Fire Suppression throughout the Dixon galleries, Art Storage, and other public areas
Backup generator
Floors in Plough and Willmott Galleries; carpet in auditorium
Residence Roof
Replace residence windows and doors
Vapor locks on all points of public entry and egress
Redesign and renovate from the Museum Shop to the Shipping Dock
Freight elevator and lift
Redesign and renovate art storage
Gallery Lighting
Security systems; card readers
Technology; booster for cell and wifi signal
Start May 2015—Complete November 2015
Dixon Gardens and Grounds Infrastructure Project
Entry gates
Wayfinding and signage
Visibility from Park Avenue (Windows)
Service Road to Lower Parking Lot
Access to Garrott Court
Perimeter Road
Service Road to South Lawn
Exit Gate onto Cherry Road
Parking Lots
Lighting and electrical throughout the grounds
Irrigation
Drainage; water management
South Lawn
Universal accessibility—pathways and sidewalks
Southern border fence
To be undertaken in phases, 2016 and 2017
Education Spaces and a Learning Center and Hughes Pavilion Expansion and Improvement Project
Redesign and/or repurpose all existing education facilities at the Dixon (i.e.: Leatherman Workroom, the Residence, the Galleries, Winegardner Auditorium, the Potting Hub, and Canale Conservatory) so they are better learning spaces, more readily available (where applicable), technologically sound, and integrated into a cohesive overall philosophy of art and horticultural learning
Build a new facility for education programs
Expand and renovate Hughes Pavilion
To be undertaken in 2018.
Garden Building
Create new gardens around the perimeter of the Dixon property.
Create new gardens adjacent to Formal Gardens on the east.
Create new gardens adjacent to the Formal Gardens to the south.
Create new gardens in proximity to Learning Center.
Leave no space in the Dixon unattended or uncultivated.
Think differently about the Dixon gardens and what they might have to say.
Invent new interpretive models that animate the spaces we create.
Invent new ways for visitors to participate in the experience of the Dixon grounds.
Invest more in sculpture.
Invest ourselves in the history of the property itself.
Design and develop a new entry garden across from the new museum entry.
