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Public Pinned Report on Castle Community Proposal for Rochester Armory Building led by Castlecommunity
Last modified: July 10, 2017

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The project, dubbed "Castle Community," was selected out of a pool of five proposals. A plan to turn the building into an entertainment and music venue finished as the runner-up.

 

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July 10, 2017 City Council Decision

 

 

Med City Beat Reporting June 5, 2017

Castle Community 

Proposal by Ross Henderson, Scott Hoss, Leyzer Topel, Naura Anderson and Rick DeVoe

  • Purchase the building and lots (open to option for long-term lease for parking)
  • Manage the building as a for-profit entity, but establish a nonprofit focused on arts and community programming
  • 1st floor: Restaurant owned by a local chef
  • 2nd floor: Independent bookstore, record shop, 10 artist studios, retail space for artists and public commons
  • 3rd floor: Event/performance space (cover image), gallery, collaborative studio and community meeting space
  • Open seven days a week with public access at all times

More information available at www.castlecommunity.org.

 

 

 

  

 

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Other Castle Community Proposal for Rochester Armory Building Pinned Reports

May 27, 2022 : Legal problems with Castle Community

Non-compliance letter


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Pinned Castlecommunity organization and project reports

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Project Report of Castle Community Proposal for Rochester Armory Building : May 27, 2022 : Legal problems with Castle Community

Non-compliance letter


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Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
About Beam

Community Beam (dmcbeam.org) is a registry of private and public resources (organizations, projects, initiatives, programs) that underpin economic and social developments of greater Rochester:

  • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
  • For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.
  • Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

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