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Litzenberg Memorial Woods hosted a memorable Witches Night Out, featuring the whimsical Frog on a Spoon story, campfire stew, and an impressive gathering of costumed guests. As designers, we’re thrilled to see the space come alive in such creative, community-centered events that connect visitors with nature and storytelling. This is exactly the kind of atmosphere we envisioned—where the natural setting supports unique, immersive experiences for all ages.

to the design and construction of Owens Community College Findlay Campus. This campus sits on 60 acres, is 119,407 square feet and includes a library, 41 advanced technology classrooms, student services, 28 technical and computer laboratories, a bookstore, a grant-funded childcare center, and administrative and faculty offices.

Thanks to MBCI for the walk down “Memory Lane”!

We are glad to see construction begin and are excited to see the completed project in December. Shout out to everyone who helped with this project.
Dynamic MEP Jezerinac Geers & Associates, Inc.

The RCM team recently got out of the office, for a day, for our annual retreat. We returned to Put-In-Bay to participate in team building activities. We learned more about each other, the best ways to work together, and of course, relax and have fun.

At RCM, we all love our dogs, and other pets. It makes us all so happy to see Deke and his buddies using the new S.T.R.I.C.T. Center for training. We hope they enjoyed the new facility.

We have abundant blessings and want to share these blessings with our friends and neighbors throughout our community.

Recently, we were able to spend two shifts, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity of Findlay. Our associates painted, hung doors, and installed lights, smoke detectors, light switches, and outlets throughout two of the current, community build projects, here in Findlay. The projects are scheduled to wrap up construction over the next few weeks with the families receiving keys and moving in to their new houses in early October.

We are all grateful to be able to give back to our community!

Habitat for Humanity of Findlay, Ohio Habitat for Humanity ReStore Findlay

Findlay - We are thrilled to announce the ribbon cutting of the City of Findlay’s Simulated Tactical Response & Incident Command Training, also known as the S.T.R.I.C.T. Center. This is located behind Fire Station #4 on County Road #236. This past Wednesday, we gathered with the Findlay Fire Department, many City and county officials, donors, and Mayor Muryn to celebrate this joyous and reflective occasion.

Included in the ceremony was a September 11th Memorial, honoring the response of FDNY and other emergency support operations. The Tolling of the Bell, or 5-5-5, is a tradition amongst fire houses, honoring those lives lost in the call of duty.

Initial planning for the STRICT Center began a few years back. Through collaborative efforts of Chief Josh Eberle, Assistant Chief Brian Sanders, Findlay Fire Fighters, City Police, Hancock County Sheriff and Township Fire Departments, local residents, donors, and consultants, the STRICT Center will serve as a hub for fire, police, and EMS training and education programs. It features a two structures on its campus – a training building with an internal search house, and a burn building. The Search House has moveable walls and partitions, throughout, so that no two simulations are the same. The lighting, fog machines, and other variables can create unique search and rescue situations to create “muscle memory” reactions to situations. The Burn Building will utilized strategically placed live fires throughout its multiple floors, access points, and various sized windows. The area around the burn building allows fire fighters the ability to drive a truck to the fire and train their set up scenarios, as well as attacking the fire from multiple or different vantage points.

RCM Architects is grateful to be a part of such a meaningful, community-drive project, and we are excited to see the facility come to life. Thanks to everyone who helped make this day a reality. Special h/t to our friends at Clouse Construction Corp. for their leadership in the construction of the complex!

Here’s a sneak peek of what the new Findlay YMCA’s Early Learning Center will look like when it opens.

To the YMCA: thank you for having a little fun with us! We are blessed you chose us to envision and plan these vibrant and safe spaces for children throughout our community!

Findlay Family YMCA - Proposed Early Learning Center - Sept. 9, 2024 Interior walk-thru of the proposed Early Learning Center for the Findlay Family YMCA. Groundbreaking occurred on Monday, September 9, 2024. Construction sh...

Findlay - We are thrilled to announce the groundbreaking of the Findlay Family YMCA’s new Early Learning Center (ELC). This past Monday, we gathered with the YMCA and many of their board members, donors, and Mayor Muryn to celebrate this joyous occasion.

Initial planning for the ELC began a few years back. Through collaborative efforts of “The Y” staff, parents, residents, and consultants, the ELC will serve as a first phase of the overall daycare and recreation center complex.

Expected to open in early 2026, Phase #1 of YMCA complex features a 20,500 square-foot learning facility with infant, toddler, pre-K, and school-age rooms, a cafeteria/activities multi-use space, gross motor skills room and sensory-sensitive spaces, a private room for nursing mothers, meeting room and workroom spaces, a secure lobby, and maybe most importantly, interactive playground spaces for various age groups. These new spaces will allow The Y to serve 320 children.

RCM Architects is grateful to be a part of such a meaningful, community project, and are excited to see the facility come to life. Thanks to everyone who helped make this day a reality.

Special h/t to our friends and community partner, House of Awards and Sports for their assistance in the creation of RCM Construction Vests for all kids in attendance at the groundbreaking!

Findlay YMCA

is honored to play a part in these two pieces of history.

When it was Findlay High School, and later Central Middle School, RCM took part in many renovation, maintenance, and flood prevention projects at the school. When Central was no longer viable as a school building, then-RCM President, Jerry Murray, envisioned a new chapter for the former school’s theater. Tearing down the classroom wings, RCM was the Architect of Record for the Marathon Center for the Preforming Arts. This project expanded the theater into the 21st centery, included a block-box theater, state-of-the-art lighting, audio, and effects, and other stage-related amenities, and brought the former Art Deco theater into its new found glory!

Thank you Hancock Historical Museum for sharing the stories and photos, with the in Findlay’s history!

Marathon Center for the Performing Arts

McComb, Ohio - Learning Center recently and is now open for kids!

Featuring multi-use spaces for to 12-year-olds, this 5,100 sf day care will help many families throughout the local McComb Community. The center is also working with the local school districts for new bus routes to-and-from the center for early morning or late afternoon care.

RCM is honored to provide , , and services for such a great, community project!

Little Panthers Learning Center

RCM is excited to welcome Architectural Designer, Gage Rudasill, to the Team!

With a passion for the details of a design, Gage enjoys deep dives into the finer points of construction. In his words, these details are what separates good projects from great projects. He works closely with our and on these design decisions, seeing projects through to their completion.

After graduation from Bowling Green State University’s College of Technology, Architecture, and Applied Engineering, we are extremely happy Gage chose to reside in and work with us. We look forward to him being a longtime resident and growing into our local community.

In his free time, Gage enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, and hanging out with his wife and friends.

We are excited to continue our sponsorship at the Flag City BalloonFest for 2024. This is such a fun event for our community, and we hope to see you all there this weekend.

: One of RCM’s former presidents, Dan Clinger, organized the first Balloon Fest 25 years ago. Also, our current president, Irvin Reinhart, volunteers as a crewman for one of the many pilots that come back to Findlay, annually.

We are excited to welcome back RCM Architects, Inc. as a sponsor of the 2024 Flag City BalloonFest. They have been a long time sponsor of this event and we are so thankful for their support. Because of great sponsors like RCM Architects, we are able to bring 40 hot air balloons to our community. See you August 9 - 11 at Emory Adams Park in Findlay.

The Black Swamp Area Council, Scouting America recently held a “Topping Off Ceremony” for the new | at in . A topping off ceremony is held to celebrate the rising of the last (or highest) beam or rafter into place, atop the structure of a new construction project.
This is a major milestone in the project’s construction schedule, and we at are eager to watch the rest of this project come to life!

Today, we celebrate our support for local college architecture programs and the next wave of architectural designers, through Internships. We’d like to introduce you to our , Claire Bateson ( ) and Madeline Fulk ( ).

Claire recently completed her undergraduate degree at and is on her way to starting her master’s degree at , this fall. She is gaining experience in all realms of “community design” throughout her work on the Findlay Self-Evaluation and ADA Transition Plan, while focused on the Proposed YMCA Early Learning Center. Following graduation, Claire wants to take her career to the next level by working in a variety of environmental climates and designing net-zero carbon construction, utilizing her education in Passive Housing Standards (PHIUS). She has quickly become RCM’s resident , designing and baking a wide-array of cupcakes for everyone to enjoy.

While in high school, Madeline job-shadowed former RCM President, Jerry Murray, catching the bug to pursue architecture as a career. She recently completed her undergraduate studies at , and is on her way to starting her master’s degree at , this fall. She is gaining experience in all facets of architectural and landscape architectural design, including her field work on the Findlay Self-Evaluation and ADA Transition Plan, and Irrigation Design for the Proposed YMCA Early Learning Center. Madeline loves to travel, recently completing a whirlwind tour of Italy. Following graduation, Madeline would like to continue her travels by becoming a missionary architect, designing for underprivileged communities, across the world.

Congratulations, Claire and Madeline! We wish you nothing but continued success!

RCM Architects, Inc. is excited to share these renderings of ’s new . To be located at the southwest corner of Hardin Street and Grand Avenue, this facility will replace the YMCA’s existing Early Learning Center, at the corner of Lincoln and East Streets.

The latest planning and designs for the Early Learning Center will expand classroom and multi-purpose square footage while increasing efficiencies and internal logistics. This will allow the YMCA to accept more children into their programming while offering additional internships and training opportunity for Childcare providers. This raises the available offerings of childcare options through Findlay and Hancock County, which is desperately needed.

We are honored to be positively impacting our Findlay community!

The Courier Findlay YMCA The Y

Ada, OH – We are excited for football season as we share the recently completed new Football Facility in . RCM’s Design Team, led by former high school football players, themselves, Project Architect Michael Work (Tiffin Columbian) and Landscape Architect Brett Gies (Norwalk St. Paul), had an absolute blast working with Wilson’s team in the planning and designing the new facility where every football used in the 2024 season will be constructed.
The expanded facility includes a museum, a Wilson Store for all your sporting needs, offices, production floor, and a miniature football field for breaking-in your newly purchased Wilson Football. But football is a “number’s game,” so let’s look at some numbers:

50
…. pairs of hands will touch a ball throughout its production process
2,000
… footballs produced in a day, at the former Wilson facility
3,000
… footballs to be produced in a day, in the new Wilson facility
650,000
… footballs to be produced in a year with the expanded space and improved logistics
EVERY TOUCHDOWN. EVERY EXTRA POINT. EVERY FIELD GOAL.
… scored in the NFL since 1941, has been with “The Duke” – Wilson’s NFL football.
12
…number of RCM Associates that complimented the planning, layout, or design of the project

We are proud to work, hand-in-hand, with the skilled craftsmen and women of Wilson, leaving our unique mark on the game of football.

H/t to Vaughn Industries, LLC, Peterman Associates, Inc., JDRM Engineering, and Charles Construction Services for your assistance on the design and construction teams!

Thanks to Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted for sharing some great photos
Wilson sport Wilson Football Wilson Wilson Basketball

The construction of the Seneca County Joint EMS District’s newest station is progressing well. H/t to Clouse Construction Corp. This second EMS station is being constructed next to the Seneca Township's Hall at the corner of CR 6 and CR 47. The steel frame is complete, the wall framing is going up, and next up is the roof.

Before we know it, the building will be enclosed and weather tight.

📸: Seneca County Commissioners

It’s exciting to share these in-progress before-and-after images of renovations to the Offices of the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities. RCM is proud to have been commissioned to prepare plans and interiors to update their entry vestibule and lobby, while adding an entry canopy among other various site and landscape improvements.

Interior improvements throughout the lobby include updated flooring and lighting to improve the flow of people in and out of the office, while planning for new furniture to raise the level of comfort, throughout.

Construction of the new daycare in McComb continues to make progress. The new build is dried in and interiors are next on the construction schedule.

The project is a new facility for the children of McComb, featuring spaces for a nursery, four classrooms for various age groups, and a playroom for all kids to enjoy.

Construction is scheduled to continue, over the next few months, with the facility opening to children this Fall.

While the construction of Seneca County’s EMS Station #1 is coming to an end; we are excited for the start of construction of Station #2! We were honored to be a part of the groundbreaking, held this week.

The new EMS station will serve the southwest part of the county, including Eden, Seneca and Big Springs townships and the Village of New Riegel.

Thank You Seneca Regional Chamber of Commerce for sharing this great photo

Seneca County Commissioners

Recently, the had the honor of signing and observing the installation of the of the new Allan H. Davis Judicial Center, in . Engraved with the names of three commissioners and the year the building’s construction will conclude, this cornerstone will serve as a historical marker of the building over its projected lifespan.

The cornerstone’s installation checks another milestone off the list as this project approaches its completion, later this year.

H/T to Alvada Construction for their teamwork on this project

Happy to our very own, Julie! We are so thankful for all you do …and thankful you still put up with all of us!

In other words…Happy Julie Day!!!

Throughout Findlay and Tiffin - our communities and our people - gathered to watch the . More often than not, these people gathered in, on, or around our projects. RCM works tirelessly to design these places and spaces for our communities’ everyday use, and for their enjoyment during once-in-a-lifetime events!

We are glad to have been a part of your Eclipse experience.

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