TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam J. Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Michael Gibson, Parks and Recreation Department Director
Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Department Director
DATE: May 5, 2025
RE:
Title
Market House Repurposing Project Update
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
Information regarding progress made on repurposing the Market House is being presented to Council for consensus to move forward.
Background:
On January 29, 2021, Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Director Dr. Anthony Wade was assigned the responsibility of assembling a working group to identify, develop, and prioritize strategic recommendations to the City for the repurposing of the Fayetteville Market House as a community asset.
In October 2021 & January 2022 Human Relations hosted two of the United States Department of Justice community engagement model known as City SPIRIT events, in order to receive community feedback as to how to repurpose the Market House. Following the City SPIRIT model, the Human Relations Commission conducted further community engagement and gathered information from approximately 500 additional residents. From these, two main recommendations emerged: 1) make the Market House ADA accessible and 2) create greater pedestrian safety. As a result, the City contracted with SFL+A Architects for options on how to achieve this goal within budget. Following SFL+A Architects presentation of options and the selection of Option B, which consisted of milling and paving ~4,400 sf, creating a square traffic pattern with ADA slopes, traffic rated concrete brick paver crosswalks, and extending the arcade from the base of the steps.
On September 3, 2024, a preliminary analysis of the previously presented Option B for Market House improvements to ADA accessibility and pedestrian safety around the b...
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