Marathon County is seeking uses for the Lakeview Professional Plaza and the Universityof Wisconsin-Stevens Point dormitory building within the county that is no longer being used.The courthouse in Marathon County is currently experiencing overcrowding, so moving some ofthe departments into the Lakeview Professional Plaza is the intended goal. Meeting theprofessional needs of many departments as well as taking the thoughts of the department headsinto account are priorities especially in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting work life. Tocreate space in the courthouse and determine uses for the dorm building, data from courthouseemployees and county resources was collected and compiled by our team to create a plan thatencompasses these factors and opinions. A general analysis that is able to be used to determineuses for future locations for a space analysis was created as well. A survey was also conducted tocollect information on the professional needs of the employees that currently work in thecourthouse to determine who can move and the tasks that would need to be completed in order tomove them. After the survey, another set of criteria for determining the locations of eachdepartment within the Lakeview Professional Plaza was created. For the dorm, information wascollected from the 2019-2021 Marathon County Life Report to make recommendations of usesfor the dorm building that would satisfy the needs of the county.
UniverCity Year Contact Info
Gavin Luter
Managing Director
gavin@cows.org
608-261-1141