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Campus Master Plan


CMP


NorthWest
Arkansas Community College is thrilled to be a recipient of a Design Excellence grant through the Walton Family Foundation, enabling a comprehensive campus master planning process for the Bentonville campus. The plan will serve as a guide and vision for the campus, identifying infrastructure needs and priorities to support the College’s future growth.

 

Timeline:

Phase I: Site Discovery & Opportunities

Phase II: Campus Plan Alternatives & Exploration

  • September 11-12, 2024
    Integrated Design Workshop/Site Discovery
  • October 7, 2024
    Initial Schemes
  • November 11-12, 2024
    Refined Schemes
  • January 13, 2025
    Preferred Scheme

Phase III: Final Campus Plan & Implementation

  • March 17, 2025
    Final Campus Master Plan

 

 

Firm Profile:

Lake Flato, an award-winning, highly experienced architecture firm, has been selected to assist and guide NWACC through this important journey.

Lake Flato Team Members

Established in 1984, Lake|Flato designs buildings, neighborhoods and urban districts that respond to the culture and climate each unique place. In collaboration with their clients, they create designs that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted.

 

Lake|Flato has received wide critical acclaim. They were recognized with the AIA’s highest honor, the Gold Medal Award in 2024, by ARCHITECT Magazine as the top firm overall in the 2019 ARCHITECT 50, they were the first architecture firm to receive a Texas Medal of Arts award, and the American Institute of Architects honored them with its prestigious Firm of the Year Award. Fast Company recently named Lake|Flato one of the “Ten Most Innovative Architecture Firms in the World” and the LOCUS Foundation honored Lake|Flato with a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, recognizing their architectural approach to addressing the needs of society. Fifteen Lake|Flato projects have received the national AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award, the highest recognition for sustainable design.


Campus Master Planning Steering Committee:

Diversity of thought and perspectives from stakeholders is paramount to achieving success throughout this process.

NWACC

Executive Director of Operations

NWACC

Chair, Campus Master Planning Committee, Executive Director of Advancement & NWACC Foundation

 

NWACC

Athletic Director

NWACC

VP of Finance & Administration

NWACC

SVP of Learning

NWACC

President

NWACC

VP of Student Services

People for Bikes

Executive Director, NWA

Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce

Chief Executive Officer

Visit Bentonville

CEO and President

City of Rogers

Director of Parks & Recreation

Bentonville Schools

Superintendent

City of Bentonville

Director of Planning & Community Development

Rogers Schools

Superintendent

 

Rogers Lowell Chamber of Commerce

Senior Vice President of Community Engagement

NWACC

History Faculty

NWACC

Faculty Senate President & English Faculty

Alice Walton Family Office

Executive in Resident at SymBiosis & Managing Director of Health Initiatives at Alice Walton Family Office

Arvest

President and CEO in Benton County

World Trade Center Arkansas

CEO

NWACC & Emerson Group

Sales Lead, Walmart Team & NWACC Board of Trustee

Walker Brothers Insurance

NWACC Foundation Board
President

Cox

NWACC Foundation Board
Director, Sales - Arkansas

NWACC

Director of Hispanic & Latino Outreach & LIFE

NWACC

Staff Council President & Associate Registrar

NWACC

Student Government Association President

Questions? Please email Liz Anderson at liz@nwaccfoundation.org