UMKC Programming and Planning July 2012 Final Report

University of Missouri, Kansas City Downtown Arts Campus

Programming and Planning Study Volume 1: Executive Summary Final Report: July 2012

UMKC Project Number #K586101

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Table of Contents

VOLUME 1 - Executive Summary

STUDY PARTICIPANTS

5

1. INTRODUCTION

7

2. UMKC CONSTITUENTS AND PROGRAMS

11

3. SITE SELECTION

33

4. SITE STRATEGIES

41

5. IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK

61

VOLUME 2 - Appendix (UNDER SEPARATE COVER) 1. TWELVE SITES ANALYSIS 2. COST ESTIMATE SUMMARIES 3. PRECEDENT REFERENCES 4. MEETING PRESENTATIONS 5. SITE SELECTION, ASSEMBLAGE AND ACQUISITION REPORT

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Final Report: July 2012

STUDY PARTICIPANTS

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS FOR THE ARTS STEERING COMMITTEE

Provost Gail Hackett, Committee Chair

Eric Rosen, Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KC Rep)

Dean Wayne Vaught, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Dean Peter Witte, Conservatory of Music and Dance (Conservatory)

Barry Anderson, CAS Art and Art History

Bob Beck, Conservatory

Murray Blackwelder, UMKC Foundation

Bill Blessing, KC Rep Board of Directors

Scott Boswell, KC Rep Board of Directors

Curt Crespino, Alumni and Constituent Relations

Jennifer DeHaemers, Student Affairs

Troy Lillebo, External Affairs/Advancement

Sharon Lindenbaum, Finance and Administration

Tom Mardikes, CAS Theatre Department

Sarah Morris, University Communications/KCUR

Gary Shadid, KC Rep Board of Directors

Bob Simmons, Campus Facilities Management

Anne Spenner, University Communications

Joy Swallow, CAS Architecture, Urban Planning and Design Department

PARTICIPANTS

Mel Tyler, Student Affairs

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND DANCE PROGRAM Dean Peter Witte

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES THEATRE DEPARTMENT Tom Mardikes

KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE Bill Blessing, Board of Directors Scott Boswell, Board of Directors Jerry Genochio, Producing Director Cynthia Rider, Managing Director Eric Rosen, Artistic Director Gary Shadid, Board of Directors

KCUR PUBLIC RADIO Patty Cahill, General Manager Robin Cross, Chief Engineer Sarah Morris, AVC University Communications

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ART AND ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT Dr. Raymond Coveney, Interim Chair Barry Anderson, Faculty

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COMMUNICATION STUDIES DEPARTMENT Dr. Tom Poe, Interim Chair Caitlin Horsmon, Faculty

Kevin Mullen, Staff

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN DEPARTMENT Joy Swallow, Chair

CAMPUS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Karen Lavendusky, Space Management Bob Simmons, AVC Administration Jeff Vandel, Planning, Design and Construction

HELIX/HGA/INTEGRA DESIGN TEAM Tim Carl, HGA Rebecca Celis, HGA Steven Dwyer, HGA Bryan Gross, Helix Ken Jaggers, Integra Matt Kleinmann, Helix Jamie Milne Rojek, HGA Gary Reetz, HGA Joe Tarlizzo, HGA Jay Tomlinson, Helix

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1. INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

VISION

The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) has long been at the heart of nurturing culture in Kansas City through its renowned programs in music, dance, theater and visual arts. But now it's considering a bold move that could take the university literally into the heart of our great city ? by building a new Downtown Campus for the Arts in Kansas City.

UMKC leadership, in conjunction with Kansas City civic leaders, are exploring a concept to develop a UMKC arts campus in downtown Kansas City. Local leaders saw the potential when they named a downtown arts campus to the Greater Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce list of the "Big Five Ideas," - an idea that received strong support from the Downtown Council.

Just as the UMKC Hospital Hill campus creates proximity and synergy between the University and prominent community medical facilities, a downtown arts campus would enrich an already flourishing arts district.

Downtown Kansas City is undergoing an arts renaissance with the grand openings of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity. Both have helped transform the local arts landscape, energized arts patrons and catapulted the city to national attention.

A campus close to the emerging cultural district could be mutually beneficial for UMKC and the entire region. Downtown Kansas City would gain added vibrancy with a constant population of 18- to 35-year-olds ready to learn, live and perform there, while UMKC's heralded arts programs would gain great opportunities to offer much-needed improvements to their facilities.

That's not all. UMKC leaders believe a downtown arts campus could offer new and creative ways to integrate culture into the curriculum of every student, enhancing their education and creating the next generation of arts lovers in our region.

A downtown UMKC arts campus would emulate the programs, physical facilities and creativity of some of the country's most prestigious arts education institutions. Julliard is on the footprint of Lincoln Center. The New England Conservatory is across the street from Orchestra Hall in Boston. The Colburn School Conservatory of Music is across from Disney Hall in Los Angeles. Leading public institutions, including the University of Cincinnati, the University of Houston, Georgia State University and Columbus State University nest their arts programs in urban settings as well. A similar campus here in Kansas City would differentiate UMKC from its regional peers, elevate its already stellar performing arts programs to an even higher level of excellence and create unprecedented opportunities and visibility for UMKC.

Equally important: it would contribute to Kansas City's ongoing urban renaissance by adding a critical mass of 700+ students, faculty and staff living and/or working downtown.

The arts campus concept supports UMKC's mission and strategic goals to "advance urban engagement" and "excel in the visual and performing arts" -and provides an ideal platform for UMKC's stated objective to "demonstrate the relationships between artistic creativity, entrepreneurial innovation and economic development."

In addition to creating innovative stateof-the-art educational and living facilities downtown, the plan also helps to utilize an abundance of commercial real estate in the downtown loop, and also frees up significant space on the UMKC Volker campus which can be re-imagined to address the university's critical need for physical expansion.

Funding for the downtown project relies almost exclusively on local revenue streams, rather than dwindling state support -- and civic leaders are embracing the idea because it addresses multiple opportunities for both the university and the city. In short, it is a "win-win."

As noted in the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation 2005 publication Time to Get It Right: A Strategy for Higher Education in Kansas City: "Excellence in the arts sends a powerful message of academic and civic vitality. The arts will be of increasing importance in attracting and keeping in Kansas City the young talented professionals the city needs to flourish." The recommendations included a call to "Enhance UMKC's stature as a top 20 university in the arts." This potential project can serve a critical role in this ground-breaking opportunity to fulfill this dream and help brand Kansas City as "America's Creative Crossroads."

"The question is what Kansas Citizens of the future will think of us. When they look back, 50 or 100 years from now, they might wonder if we knew

we were living in a golden age. The answer is a resounding yes."

- Hampton Stevens, Contributing Columnist to The Kansas City Star

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