OUR VISION
The Beloit Senior Center has contracted with Agora Atchietects and Schwab-Eaton to develop plans, renderings, and an overall estimated cost for the proposed Community Commons building. Throughout the design process, each entity that will have a place in the new building collaborated and provided input for their exact needs in the new building. From larger spaces to donation drop-offs, prep areas, a commercial kitchen, and more, the new building will effectively meet all the needs of the Beloit Senior Center, Mitchell County Food Pantry, and MCHHS Auxiliary Economy Shop to ensure the sustainability of these services for decades to come. A new commercial kitchen will also allow the Meals on Wheels program to be housed in Beloit in some capacity moving forward as currently all meals are prepped and delivered from Glen Elder.
Beloit Senior Center:
Main Hall, Offices, Kitchen, Storage
Common Space
Restrooms, Conference Room, Delivery
Retail Space
The Economy Shop
Retail Space
Food Pantry
Technical Description of the Building:
Construction will consist of a 15,000-square-foot slab-on-grade, pre-engineered metal building. The Building will include the Senior Center with a 3,300 square foot open area for activities, four offices, general storage, table and chair storage, laundry, kitchen, food storage, and a 2,500 square foot covered courtyard directly accessible from the Senior Center; the Economy Shop with 2,000 square feet of merchandise area and 700 square feet of storage; and the Food Pantry which includes a public pick-up area, office space, a 700-foot work room and 300 square feet of pantry storage. The main entrance opens onto a shared lobby with public restrooms and a 600-square-foot Classroom. Shared support spaces include a rear delivery area, a Break Room, Restrooms, and Mechanical/Electrical Rooms.
Total Estimated Cost $5.1 Million
