City Hall Community Workshop

The City of Williston, in conjunction with JLG Architects, will be hosting a Community Workshop on Thursday, March 28th from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Williston Community Library. The City is asking for input from the Citizens of Williston on ideas for future and current facilities needs of the various City Departments.

The City of Williston is experiencing unprecedented growth, and keeping up with the various demands that this brings has proven to be an unprecedented challenge. Planning for growth is one thing, but carrying out a strategy for unpredictable growth, both in terms of speed and size, is an entirely different challenge.

The City of Williston is taking that challenge head on, both by choice and by necessity, as they see an opportunity to address current and long-term needs for their departments and employees. The workload of the various governmental departments has increased dramatically due to the increased population and building activity, and additional space and efficiency are vital to the future health, security and performance of these various departments. This too, correlates to the health, safety and welfare of the public that they serve.

Because of this, this City of Williston is facilitating the space and operations study for the following City facilities: City Hall, Public Works and the MDU Building (Building Department). The goal of this study is to analyze these existing facilities, determine current programming needs and develop options for long-term facility needs (25-30 years) based on extensive case study research, trends and multipliers for growth.

These options will be determined and developed based off of input from Committee leadership and from the Community of Williston. With each option, cost estimates will be developed and analyzed so future informed decisions can be made regarding existing and new facilities that may be built. Ultimately the outcome of the study is to provide framework for future facilities that can be flexible to growth and development of the government and the City of Williston.