Timeline and Events

• December 2019
  Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
• February 2020
  Request for Proposals (RFP)
• May 2020

  Online conference feasibility study design proposal presentations and firm selection

  • Hamilton Anderson - Detroit, MI/Moody Nolan - Columbus, OH
    HA projects include MSU’s Wells Hall; Wayne State University's School of Social Work and Welcome Center; and the Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center in Detroit. MN's projects include the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Cultural, Ethnic & Gender/Women’s Studies Building; Penn State University's Paul Robeson Cultural Center; The Ohio State University's Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center; and Vanderbilt University's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
    
    
  • Hanbury - Norfolk, VA
    Hanbury's projects include the University of Michigan’s Trotter Multicultural Center; Macalester College’s Culture House and Kagin Commons; Rice University’s Multicultural Center; Old Dominion University’s Global Friendship House; and the Virginia Beach African American Cultural Center. 

   

• October 2020
  October 29: Board of Trustees Update
• December 2020

  Initially projected Board of Trustees Authorization to Plan recommendation now tentatively moved to February 2021 due to novel coronavirus precautions.