The third site visits happened this week with visits to some FTC&H completed projects. As in the other site visits it is hard to encompass all that we learn from these visits by my amateur photography and brief comments, but we will try once again to give you a glimpse.

We started out in Lowell where they renovated a historicity significant old city hall and added a Police department wing. There were added cost in this building due to renovation versus building new.

There were a lot of open public area and several smaller meeting rooms.

A second story City Council Chamber that over looked Main Street was very impresive.

The Police Department was very nice with room for growth. I really liked their in door parking area as I am sure does our Police Chief Brandon.

Right across the street was their District Library the FTC&H also did. A familiar face, Mayor Charles Myers (a Davison transplant) helped with our Lowell tours.

They had nice signage designation the different areas between Police and City Hall.

The next stop was to Cascade Township Library. The interesting thing with this structure was the versatility of their large meeting room. They jointly (Township & library) use this are for meetings and activities. The township’s Board desk can be closed off when the board isn’t in session. This is important as we talked about maximizing shared space to keep the over all cost down.

This building had an older flare to it with a lot of modern amenities.


The next stop was to FTC&H building where they house around 250 employees. One of the advantages is the one-stop possibilities that they have to offer. Very nice Brownfield redevelopment project with their building. The building flowed very well and left a lot of open space that can be reconfigured as times change.

Our final stop was the City of Wyoming. This building is a little more modern in design, but had great flow to it and very user friendly. Great use of technology in the Council Chambers. They are another community that has gone paperless.

With the three firms we are looking at city Council has a challenging decision to make; which firm do we move forward with?

Stay tuned, the fun now begins.