Designing Local - SIGNED RECOMMENDATION (RFP24-029) - 04.22.2024

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CITY OF SMYRNA PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT PROPOSAL
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DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
Client: City o f Columbus, Ohio
Role:   Prime C
onsultant
Time:  2017 - 2021
Team: Amanda G
olden
 Josh Lapp
ART ON HIGH STRATEGIC PLAN & ARTIST SELECTION
COLUMBUS, OHIO
PROJECT INFO
In 2010, the City of Columbus, Ohio 
dedicated $25 million to the High 
Street Streetscape Project which will 
transform both the Short North Arts 
District and the southern University 
District portions of High Street, one 
of the busiest corridors in Columbus. 
The streetscape improvements will 
create a safer, more walkable and 
more inclusive neighborhood by 
burying overhead utilities, increasing 
sidewalk widths, standardizing 
streetscape elements, upgrading 
lighting, adding marked crosswalks, 
improving stormwater management, 
and adding new street trees. In 
addition 2% of the total project 
budget has been dedicated to an 
investment in public art within the 
streetscape project. 
Designing Local advised the City 
of Columbus as it planned for its 
anticipated investment, and managed 
a consultant team of three additional 
consultants; MKSK, Kolar Design, 
and curator Marc Pally. Through 
extensive public engagement and 
a thorough understanding of the 
existing and future built environment, 
Designing Local selected eight ideal 
locations within the two mile stretch 
of streetscape. Each location was 
vetted by Columbus Department of 
Public Service and the design team 
to ensure future investment in those 
selected locations would be suitable 
for public art. 
The team held three public meetings, 
monthly walkabouts, and conducted 
extensive stakeholder interviews. 
Accepted by the Columbus Arts 
Commission and project partners in 
January of 2018, the Art on High 
Strategic Plan provided direction 
and a community-wide vision for 
how public art can be integrated 
into the corridor and how this initial 
investment will be used to catalyze 
investment in public art within the 
corridor in the future. 
Designing Local was hired to 
complete Phase 2 of Art on High 
which included management of 
a $420,000.00 call for artists. A 
national caliber artist was selected 
and implementation of the artwork 
was completed in August .
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