Event space, artist hub coming to Echo Street West

By Collin Kelley

Lincoln Property Company, the developer behind the mixeduse Echo Street West in the English Avenue community, has announced that Novare Events will manage and market events at Guardian Works, the development’s forthcoming event venue

The former Guardian Works Chemical Company building will be transformed into a 6,000-square-foot indoor reception space, with nearly a nearly 5,000-square-foot covered patio, and an additional 23,000-square-foot greenspace. The venue will begin hosting events as early as Spring 2021.

The removal of a second story to make way for a 21-foot ceilings in the interior reception space combined with the covered patio will offer flexibility for weddings, corporate functions, proms, bar and bat mitzvahs and charitable fundraisers.

In addition to the event space, Lincoln also announced that renovations are underway to transform a former warehouse at Echo Street West into a mix of makerspaces, artist studios, and a ceramics studio.

The development team has tapped Atlanta-based nonprofit arts organization MINT to advise on design plans for the studio space in order to best serve the needs of emerging artists and well as manage rentals for up to 35 studios, event programming, gallery exhibitions, community partnerships and outreach to artists and art enthusiasts.

Based on MINT’s recommendation, Guardian Studios at Echo Street West will include a ceramics studio with communal kiln and pottery wheels. The exterior walls of the warehouse and outdoor public spaces at Echo Street West will also serve as canvases for future murals and sculptures.

For more information on MINT and to apply for studio space, visit mintatl.org.

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