Old Town Elk Grove affordable senior housing project workshop highlights more design details
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| Some of the renderings on display for the Old Town Elk Grove senior affordable housing project workshop. | |
The third in a four-series workshop on a proposed $42 million affordable housing project in Elk Grove's Old Town was held last night at the Elk Grove Public Library. While the first two meetings were well attended and strong opinions expressed, last night's meeting was calmer.
The meeting was conducted by Allison Lewis of Sacramento-based Mogavero Architects. During her presentation, Ms. Lewis noted that some of the design concerns expressed in the prior meetings had been incorporated into the current project configuration.
The three-story project, located on the south side of Elk Grove Boulevard and Webb Street, will have 89 affordable units, of which 74 are one-bedroom units. Mutual Housing of California is the project developer and operator.
One of the design features is a mix of styles on the Elk Grove Boulevard-facing facade. The western edge of the facility will feature a brick facade resembling the character of older Old Town structures, which will transition to a more contemporary facade on the eastern side resembling the newer suburban homes bordering Old Town.
"As you move down the elevation, you're getting this impression that you are walking past many different buildings," Lewis said.
While the audience for this session was smaller than the previous meetings, a couple of enhancements were suggested. Those suggestions were regarding the elevators and landscaping.
One person said they thought the two elevators should be on opposite sides of the structure. The design showed them side by side on the eastern end, closer to the facility's parking lot.
Noting the artistic drawings displayed sycamores, one person said those trees easily damage sidewalks and are unattractive. That meeting participant suggested native oaks should be planted as a long-term enhancement to Old Town.
Lewis also provided a timeline for the project. She said the city is expected to greenlight the development no later than October, and construction will start in autumn 2025.
The fourth and final workshop will be a video conference on August 13. More information about the project can be viewed here.
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