Semple Brown Design principal Bryan Schmidt has created a plan where the interior is ringed with studios, a cafe/ bookstore, library and entryway. An exhibition space is in the center, with a plaza in front.

Merage is building a board of directors and advisory board (possibly including photographer Mark Sink, artist Tracy Weil of Weilworks and Guiton). A selection committee will pick artists, who will be expected to work in the center and with the community, adding the ring of part co-op gallery and part outreach.