In early 2021 Wold was hired to prepare a master plan that would anticipate the growing needs of the City of Otsego's Public Works Department, as well as look at the effect on their City Hall and Prairie Center Parks Facility.
With a population slated to nearly double to over 36,000, the plan needed to accommodate current deficiencies in space that existed, but also plan for a different way of delivering services to their community as demand has been increasing alongside population growth. As that study concluded, the City was also working to expand their services to add emergency services, with a new fire station and development of a brand new department.
After working with them on the design of the expansion of their City Hall and Public Works Campus, Wold was hired to design their new fire station. Goals of the design included previsions for future solar panels and minimizing site costs by balancing out the earthwork. Our design pushes the bounds of a modern fire station with multiple modalities of training, an emphasis on firefighter wellness and a comfortable living area, as well as community and apparatus support spaces that will serve the City for decades into the future.