Project journal · Owner's representation in practice
Follow the Romich Foundation's new community building in Creston, Ohio, from the owner's side of the table. Every post covers where the project stands, the decisions behind it, and what any owner can learn from it.
A family property, three ideas that didn't quite fit, and the one that did. Plus why an engineer and business founder still chose to hire an owner's rep.
Read the postA workshop where nonprofits never get a bill, and the people who make it run.
4 min readWhy a 1,300 SF shop needs a new home, and how a clear statement of need brought in a second nonprofit.
4 min readFrom a family property to a community building for making, mentoring, and starting things.
5 min readFive written criteria, eight proposals, and the interview questions that mattered most.
Coming soonThe short, paid step that settles a project's direction before full design begins.
Coming soonThe team
We'll introduce each partner in the journal as they join the work.
On the agenda
These are the Foundation's goals, not final decisions. Each one gets its own post as the team works through cost, code, and constructability.
Ask the team
Send it in. Your note comes straight to AJ, and good questions may be answered in a future post, without your name unless you say it's OK.