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Completing a two year renovation and addition to a 1951
vocational education building, phase two of the Alabama
Rural Heritage Center creates circulation through the
building and adds many needed spaces for the foundation.
Many interior walls were removed to open up interior spaces
to keep them as flexible as possible for the changing needs
of the center. Additional space includes a vegetable
cleaning operation, storage and packaging room, additional
meeting space, and a stage for the center’s annual ‘Rural
Fun Day.’ Phase two also completed a pavilion which opened
up more outdoor spaces, and can serve as a terrace for a
future café. One of the most significant portions of the
project include the addition of a 25-foot high sign and wall
on the front of the building which will increase its street
presence from the highway and allow it to stand equal with a
neighboring three story high school. Extensive earthmoving
and terracing help to create parking, a street edge and tie
the entire building into the site.
