The Design Review3
 FRANCISCO BARRIOS/DOUGLAS DISPATCH The Design Review Board members are: Vicky Merritt; Lynn Kartchner; Bruce Endres; Robert Martin and Michael Gutierrez. Not in picture Carlos De La Torre. |
on RFebruary 24 in order
to elect officers and review
the Downtown Revitalization
Plan.
At the meeting, Douglas
resident Bruce Endres was
elected unanimously as
Chairman for the Board,
while Robert Marting was
elected unanimously as Vice
Chairman. Other Design
Review Board members are
Carlos De La Torre; Vicky
Merritt; Michael Gutierrez
and Lynn Kartchner.
After the election, Curtis
Shook, City Manager explained
that the purpose for
the Design Review Board is
“To determine all the criteria
for the Downtown Revitalization
Plan and to make an
agreement regarding what
the common theme will be
for the Downtown area.”
Shook also explained to
the Board that besides the
government center, the old
Phelps Dodge Mercantile
will contain a 2,000 Sq. ft
Museum plus a cafeteria
style food service, where
people inside the building
will be able to get coffee,
muffins, toast and it will be
open only from 7 a.m. to 2
p.m.
“This Cafeteria is not intended
to compete with anybody;
if you work in one of
the offices there and you
want to go downstairs and
get a candy bar or an apple,
that’s what is meant to do; it
is not meant to compete with
any food restaurant near the
Phelps Dodge building.”
He also said another free
space will be used for public
activities but there is no certainty
about what the theme
will be yet.
The first action of the Design
Review Board was to
establish the meeting times
and regularity. All members
agreed to do monthly meetings
every third Tuesday of
the month at 5:30 p.m. and
for special meeting the hour
will be noon.
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