Elkins Seeking Design Services for Streetscape Plan
A city’s downtown can benefit from a consistent appearance, but how is consistency best achieved? Even property owners acting with the best intentions may find it difficult to coordinate their renovations, sidewalk replacements, façade improvements, and other projects to achieve a unified look across the downtown.
A project recently greenlighted by Elkins Common Council takes a first step toward solving this problem. The city is taking statements of interest and qualification from landscape architecture, design, and/or engineering firms that want to help the city create a “conceptual design” for the downtown streetscape. This conceptual design would include technical specifics for building materials and the design of building facades, sidewalks, outdoor lighting, streets, pedestrian safety features, and landscaping.
Statements of interest and qualification in preparing this document are due to the city’s operations manager by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14.
The full request for proposals may be reviewed here: www.cityofelkinswv.com/working/bids-rfps.
Street Vendor Ordinance now in place
Elkins City Council unanimously passed an ordinance during Thursday’s Elkins City Council meeting that will allow for street vendors within city limits. According to City of Elkins Ordinance 264, street vendors – any person except itinerant vendors, who engages in or conducts, […]
Read MoreCity Hall News: Week of June 13, 2022
Meeting next week are council’s Public Safety Committee and Finance Committee, as well as the Elkins Parks and Recreation Commission. Council’s regular Thursday meeting has been moved to Tuesday, and Blue Grass Park has reopened. The Public Safety Committee meets Monday at […]
Read More2022 Leaf Pickups Begin Oct. 17
Leaf pick up begins Monday, October 17, 2022 and continues for the rest of the fall, until either all leaves have been collected or snow has started falling. What to do with your leaves To make use of this service, rake leaves into […]
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