The Eau Claire Confluence Project
Greg Burgess
Geog 335
Goal and Background Information for the Confluence Project
The
Eau Claire confluence project is a private-public partnership with the intent
of building a new community arts center for the Eau Claire area. The overall goal of this project is to build a new performing arts center that will revitalize a worn-down section of downtown Eau Claire with new businesses, commerce, and student housing. It will also contain a commercial/retail space and parking. Public supporters for the project include the Eau Claire Regional Arts Council (ECRAC), the University of Eau Claire, and community performing fine and fine arts organizations. The project is receiving private funding by Haymarket Concepts LLC., which is a partnership consisting of Commonweal Development Corp., Market and Johnson Inc., and Blugold Real Estate LLC.
It is estimated that the overall price of the whole project will cost around 85 million dollars. It is scheduled to break ground around spring 2014 and be finished around fall 2015. It will contain living space for around 300 UWEC arts students, as well as living spaces for artists visiting the University of Eau Claire. This building will replace the Market Square and Chase Buildings on Graham Avenue in downtown Eau Claire. A positive aspect of the public-private funding of this project is that both the private and public groups can pool their budgets. This will help overcome any cost issues that might arise with the construction process.
It is estimated that the overall price of the whole project will cost around 85 million dollars. It is scheduled to break ground around spring 2014 and be finished around fall 2015. It will contain living space for around 300 UWEC arts students, as well as living spaces for artists visiting the University of Eau Claire. This building will replace the Market Square and Chase Buildings on Graham Avenue in downtown Eau Claire. A positive aspect of the public-private funding of this project is that both the private and public groups can pool their budgets. This will help overcome any cost issues that might arise with the construction process.
Methods
Before I could construct maps of the Eau Claire Confluence Project area, I needed to gather data regarding the project, the size and location of the proposed building site, and mapping data. The
information I used to obtain my final result came from data stores for the city
and county of Eau Claire. The background information was compiled from an
article from Eau Claire Arts and Volume One, two publications in the Eau Claire
area. More information was also obtained from an article on the University of
Eau Claire website.
Similar data layers were combined into maps to show many different properties of the Eau Claire area (shown in Image 1). The data also provided a map from which an appropriate legal description of the area could be determined. The proposed Confluence Project site was then added to show the relationship between the project and the city that surrounds it. Legends, labels and scales were then added to the map so readers can identify different aspects of the city and county of Eau Claire with ease. The maps were then sized and alligned in a manner that was cartographically pleasing to view.
Similar data layers were combined into maps to show many different properties of the Eau Claire area (shown in Image 1). The data also provided a map from which an appropriate legal description of the area could be determined. The proposed Confluence Project site was then added to show the relationship between the project and the city that surrounds it. Legends, labels and scales were then added to the map so readers can identify different aspects of the city and county of Eau Claire with ease. The maps were then sized and alligned in a manner that was cartographically pleasing to view.
Results
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| Image 1- A series of maps depicting parcel data, civil divisions, zoning, census data, PLSS data and voting districts. |
Sources
Map
Data Sources
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City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County 2013
Confluence Project
Information Sources
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No
Author Given, 2013, The Confluence: Coming Together for the Arts, Eau Claire Regional Arts Center. Retrieved
on 9/23/2013, from http://www.eauclairearts.com/confluence/
- No Author Given, 2013, Frequently Asked QuestionsL The Confluence Project. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Retrieved on 9/23/2013, from http://www.uwec.edu/News/more/confluenceprojectFAQs.htm
- Kupfer, Trevor, 2013, $85 Million "Confluence Project" Coming Downtown [UPDATED]. Volume One. Retrieved on 9/23/2013, from http://volumeone.org/news/1/posts/2012/05/15/3134_arts_center
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