The greatest immediate threat to the sustainability of Provincetown is the desperate shortage of housing that locally employed residents can afford. The shortage of seasonal and year-round housing is the challenge at the root of most difficult problems for residents, businesses, and non-profits in Provincetown. The Barracks
The genesis of this project is the need for seasonal and year-round housin
g for the staff at Marine Specialties. As we have struggled with the difficulties our employees face finding housing that they can reasonably afford, it has become apparent that Marine Specialties as a business and Provincetown as a community, need to take decisive action to provide safe, fairly priced, smartly-designed livable space for employees. The proposed Barracks at 207 Route 6 will be a new 19,000 sqft building sharing a nearly 4 acre commercial site with Patrick Studios and the Marine Specialties warehouse. The building will provide:
• 28 Dorm rooms for up to 112 seasonal summer workers and up to 112 students
studying in new offseason educational programs in Provincetown
• 5 - Studio apartments
• 10 - One-Bedroom apartments
• 1 - Two Bedroom apartment
• 1768 sqft of communal cooking, dining, and social area
• Convention spaces through flexible design of common space
• Onsite Laundries
• Indoor Garage and outdoor onsite Parking.
• Indoor Bicycle Parking Garage for 133 bicycles
• Location adjacent to proposed new bike trails
• Onsite Management
• Full time security in summer peak season
• Classroom and Studio space available on campus at adjacent Patrick Studios
• Passive House energy efficiency with Net Zero efficiency goal
• Onsite renewable energy generation and EV charging
The mission of the project is to provide seasonal workforce housing, year-round workforce housing, and create offseason dormitory space for educational programs to reinvigorate the Campus Provincetown concept. Local businesses and non-profits will be able to reserve housing 12-18 months ahead of time and can then recruit staff with the ability to guarantee availability of quality rental housing. The Provincetown Select Board has approved the project with the issuance of an economic development permit that authorizes sewer gallonage for the project for seasonal and year-round workforce housing and off season student housing for non-profit programs. Thank You
Patrick Patrick
CEO Shankpainter Associates & Marine Specialties
