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THE SANCTUARY PROJECT PowerPoint for The Project Click to see slides
The Sanctuary Project (TSP) will be developed on the old golf course land of 135 acres with excellent road access on two sides.
Ideal Location - The results of military action have their long-term repercussions in wounded and disabled veterans needing improved attention. The property location between major military centers is ideal for a Wounded Veterans Recovery and Community Center. The social services in Duplin County and the surrounding area are incomplete in many respects, especially in day care of the elderly and assisted living; children's day care; hotel accommodation, sports and residential town houses and apartments. More generally, natural reserves for North Carolina's unique and diverse wildlife are in very short supply, and the property encompasses some attractive wetlands.
Expanding Military Centers - Planned personnel increases surround the location of The Sanctuary Project- #1
- Camp LeJeune - 15,061 - #2
- New River - 2,663 - #3
- Cherry Point - 2,969 - #4
- Seymour Johnson : - 1,300 - #5
- Ft. Bragg : - 26,494 -
Civilian
Industrial Expansion -In
addition, non-military but related important events are occurring - #6
- New International Port, Southport, NC, (beside Wilmington) is expanding to
handle one million containers annually and will provide a minimum of 125,000
jobs. #7
- Global TransPark, Kinston, NC - Spirit AeroSystems - is in process of
providing 1,000 direct jobs with a indirect increase of 5,000 jobs.
Also, Wilmington is increasingly referred to as "Hollywood East" because the film industry continues to grow.
Population Growth - Population is expected to grow by nearly 40% during the next five years apart from the existing need for more housing in Duplin County, there will be considerable military expansion . The NC-24 is scheduled to be upgraded to a four-lane highway by 2013.
TSP will be a prototype
community for Veterans, their families and Senior Citizens. We hope it can give
comfort and reassurance to enlisted personnel as a future home and community if
need be.
PROPOSED
SANCTUARY PROJECT FACILITIES A prototype community for Veterans, their families and Senior Citizens.
The Facilities - The locations are marked on the diagram "The Sanctuary Project - Outline Plan for Zoning" and the building locations shown on "The Sanctuary Project - Outline Plan for Transitional Housing". The plans for each floor of the main buildings are shown on the three diagrams titled "Mixed Residential and Commercial Building" Each building has 3 floors; 1st floor dedicated to the main purpose and some small businesses. The top 2 floors will have living units of 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms each. 1 bedroom (500 sq ft, single or double occupancy); 2 bedroom (800 sq. ft.); 3 bedroom family unit (1,100 sq. ft.). Phase 1 1 Building #1 Multi-Use Mixed Commercial & Residential Buildings - (Approx 17,000 sq. ft. each floor)
First Floor - Commercial Units (12) o- Children's Day Care o- Janitor, Maintenance and Security o- Launderette o- Senior Day Care o- Thrift Store o- Commercial Lease Premises (5) (Offices; Gifts; Video; etc.)
Second Floor o- 3-Bedroom family units of 1,100 sq. ft each (11) w/ private balcony o- Community Common Room (1) o- Community Open-Air Terrace (1) o- Community Greenhouse (1)
Third Floor o- 2-Bedroom Family Units of 800 sq ft each (10) w/ private balcony o- 1-Bedroom Units (1 or 2 persons) of 500 sq. ft. each (12) w/ private balcony o- Community Common Room (2) o- Community Open-Air Terrace (1) o- Community Greenhouse (1)
Phase 2 Multi-Use Mixed Commercial & Residential Buildings - Numbers 2 thru 7 shall have First-Floor use including the following - 2 Building - First Floor Veteran's Day Care and Rehabilitation Practice; First Aid with Nurse Center; floors two and three as Building #1 3 Building - First Floor Classrooms, Library and Internet Cafe; floors two and three as Building #1 4 Building - First Floor Classrooms, Vocational Rehabilitation and Training ; floors two and three as Building #1 5 Building - First Floor Dining Room - Cafeteria and Kitchen; The Sanctuary Food Bank; floors two and three as Building #1 Phase 3 6 Building - First Floor Veteran's Sports Center (Combined w/ Rehabilitation); floors two and three as Building #1 7 Building - First Floor Classrooms, Vocational Rehabilitation and Training; floors two and three as Building #1 8 Mechanic and Carpentry Shop for Vocational Rehabilitation & Training; Maintenance Shop for Vehicles 9 Conference Hall / Event Center 500 to 1000 people with Outdoor Stage beside Park. This can vary widely according to military requirements Phase 4 10 Park and Picnic Area with landscaped gardens and benches. 11 Chapel, Non-Denominational 12 Boardwalk around section of 10-acre lake with boating and fishing. Phase 5 13 Hotel; Class B; 300 rooms, 14 Residential Area including Town Houses, Garden Apartments and Condos. Cost depends on development method. Use will depend on need; Residential Housing for local commuting and/or further Transitional Housing Diagram of Building -
First Floor - Floor Plan - (12 commercial units) - The plans show three floors of about 17,000 sq. ft.. The first floor has commercial premises. These units can be dedicated to a variety of purposes, but the first building in its first phase use should encompass the following areas o- Children's Day Care o- Launderette o- Senior Day Care o- Thrift Store o- Commercial Lease Premises (5) (Offices; Gifts; Video; etc.) o- Janitor, Maintenance and Security Each of these activities will provide jobs, perhaps 22 in all, and either rental or commercial income. Residents from the floor above can take part in activities as seen fit. The common terrace and greenhouse areas are open for customer and residents to use. Staircases - The three 'external' staircases as fire stairs on this ground floor are protected by doors that open outwards only, ensuring security for the residents above.
Diagram of Building -
Second Floor - Floor Plan - (22 units) The second floor has double (10) and single bedroom (12) units of about 800 and 500 sq. ft. respectively. The single units of 500 sq ft are for one or two persons with one double bedroom, with separate bathroom and kitchenette in the living room. Each unit has a private balcony. These are designed to be used by disabled persons, either veterans or seniors. They can be full-service or simply assisted living as need be. All doorways and fittings will reflect these needs. There are three staircases and two elevators shafts. Single Bedroom - Each has a double bedroom and sofa-bed in the living room for occasional overnight guests. Bathrooms have separate access (i.e. not through the bedroom). Normally 500 sq ft is sufficient for this layout. Common Rooms - These are for the community use, and may have games and meetings. The regulations will approximate those of libraries, i.e. no unattended children, loud voices, etc.. There are three areas to accommodate persons from 33 apartments. Stolen Light and Corridor Windows - The common room has windows on its rear walls allowing light into the passage behind. At the end of each corridor, the doors have French widows. Thus, during daytime, no corridors are dark. Terrace and Greenhouse - This is an open air balcony with a covered roof, suitable in the Eastern North Carolina climate for use during many months of the year. The greenhouse is a covered terrace with a grilled floor, whose roof is open during the summer months to permit cooling convection currents to draw air around the building and up from the crawl-space basement. Thus the furniture will be out-door patio-style as summer rain will enter. It is also open to common use with similar regulations. Balconies - Balconies surround the building with sliding dividers to allow privacy screening between each apartment yet easy access from one balcony to another if need be. In case of fire no one will be trapped anywhere.
Diagram of Building -
Third Floor - Floor Plan - (11 units) The third floor has three-bedroom family units of about 1,100 sq. ft. each, with one-and-a-half bathrooms, kitchen & dining-living room. The total units in two floors is therefore 33; in 7 buildings this would be 231 units. Occupancy can be considered at 6 per family unit (11); 4 per two-bed unit (10) and 2 per single bed unit (12). The maximum would therefore be 66+40+24=130. This would be 910 persons in 7 buildings. Staircases and Corridors - There are three enclosed 'exterior' staircases; one at each end and one central in addition to the elevators. Each corridor has a windowed door. This also lights the corridor during the daytime and helps in orientation. Common Areas - There are three common areas; a common room, a roofed patio terrace and one greenhouse. All can be used at any time by residents. All have two or more doorways. The orientation of the building provides sunlight to the terrace patio and greenhouse during winter months when it is most enjoyable. These areas are most important for social interchange and psychological well-being of the residents as they permit informal temporary absences of a unit's residents from their relatively small apartments, without leaving the building or making any special arrangements, nor incurring any expense. Also, as there are three areas, individuals can chose their association as they please. Stolen Light and Corridor Windows - The common room has windows on its rear walls allowing light into the passage behind. At the end of each corridor, the doors have French widows. Thus, during daytime, no corridors are dark. Balconies - Balconies surround the building with sliding dividers to allow privacy screening between each apartment yet easy access from one balcony to another if need be. In case of fire no one will be trapped anywhere. Service Rooms - Beside each elevator shaft there is space for a service station and service room(s), as well as a staircase for roof access to hot water and solar electric panels. Additional Facilities - o- Bus Station and Parking with separate entrance and exit for easy access. o- Nature Reserve & Board Walk in wetland area. Potential "lay-off" wetland with Dept. of Transport (12 acres)
Franchise
Development - Land is reserved for franchise development beside highway NC-903 of approximately
30
acres. These will be developed by private
individuals and companies and are expected to include a Gas Station; Cracker
Barrel; Applebee's; I-Hop; Motel 6; Red Lobster and a Dollar Tree.
Green Hotel and Spa - The hotel occupancy in Duplin County is currently over 80% most of which is business with animal farming. A green hotel would help set new standards of environmental awareness although this is by no means novel (http://www.leonardo dicaprio.org/). Meanwhile Duplin County Tourist Board notes the lack of hotel rooms and the ideal location of a new hotel at I-40 exit 373. There is a possibly for a Marriot-style hotel beside the lake and/or a Motel by the road.
Independent Living Apartments - These are for veterans and senior citizens who wish to have basic services available on a daily basis. The nearby medical facilities and Senior Day Care will provide services when required.
Buildings 1
through 7 - Orientation - These buildings are of a particular design and
orientation which incorporates a number of socially friendly features, rarely
seen. First of all, their orientation NNE/SSW provides maximum winter solar
irradiation, making the South side as pleasant as possible during the colder
months (October through April). During summer, the sun is so high, the
orientation makes little difference. Height - Next, they are at most three floors high for
important social reasons, each of
which concerns the height (i) Persons on the ground seeing others through open
windows or balconies of the third floor are near enough for recognition and
conversation (ii) even non-professional persons can perform rescue in case of
fire or hazard from 3rd-floors (iii) it is insufficient to attract potential
suicide attempts. Access - There are two outside stairways at each end and
one inside staircase. There are two elevator shafts each of which can have two
elevators each if needed. There are
rooms for staff and service personnel beside each elevator shaft centrally
located. Seven Door Limit
- The corridors and passages on the 2nd and 3rd
floors have seven doors or less in each. Standard social psychology reports most
persons will treat such entranceways as part of their own dwelling. Thus they
will collect trash and not contribute to it.
One or Two
Persons - The apartments are designed to be about 500 square
feet, each with bathroom, living room, kitchenette and private balcony. One or
two persons can be long-term residents with occasional visitors on a sofa-bed in
the living room. Balcony
Separation - Balcony separations between apartments provide
privacy but can be easily removed in case personnel need outside access to a
given apartment. Residents can escape fire or other hazard the same way if need
be. Purpose Designed
- Each building has its main purpose served by
specially-designed facilities on the ground floor, with spaces reserved for
small businesses. The height of the ground floor can be planned to suit,
including a mezzanine if required. The residents of the floors above may join
these activities where appropriate even if they are wheel-chair bound, as access
is merely an elevator away. There are four common areas on each level, each with
its own attraction at different times of year.
Energy Efficient
- Buildings will be energy efficient, including
geothermal heating and cooling, greenhouses and solar panels for electricity
generation and hot water. The greenhouse can provide heating in winter and
cooling in summer with air circulation through the north wall and basement; thus
the orientation is very important. Socially Attractive - It can be seen from the foregoing that about 360 apartments will be available in the seven buildings, providing lodging at various levels of disability for over 400 veterans and seniors. None of the residents need feel marginalized in 'special' housing because of the mixed use. OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS - Mixed Commercial & Residential - The Sanctuary Project aims to combine commercial and residential buildings so that there can be genuine community living, including bicycle paths, minimizing long distance commuting, where small commercial entities and perhaps a small school can provide most needs. The long term folly of conventional development should not continue, as amply demonstrated and explained in detail in the book "Suburban Nation - The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Speck.
Senior
Citizen's Day-Care Facility - Duplin county seniors are
currently being marginalized because no such facility exists. Older parents must
either be placed long-term in expensive private homes, or be a burden to their
children who must stay home and take care of them. This often both consumes
considerable spare money and/or bars a breadwinner from employment. Senior
day-care can provide an affordable alternative. Children's Day-Care Center - The proximity to the I-40 means that many commuting parents would have the option to drop and collect their children without inconvenience. Also, Veterans and Seniors can be involved with the day care activities of the children as appropriate.
Employment
- The Sanctuary Project
encompasses a range of facilities that will provide both jobs and services at
various levels from construction onwards. The project is expected to provide
around 100 employment opportunities. This will increase considerably as small
businesses are added and the main services themselves are expanded to their
maximum potential. Advertising
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The planned location of the 'land for sale'
suitable for a commercial center, is
about 300 yards from the junction at exit 373 so a billboard sign can be placed
on the property and be visible from the I-40 and the junction. Currently a sign
about 100 feet high from the old golf club is in position and is easily
visualized. Nature
Reserve w/ Boardwalk Trail - The local community and tourists will enjoy the
unique variety of flora to be found in these wetlands. We expect development of
the Boardwalk Trail to be assisted with funds from off-setting the wetland with
the NC Dept. of Transport.
Sewage
- NC-903 runs beside the
full stretch of land directly to Magnolia Town. Plans for sewage have already
been made in advance of the expected development at I-40 exit 373, and the plant
at Magnolia has more than sufficient capacity for all planned expansion e.g.
capacity 260,000 gals/day; current use 65,000 gals/day.
Water - Magnolia town water supply runs beside the NC-903 in sufficient quantities for all planned development at I-40 exit 373. The 10-acre lake on the grounds is supplied by water run-off from a similar lake the other side of Tracy-Brown road. There is a spring or artesian well that runs at approximately 6,000 gallons a day, and has been doing so within living memory. This can be pumped at over 100,000 gallons per day, and is a registered water source. The area has two aquifers, one at 40 feet (Black Creek) and another at 120 feet (Peedee); both are full and clean. Many residents of this area believe that wherever you are in the world you can just drill and get clean drinking water - imagine!
Zoning
and Building Permission - The land falls in the ETJ
of Magnolia. A letter stating that there is no particular zoning code for this
land is attached, as
confirmed by the support letter from the Mayor of Magnolia. ++++++++++
Constituency
to be served - Duplin County
demographic figures indicate a large percent of senior African American and
Hispanic population. Much of the population is of modest means, with median
annual income below $31K. All facilities will mainly serve Veterans, their
families and Senior Citizens of Duplin County. Others can benefit, including (i)
the population of adjacent counties such as Sampson, Pender, Wayne and Onslow
(ii) passing traffic on the I-40 south-bound to Myrtle Beach and (iii) commuters
between Wilmington and Raleigh. It is a particularly attractive venue, as
friends and relatives of clients can take advantage of the easy access from I-40
at exit 373 only 300 yards away.
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Prayer for the Success of The Sanctuary Project - (D. Carter June 2009) A
Place of Their Own - Thank
you for providing a place for our veterans at The Sanctuary Project, after
working so hard to keep all Americans free, to rest and heal from the stress of
battle. If we would properly thank our veterans what a better place America
would be. My prayer is God Bless you and for your dreams of practical thanks to
our veterans. May God give you the money needed for this worthy project; may God
give you the personnel to help run it and may God heal the veterans through this
wonderful project. May God also
please provide the spiritual leaders to help with the healing. Thank
you. In Jesus' name may this project
have the success of our dreams. AMEN ++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++
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