? By subscribing to the Planning Group's RFQ Listservs, you can be notified of upcoming projects requiring professional services on the Fayetteville campus. E-mail notification will be sent to all subscribers when an advertisement appears in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. To subscribe, fill out the appropriate form below: ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, and consultants: Design Services ... GENERAL CONTRACTORS, subs, vendors, and suppliers: Construction Services ...