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April 2024

2024 Carol Stream Parks Foundation Annual Duck Race

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, then it’s probably the Carol Stream Parks Foundation Annual Duck Race! 🦆🏆

Williams Architects is proud to sponsor the CSPF’s Annual Duck Race supporting the Carol Stream Park District. Proceeds from the Duck Race help fund the Youth Scholarship Program and other community projects. Buy your ducks today to helps kids of families with financial hardship afford recreational programs such as baseball, camp, swimming, after school programs!

CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR LUCKY DUCK(S)!

December 2023

J + J Helping Hands Tree Event 2023

We traveled through the seven levels of the Candy Cane Forest, through the Sea of Swirly Twirly Gum Drops, and walked through the Lincoln Tunnel to deliver this year’s tree to the Annual J+J Flooring Helping Hands Event! 🍭 🎅 🎄

A tremendous job well done to all of the participating firms, and a special shout-out to the Williams Team that helped bring our Elf inspired snow globe to life: Carrie Kotera, Brad Moser, Alexandra Bajor, Bridgette Carbon, Karen Lellios, Lisa Kirk, Lauren Gramann, and Natalie Clemens – We couldn’t have done it without you all! 🌟

It’s an absolute honor to have this opportunity in joining J+J Flooring in spreading Christmas cheer to the patients, families, and staff of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago!

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Together, creative minds, generous hearts and helping hands from our architecture + design community create themed trees for the children at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. J+J Flooring facilitates the event and provides trees to local interior design and architecture firms. Helping Hands originated five years ago. The trees donated range from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and Frozen to the City of Chicago and Harry Potter. Together, J+J and the awarded winner from the event deliver the trees to the hospital as the families at Lurie’s select the perfect tree to enjoy during the holiday season. Atlanta is the heart of this event and where it originated, but word has spread with Chicago and other cities now partnering with J+J Flooring and the local children’s hospitals. It is exciting to see the event continue to grow each year gifting more and more trees to patients looking to brighten their spirits.

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September 2023

Vigo County CIB Unveils Results of Feasibility Study

During September’s public meeting for Vigo County’s Capital Improvement Board Williams Architects, alongside PROS Consulting, Inc. and Context Design, announced the results of the CIB’s feasibility study for the Sports and Aquatic Center. Recommendation highlights include:

Invest in improved access to recreational aquatics at a reasonable cost by investing in an “aquatic center.”
Secure partnerships and invest in developing a “community recreation fieldhouse” that is multi-functional and provides increases in multi-generational recreation.
Secure partnerships and invest in developing an “outdoor sports complex” that is multi-functional, increasing local recreational opportunities.

Watch the videos below to learn more about Vigo County’s efforts to boost tourism and recreational opportunities for its residents!

ARTICLE / DETAILED GRAPHICS: Study outlines need for aquatic, sports facilities in Vigo County – Inside INdiana Business

ARTICLE / VIDEO: Vigo Co. leaders react to recommendation for sports/aquatic complex | MyWabashValley.com

ARTICLE /VIDEO: Proposal unveiled for possible sports complex and other community developments | News | wthitv.com

August 2023

Broad Ripple Park Family Center Among 2023 AIA Indiana Healthcare Design Award Winners

Williams Architects is proud to share the Broad Ripple Park Family Center has been recognized by several awards including the 2023 AIA Indiana Healthcare Design Honor Award in the category of new construction cost between $5-$25 million.

The new Family Center is a 40,000 SF Healthcare + Wellness facility for Indy Parks and Recreation and Community Health Network.

Congratulations to the design team (arcDESIGN │ Williams Architects | Aquatics │ Avenue │ Genesis Engineering Group │ Context Design │ Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. │ Lynch, Harrison & Brumleve, Inc. │ Meyer Najem │ Allegion) and Broad Ripple Community!

Click HERE to learn more about this award-winning facility!

Antioch Breaks Ground on Village Green Site

Antioch has officially broken ground on their Village Green project! 👷‍♀️🚧

Thanks to the community’s great efforts, the previously vacant site will undergo a transformation to create a new gathering space! The site will feature: a natural creek, stone seating, performance pavilion, amphitheater terrace, firepit seating, water feature, and an inclusive playground.

Congratulations, Village Of Antioch community! 🎉

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July 2023

Sioux Falls Preparing to ‘Dive into’ Future Aquatic Projects

We are thrilled about taking the next step in our efforts to replace our aging aquatic facilities with new state-of-the-art facilities for our community,” Don Kearney, Director of Parks and Recreation said. “These are important long-term investments in our quality of life and are a key element in making Sioux Falls an attractive place to live, work, and play. These improvements will last for another 50 years, and I look forward to working with our residents on what’s possible with these projects.”

“The Director of Parks and Recreation, Don Kearney, told Dakota News Now, “We are thrilled about taking the next step in our efforts to replace our aging aquatic facilities with new state-of-the-art facilities for our community. These are important long-term investments in our quality of life and are a key element in making Sioux Falls an attractive place to live, work, and play.”