Council Approves Mordecai Park Contract Amendment

 

 

Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs

Prepared by: Michael Williams, Assistant Director, Public Affairs

 

For more information: Shawsheen Baker, Senior Park Planner, 919-996-4782.

 

April 5, 2012

 

Council Approves Design and Construction Administration

Contract Amendment for Mordecai Historic Park Interpretive Center

 

The Raleigh City Council has approved a contract amendment for design and construction administration services for the Mordecai Historic Park Interpretive Center to Clearscapes, P.A. The amendment brings the total for the contract with Clearscapes to $176,400. The Council awarded the original contract to Clearscapes on September 7, 2010.

 

The new interpretive center will be located near Downtown Raleigh in the historic Mordecai neighborhood, at 1101 Wake Forest Road. The nearly half-acre site is adjacent to the existing Mordecai Historic Park site.

 

The building plan includes a vestibule, lobby, reception area, open floor exhibit space to accommodate a wall display and moveable modular cases, gift shop, multipurpose room, offices, library/archive, a break room, restrooms, storage and accessory spaces. The total project budget is $1,500,000. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2013.

 

        For more information, visit www.raleighnc.gov and enter “Mordecai Historic Park Interpretive Center” in the search window, or contact the City of Raleigh Design/Development Division at parkplan@raleighnc.gov or 919-996-4776.

 

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