Was very impressed to see that the master plan has been updated in great detail, along with a targeted future enrollment of 25,000 (by when??)
Question: Now that the music building is close to being finished, what are the next 3 brick & mortar projects with target start dates? I’m assuming the STEM Building is next. Would love to see the 2 bio labs begin in parallel.
(12-19-2021 02:06 PM)NDTiger Wrote: Was very impressed to see that the master plan has been updated in great detail, along with a targeted future enrollment of 25,000 (by when??)
Question: Now that the music building is close to being finished, what are the next 3 brick & mortar projects with target start dates? I’m assuming the STEM Building is next. Would love to see the 2 bio labs begin in parallel.
The lack of any provision for an OCS will tick off some people.
To answer your question, after the STEM building I would expect that either the biology buildings or the replacement building for Mitchell/Clement will be on the boards. Possibly one of the new parking garages in there too.
Speaking of an OCS, someone had mentioned in one of the past threads about there being more parking on campus than at the Liberty Bowl. The PDF reminded me of that because it mentions the Central Campus has 9,098 parking spaces (pg 42). The LB has 4,500.
(12-19-2021 03:56 PM)Alanda Wrote: Thanks for the link ND.
Speaking of an OCS, someone had mentioned in one of the past threads about there being more parking on campus than at the Liberty Bowl. The PDF reminded me of that because it mentions the Central Campus has 9,098 parking spaces (pg 42). The LB has 4,500.
There is not enough parking for students, staff, and faculty now. Saturday classes even use up the majority of available parking. Of course all of the neighborhood streets around the OCS would be very welcoming to Saturday congestion and noise. Tailgating would practically cease to exist, but there would be less drinking in the stadium since alcohol sales will be prohibited. We could all be nostalgic for the good old days on Tiger Lane. Also the Tigers could be just like all the other colleges playing football in rinky dink stadia. Thankfully the major thoroughfare of Highland Avenue would be better for traffic flow than that little cross street East Parkway. An ocs is certain to be a boon to athletic fund raising.
(This post was last modified: 12-19-2021 09:07 PM by Keeper.)
(12-19-2021 02:06 PM)NDTiger Wrote: Was very impressed to see that the master plan has been updated in great detail, along with a targeted future enrollment of 25,000 (by when??)
Question: Now that the music building is close to being finished, what are the next 3 brick & mortar projects with target start dates? I’m assuming the STEM Building is next. Would love to see the 2 bio labs begin in parallel.
(12-19-2021 02:06 PM)NDTiger Wrote: Was very impressed to see that the master plan has been updated in great detail, along with a targeted future enrollment of 25,000 (by when??)
Question: Now that the music building is close to being finished, what are the next 3 brick & mortar projects with target start dates? I’m assuming the STEM Building is next. Would love to see the 2 bio labs begin in parallel.
(12-19-2021 02:06 PM)NDTiger Wrote: Was very impressed to see that the master plan has been updated in great detail, along with a targeted future enrollment of 25,000 (by when??)
Question: Now that the music building is close to being finished, what are the next 3 brick & mortar projects with target start dates? I’m assuming the STEM Building is next. Would love to see the 2 bio labs begin in parallel.
25,000 will be an increase of 3,000 from when I arrived in 1977. Is that rate of growth sustainable?
I spent some time reading this report. It is VERY lengthy with some good details. It looks like the 25,000 was a modest increase to build a future plan for (ie why show current enrollment as it would be instantly outdated) as well as comparative benchmark universities included. That being said, are there any public documents that has a future enrollment target ie 35,000 students by 2030?
NEXT 5 PROJECTS ($200M)
1) Clement & Mitchell Hall Replacement
2) Research Buildings (could repurpose current buildings ie South Hall). On West Main Campus - Entrepreneur and East Campus - Animal Labs (I assume this is the 2 Bio Labs)
3) New Housing - Main and/or Park Campus
4) Research - Park Campus
5) Lambuth: Spangler Hall Renovation
No timelines given
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2021 12:06 PM by NDTiger.)
I would hope the UofM will see rapid growth, compared to what we've seen over the past 20 years, given:
R1 reclassification
Projected population growth due to Blue Oval City
Over the next 10 years we can expect a population boom of net + 250,000 people in the Memphis metro area. And that's direct results of people moving here for jobs. It doesn't count the 2 to 6 counties which will eventually be added to the MSA due to BOC.
(12-20-2021 12:19 PM)umbluegray Wrote: I would hope the UofM will see rapid growth, compared to what we've seen over the past 20 years, given:
R1 reclassification
Projected population growth due to Blue Oval City
Over the next 10 years we can expect a population boom of net + 250,000 people in the Memphis metro area. And that's direct results of people moving here for jobs. It doesn't count the 2 to 6 counties which will eventually be added to the MSA due to BOC.
Good points but I have not seen anything close to 250,000 pop growth in the next 10 years.
(12-19-2021 03:56 PM)Alanda Wrote: Thanks for the link ND.
Speaking of an OCS, someone had mentioned in one of the past threads about there being more parking on campus than at the Liberty Bowl. The PDF reminded me of that because it mentions the Central Campus has 9,098 parking spaces (pg 42). The LB has 4,500.
There is not enough parking for students, staff, and faculty now. Saturday classes even use up the majority of available parking. Of course all of the neighborhood streets around the OCS would be very welcoming to Saturday congestion and noise. Tailgating would practically cease to exist, but there would be less drinking in the stadium since alcohol sales will be prohibited. We could all be nostalgic for the good old days on Tiger Lane. Also the Tigers could be just like all the other colleges playing football in rinky dink stadia. Thankfully the major thoroughfare of Highland Avenue would be better for traffic flow than that little cross street East Parkway. An ocs is certain to be a boon to athletic fund raising.
Alcohol sales are no longer prohibited. Hell, they sell booze at Neyland these days. There are definitely problems/issues with a proposed OCS, but that ain't one.
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UofM: Updated Master Plan - Entire Campus
UofM: Updated Master Plan - Entire Campus 
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