Cabarrus County Board of Elections Now Open
Principals Mike Chreitzberg, Dennis Yates and Bill Hughes at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for The Old Creamery
Tuesday September 13, 2011
The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony officially marked the transition of The Cabarrus County Board of Elections in to their new home in The Old Creamery located at 363 N Church Street. YCH Architects had the honor od designing the space for The Board of Elections and Cabarrus County. The historic structure stands as a reminder of an important part of Cabarrus County and Concord’s history. YCH Architects is proud to have had the honor of being chosen to revitalize the building for future generations.
The Old Creamery development is actually two separate buildings connected by a courtyard; One the former Cabarrus Creamery and the other the former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. Both businesses played an important role in the history of Concord, North Carolina. The Burrage family who began with a small cooperative dairy in downtown Concord built the building after the success of Cabarrus Ideal, the Cabarrus Creamery’s brand of ice cream, in the 1940′s. When Coca-Cola moved out adjacent space in the 1970′s the business expanded into the rest of the space, where it made local ice cream, condensed milk, butter, milk powder and other dairy products for another 30 years, until closing the doors in 2001.
The Cabarrus County Board of Elections new space in The Old Creamery is a much-needed upgrade from their old cramped space. The new space offers individual workstations for each employee/volunteer, offices for board members, conference/meeting rooms, voter waiting, a training room, a precinct room, and plenty of storage space for machines, ballots, and archives. This approximately 10,000 square foot upfit by YCH was just another example of local firms working together to create something great in enhance their hometown for future generations.
While the building is not LEED registered, YCH Architects, committed to sustainable building, used many sustainable practices during the design and construction of the space. The interior upfit utilized: low VOC paints, sealants, and adhesives; low flow plumbing; and recycled/regional materials.
For an inside look at the new Board of Elections Office check out this broadcast from Cabarrus County channel 22, from within the Board of Elections.
