Bellforge Arts Center
In 2014, residents voted unanimously to acquire approximately 134 acres of the former Medfield State Hospital property and accept the challenge of re-purposing this beautiful plot of prime real estate. Medfield’s cultural leaders envisioned the site (which is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places) as housing a cultural and educational campus for the visual and performing arts that could also include horticulture, agriculture, and the culinary arts. DBVW is working with the Town of Medfield and the Cultural Alliance of Medfield to adapt several buildings on the MSH’s campus (including the former chapel, infirmary, canteen, and dining/service buildings) into the Bellforge Arts Center. Work completed includes creating existing conditions drawings, completing a building conditions survey and report, programming, and conceptual design and renderings. Part 2 historic tax credit submission for Phase I was prepared and approved in Spring 2019.
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Doug brings a balanced, contextual perspective to design and project leadership. Since co-founding the firm in 1994, Doug has been working closely with both public and private-sector clients to help create responsible, forward thinking development in cities and towns throughout the Northeast. Doug’s experience with historic, low income, and new market tax credits has helped numerous important projects move forward and has solidified many long-term client relationships. His love of fishing consumes a great deal of his free time, as do his three sons, and you will often find them together on Narragansett Bay chasing striped bass.