FERNDALE'S EFFORT TO PRESERVE AMERICA THROUGH WAYFINDING & CULTURAL TOURISM
Project Email: Ferndale@thelakotagroup.com
The Ferndale DDA and City of Ferndale has eagerly launched its Ferndale Wayfinding & Cultural Tourism Program. Ferndale is a Preserve America community, and received a grant to implement a wayfinding system and cultural/heritage tourism marketing effort for Downtown Ferndale and its four neighborhood quadrants that surround the downtown area. The wayfinding system will help direct people to the downtown, to key community locations, its cultural assets and heritage information, while improving our tourism promotions. The Lakota Group in conjunction with Quill Communications and Kidorf Preservation Consulting have been hired to lead our community in this process and develop the wayfinding and cultural tourism plan and products.
An aggressive schedule has been set in order to implement the first phase of wayfinding installation by August of 2010. The first community workshop was held October 14 & 15, 2009, which kicked off the information gathering of both historical and current-day cultural assets, folklore, signage analysis and needs of the community. A survey will be available online shortly so that residents, business owners and consumers alike can contribute additional information and ideas.
A series of community workshops were also held to help the community follow the progress of the project and garner input at various stages of the project. To see the draft plan follow this link.
Click to See The Bidders.
CLICK TO SEE THE PLANS.
To follow along online, a website dedicated to this project has been launched. To connect, go to www.thelakotagroup.com/Ferndale. You can also catch updates from the Ferndale DDA on our Facebook and Twitter sites for Downtown Ferndale.
The following resources are available for consultants, volunteers and the community. .
Downtown Ferndale Map
City of Ferndale Maps
Downtown Development Plan
City of Ferndale Master Plan
Downtown Parking Study
- Section 1
- Section 2 - not available via web, please call.
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
Ferndale Arts in Public Spaces Plan
Woodward Corridor Studies & Design Framework
- additional studies, Signage Framework and Historical Inventory List is available at www.woodwardavenue.org.
*NEW* Downtown Ferndale Brand ID Stylebook.
The Phase I Fabrication & Installation Phase is now underway with the opening of the bid process. The documents related to bidding on this project are in the far left column. Bids are due March 19, 2010 by 4pm at the Ferndale DDA Office. Pre-bid conference was held Thursday, February 25, 2010, at 2pm. |
