Why wasn’t a local firm selected to prepare the streetscape?
A. The development of a preservation district requires a high level of expertise. Requests for proposals were extended locally as well as regionally; however, EG&G, an Ohio-based organization, was selected to perform the study. It was our judgment that this firm had qualifications that best met our selection criteria. Their selection should in no way be construed as a slight against local firms. An analogy might be the selection of HOK architects to design the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. They have an expertise that only a handful of other firms possess.
