Reston Arts Center Feasibility Study Focus Group - March 28, 2022
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This is the 4th of 5 engagement meetings. We are excited to hear from you – your preferences, priorities, questions, hopes, concerns. The information we receive today will be used to inform the space allocations and cost estimating for discussion of the proffer by Fairfax County.
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Reston Arts Center Feasibility Study Focus Group - March 28, 2022
- 1. Reston Arts Center Feasibility PROJECT# CC-000024 Focus Group Arts Education, FCPS, and Equity March 28, 2022 THIS MEETING IS BEING
- 2. Z OOM Before starting the presentation, let’s do a zoom technology check and understand ground rules This meeting is being recorded To raise or lower your hand
- 3. W E L C OM E DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES RESTON COMMUNITY CENTER FAIRFAX COUNTY GRIMM + PARKER ARCHITECTS FEASIBILITY DESIGN ARCHITECT
- 4. MEETING AGENDA Introduction + Project Overview Arts Spaces, Uses, Priorities, and Experiences Discussion Wrap Up + Next Steps 6:30-6:45 PM 6:45-7:55 PM 7:55-8:00 PM
- 5. OBJECTIVES + ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS This is the 4th of 5 engagement meetings. We are excited to hear from you – your preferences, priorities, questions, hopes, concerns. The information we receive today will be used to inform the space allocations and cost estimating for discussion of the proffer by Fairfax County. Date Purpose Location Monday, February 14, 2022, 6:30 pm Kick Off Meeting RCC Hunters Woods Monday, February 28, 2022, 6:30 pm Focus Group: Performing Arts RCC Hunters Woods Monday, March 14, 2022, 6:30 pm Focus Group: Visual Arts RCC Hunters Woods Monday, March 28, 2022, 6:30 pm Focus Group: Arts Education, Schools, Equity/Opportunity Neighborhoods Zoom Platform Monday, April 4, 2022, 6:30 pm General Wrap-Up Zoom Platform
- 6. FEASIBILITY SCHEDULE Activity Timeframe Community Outreach February – April 2022 Preliminary Programming / Design Concepts / ROM Cost Estimating April – June 2022 Community Reengagement / Proffer Determinations June – July 2022 Building Design and Construction To Be Determined* *Additional programming, design, and construction activities will move forward based on the feasibility study phase outcomes.
- 7. What’s your age? A. Under 18 B. 18-24 C. 25-44 D. 45-64 E. 65 and Over P OL L
- 8. What best describes your ethnicity? A. Asian or Pacific Islander B. Black or African American C. Hispanic or Latino D. Native American or Alaskan Native E. White or Caucasian F. Multiracial or Biracial G. A race/ethnicity not listed above P OL L
- 9. Are you differently-abled? (choose all that apply) A. Hearing challenge B. Vision challenge C. Cognitive challenge D. Ambulatory challenge E. Self-care challenge F. Independent living challenge G. None of these apply P OL L
- 10. These community outreach meetings are being conducted to understand community needs for a proposed arts venue in the Reston Town Center. The proposed arts center would be a result of a proffer from Boston Properties in the next phase of Reston Town Center development (Block J). The proffer would provide for an approximately 60,000 gross square foot facility (maximum) to house a stage suitable for large-scale music and dance performances, as well as other arts-related amenities. BACKGROUN D
- 11. BACKGROUN D The County and RCC will seek to maximize the ability of this project to meet the goals of One Fairfax and the Countywide Strategic Plan. If undertaken, this project will result in a facility that serves everyone equitably and with high quality. The County and RCC want to maximize the usefulness and activation of all capital projects undertaken on behalf of the public.
- 12. RCC will not raise the Small District 5 tax rate to accomplish this project. The County will seek partners for funding for the capital project. We are not discussing opposition to this project – please forward feedback or questions to this email: RCCContact@fairfaxcounty.gov BACKGROUN D
- 13. VICINITY MAP
- 14. VICINITY MAP Dulles Toll Road Reston Town Center 286 602 Site Block J Town Center Parkway
- 16. Master Plan Diagram courtesy of www.restonnow.com Block J is part of a development that is planned to have other activities such as retail, residential, restaurants, athletics, leisure, gathering spaces, hotel rooms, and offices. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
- 17. Master Plan Diagram courtesy of www.bizjournals.com PROPOSED USE ON SITE
- 18. Previous Market Research Results Surrounding performing arts venue context • The surrounding areas have options for small–medium flexible spaces for rental. • What is missing is a space designed for performance use with professional technical support, stage capacity and related support spaces at the mid-size seating capacity (300-700). • The area can support a medium capacity performance venue. The major types of performances would be music, dance and theatre. • Also missing are small intimate venues designed for spoken word, comedy, jazz and other small groups. • Artists and arts groups find it hard to rent quality rehearsal/studio spaces. Interactive Map Gallery - Community | GIS and Mapping Services (fairfaxcounty.gov) www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/community
- 19. Regarding the arts venues in the region, there are fewer amenities for visual arts. This community expressed the needs for: • Professionally equipped/staffed art spaces • Suitable for all types of arts offerings • Facilities near home communities • Recording studios/film/digital media • Affordable rental rates • Adequate technical support • Affordable storage • Artist studios • Galleries Interactive Map Gallery - Community | GIS and Mapping Services (fairfaxcounty.gov) www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/community
- 20. FEB 14 FEEDBACK MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FAIRFAX COUNTY WEBSITE
- 21. FEB 14 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FAIRFAX COUNTY WEBSITE
- 22. FOCUS: PERFORMING ARTS Experiences/Events/Activities • Performances • Rehearsals • Instruction • Broadcast/Recording/Film or Digital Media • Concessions • Rentals Primary Spaces: • Proscenium-style Theatre, approx. 500 seats, balcony, • Stage with fly to accommodate 80-100 performers simultaneously and more rotating in/out • Rehearsal/Dance Space with flexibility • Lobby with Box Office, Concessions Support Spaces • Production office, tech space • Digital Media Suite: recording/broadcast space • Wardrobe/Scenery repair • Dressing rooms • Control booth • Storage • Restrooms • Catering kitchen • Loading Miscellaneous • Movable orchestra pit, full cyc, thrust, proscenium arch 35’-45’ • Sensory-friendly spaces • Outdoor space is desired, but concern about environmental sounds
- 23. FOCUS: VISUAL ARTS Experiences/Events/Activities • 2D/3D Arts • Display/Exhibition • Instruction • Rentals for Social Functions • Immersive/Conceptual Art Primary Spaces: • General/Open Studios for variety of arts including crafts, textiles, 2D, 3D • Specific Arts Studios (kiln-based activities for ceramics, glass, etc.) • Art Classrooms • Gallery with flexible display equipment and infrastructure • Display/Exhibit accessory space (walls, etc.) Support Spaces • Digital Media Suite for Video/Editing/Broadcast/ Video Game Design Studio • Storage • Administration Offices • Restrooms • Loading • Reception Miscellaneous • Potential for workshops, tours, artist demonstrations • Consider video/editing/broadcast space to be less formal – video is communication future (e.g., TikTok); for artists to create pr materials, too • Public art is a must-have: in & outside; integrated into facility design • Consider large/tall space for collaborative installations
- 24. D I S C U S We want to hear from you! Let’s discuss arts education and equity as they apply in this new Reston Arts Center. You can raise your hand and turn camera on. S
- 25. F CP S In terms of the FCPS arts-related curriculum as a whole, are there any programs missing and can FCPS arts programs be incorporated into this facility? What are the space needs? Focus on Arts Education: Fairfax County Public Schools
- 26. I NON - In terms of Arts Education for adults and/or in the non-profit sphere, are there any programs missing, and can this new facility support those programs? What are the space needs? P R O Focus on Arts Education: Adult Education and Non-Profit Spheres F T
- 27. E QU I Please describe your expectations in terms of connecting to the arts experience in this potential new facility. How can this facility support the Opportunity Neighborhoods programs in Reston and Herndon? How could it serve all people effectively regardless of income and other resources? T Y Focus on Equity
- 28. E QU I Please describe your expectations in terms of connecting to the arts experience in this potential new facility. T Y Focus on Equity and Opportunity Neighborhoods
- 29. E QU I With respect to financial access, what should the operating framework encompass to allow for free or significantly low-cost tickets, enrollment or use processes? T Y Focus on Equity and Opportunity Neighborhoods
- 30. E QU I With respect to physical access, what challenges do you perceive in getting to the arts experiences? What considerations should we keep in mind in terms of transportation and access? What about time of day or weekdays versus weekends? What should we keep in mind for making this facility serve local neighborhoods? T Y Focus on Equity and Opportunity Neighborhoods
- 31. What else can we do or include to create a diverse, accessible, equitable, and human- scaled facility?
- 32. What else do you feel are important considerations for the County to respond to this opportunity?
- 33. Q + A Next meeting Monday, April 4, 2022, 6:30 pm General Wrap-Up Zoom Platform We appreciate the feedback. Are there any further questions we can answer?
- 34. Y OU T HA N K Feel free to email RCCContact@fairfaxcounty.gov And check back at the website for updates: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/capital-projects/reston-arts-center
Notas del editor
- Welcome by Beverly Cosham, Chair, Reston Community Center Board of Governors Thank you for coming. . . .
- Go over Zoom Protocol; Muting should be on unless speaking.
- Welcome! We appreciate you taking the time to meet with us tonight. We look forward to hearing your input on the Feasibility Phase of this exciting potential project, the Reston Arts Center! This event is the fourth of a series of 5 engagement meetings to solicit Reston and Fairfax County community input to help inform the programming and resulting cost estimate for this feasibility phase. Your feedback is crucial to help us plan and design this facility to best meet the needs of your community. A couple of housekeeping items: These are all public meetings that are being recorded so that people who can’t be here can view them at a later time and contribute in writing. Introductions: Thank you to Reston Community Center for hosting this event and facilitating this dialogue with the community. And DPWES represents the County’s interest in reviewing the proffer and has considerable technical expertise with this type of capital facility development. And we are Sue Hains and Amy Upton from Grimm + Parker Architects –a local architectural design firm that will be leading these discussions and translating what we hear from you to programming and space planning to generate a cost estimate.
- A brief agenda for tonight’s meeting. We will be taking the first 10-15 minutes for a brief introduction, some scene setting, and project overview. That will leave us with a solid hour for a discussion – we have a series of questions to go through and we’d love to hear from all of you tonight in this group. First focus is on FCPS, then Arts Education in terms of Adult Education and Non-Profit with focus on Equity and Opportunity Neighborhoods And in the final 5-10 minutes we will wrap up, cover any final Q+A, and talk about the next wrap up session.
- Read slide; Very important not to get ahead of ourselves; we want information to determine space types and allocations so cost estimating can be done – without that Fairfax County can’t respond to the proffer opportunity. NO DESIGN WILL HAPPEN UNTIL AND UNLESS THE PROFFER IS ACCEPTED!
- We’re using the Zoom platform for polls today. Just as we did in our opening meeting, we are going to open with some demographic questions – also to loosen everyone up and get used to the poll function in Zoom. We want to get an understanding of who’s in our virtual room today.
- Note here that these are the categories used by the US Census
- Read slide
- Read slide Bottom line – the goal of the County and the RCC is to be good stewards of public funds. Serving the entire community equitably and with high quality.
- Read slide
- Great location for public transportation (Metro, Bus), walking (connections across streets and across the W&OD Trail), and easy access from the Toll Road and Parkways. Easy walk from the Reston Town Center just north of the trail.
- Here’s the same vicinity map with an overlay of the Boston Properties Development Concept showing the site in the lower right hand corner – Block J.
- And here’s a blow up of that concept – you may have already driven or walked around the Block A and B buildings that are almost complete so you can get a sense of the scale of the development – it’s much smaller scale than you think and very walkable with lots of gathering spaces, shared parking, bike lanes, leisure spaces as well as restaurants/retail/residential and offices.
- This is a Use diagram to show you the variety of program types in the new development plan. Among the ground retail options are likely to be several restaurant options.
- Years of surveys and research has been done leading up to this effort to identify the need for performing and visual arts space in Reston.
- We kicked off this engagement process with a general meeting to discuss big picture needs, wants, priorities for the proposed arts facility.
- We got some great feedback to set the stage for these smaller focus group discussions to get more specific info from the community with a focus on performing arts, visual arts, and now arts education/equity.
- We met with folks interested in performing arts a couple of weeks ago and here is a snapshot of some of their input results.
- We met with folks interested in visual arts a couple of weeks ago and here is a snapshot of some of their input and the activities and spaces that are desired.
- Tonight we are going to focus our discussion on how we can address the arts related needs in the FCPS system and beyond. This is where we presenters turn into listeners – we want to give our audience a voice. We have an hour of time. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to be heard – let’s stay positive and be respectful of time and giving a chance for others to give their answers.
- This is where we presenters turn into listeners – we want to give our audience a voice. We have an hour of time. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to be heard – let’s stay positive and be respectful of time and giving a chance for others to give their answers.
- Imagine you had a magic wand – what arts experiences and spaces would your family enjoy? What do you need?
- In what ways can the facility make everyone feel welcomed and included?
- We will have 1 more outreach meeting. We will conclude on April 4 with a wrap up meeting, again virtually, to confirm your community’s programmatic needs and desires for this new Reston Arts Center. Please pre-enroll because it is important for us to email you the link.
- The recording of tonight’s meeting will be accessed via the Fairfaxcounty.gov website – as will a PDF of these presentation slides. Thank you again for all of your input tonight – we are excited about this project and the opportunity to learn from you all tonight.