AKA Announcements 

Recently completed AKA projects include the:

• Normandale Community College Fine Arts Building Renovation, Bloomington, MN
• Gladstone Community Center, Gladstone, MO
• Hastings YMCA, Hastings, MN
• Lakeville-Hasse Ice Arena, Lakeville, MN
• Architectural Peer Review for NHL's Florida Panthers training facility
• Emily Project Office Renovation, Minneapolis, MN
• Rejoovme Me, Minneapolis, MN

Current AKA projects nearing completion include the

• Malosky Stadium at the University of Minnesota Duluth
• Maple Grove Ice Arena, Maple Grove, MN

AKA projects underway include:

• Normandale Community College Activities Building Renovation, Bloomington, MN
• Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville, MN
• Hobbs Ice Arena, Eau Claire, WI
• SportsTown, USA, Blaine, MN

AKA currently is leading community center feasibility studies for the cities of:

• Stamford, CT
• Warrenton, MO
• Lemay, MO
• St. Cloud, MN
• Watertown, SD

AKA on the Road

Visit us at our AKA exhibit (Booth 245) during the 27th annual Athletic Business Conference & Expo, Dec. 4-6, 2008, in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX

AKA in the News

• The design team of AKA and Poggemeyer Design Group of Bowling Green, Ohio, has been selected to design the Delaware Training and Community Center in Delaware, Ohio. The expected 126,000-square-foot facility combines a National Guard Training Center and municipal Community Center.

• AKA has been selected to complete a renovation predesign study for the Kopp Student Center at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN. AKA is also completing a predesign study for Normandale's new Academic Partnering Center and the College Services renovation/addition.

• AKA partner Mark Wentzell, AIA, was a featured speaker at the August 2008 Missouri Park and Recreation Association Facility Design School in Kansas City. His presentation was entitled the "ABCs of Community Center Design: From Idea To Reality." AKA again was a sponsor for this annual event.

• Rick Mack, RA, and Shilo Phillips, RA, members of the AKA design staff, recently became registered architects after successfully completing the NCARB exams.