I would have ideas on what NOT to do. In Colorado the buildings just revolve from one vulnerable group to the next.  Many stry d out as military forts, moved on to mental health asylums, then youth detention and more recently serving folks with IDD or the homeless. They are kept open or at least used by the Gov who wants to keep jobs in the usually dying rural towns. Upstate NY used one for an Olympic Games facility. :)

I have always recommended that they be scraped to avoid future use, but I know that is not your question. 
I wish I did have an answer for use of former institutions but have never read or seen if any good use. 
Marcia

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On Nov 30, 2017, at 16:59, McFadden, Erica S <xxxxxx@azdes.gov> wrote:

Hi all.

 

Does anyone have any best practices for what their state did with state operated institutions they closed? We have dozens of bricks buildings that hold about 12 people each. They are standing empty, and it’s on a campus in the middle of nowhere. We need ideas for what can be done with the campus. There are around 85 people still living in some of the buildings, and the plan right now is for them to stay. Any thoughts or states that have done some innovative things to re-imagine that space?  We need to hammer out a plan for how we are going to decide what to do later next week. So any thoughts you may have before then would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks,

 

Erica

 

 

Erica S. McFadden, Ph.D., MSW

Executive Director

Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

3839 N. 3rd Street, Suite 306

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Work: (602)542-8977

Website: addpc.az.gov

 

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