The Ashland Mill Project

Ashland Mill is a 60.92 acre brownfield redevelopment project consisting of 550 homes, 150,000 square feet of commercial and light industrial, and numerous parks, pocket parks, hike and bike trails, and other amenities. 

 

The project is at the souther end of Ashland, Oregon, comprising a former timber mill site and adjoining homestead. The site is ideally positioned as an urban extension on the southern end of Ashland, with excellent connections to the main arterials of Siskiyou Boulevard and Interstate 5. Infrastructure and services are readily available, and the remediation of the site is now moving forward.

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The redevelopment is being conducted by Townmakers LLC, together with a team of urban designers, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and other technical specialists. 

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The team began the process of master planning in July 2021 with background document assembly and research, followed by a scoping trip to the site and a meeting with the City to discuss the site, the City’s process, and goals for development of all parties.

 

In late September, 2021, the master planning team conducted a “design charrette,” an intensive workshop to produce and refine design concepts working with City staff, consultants, and other stakeholders. The team met with a number of consultants and agency specialists who furnished information and review, including market analysis, floodplain, environmental conditions, and other technical aspects. The team spent considerable time walking the site, meeting with the current users, assessing views, and understanding the immediate environment and its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. During each day, the team formulated a series of design concepts, presenting them for final review at the end of each day, in preparation for the cycle to begin the next day. The team also produced a "pattern language", a document serving as a bridge from vision to detailed planning and design. In this way, the design progressed through an iterative cycle of major refinement and finalization in a short period of time.

A final presentation was delivered on October 1 (available on the Web at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ho6Bcbhaq8).

Additional public meetings, city meetings and further resources are available on the Web. 

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The full charrette report can be accessed here: Croman Mill Charrette Report 2022.