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on the board of Fayetteville Partnership, one
of the early civic revitalization groups.
"We started a project called Fayetteville:
Once & for All," he recalls. "It was when
downtown was completely boarded up
and nobody wanted a part of it. We put
together a group of people, and we asked
ourselves the question, 'What could we do
downtown?'
"e goal was a one-day seminar on what
we wanted to see happen in our downtown.
ey didn't talk about money or other
issues, only what the group wanted to
eventually see downtown.
"I probably had to call about 200 people
to get the 40 people to show up. e seminar
went well, and people were loving the idea
that someone was paying attention to
downtown. We came up with a plan for "A
Complete Fayetteville: Once & for All.'"
e result was a comprehensive and
ambitious roadmap for downtown that
became known as the Marvin Plan.
Nationally known consultant Robert
Marvin, guiding a 40-member committee
chaired by Healy, envisioned residences —
which were few in the city center at the time
— as well as an amphitheater, performing
arts center, visual arts center, children's
museum and more.
A centerpiece of the project was a place
called e Mound, which would feature a
40-foot waterfall as well as restaurants and
shops.
"I learned we had a long way to go with
downtown," Healy says of the planning
meetings. "ere were a lot of people who
said, 'Tear it down.' Some suggested we turn
Mac Healy chaired a city committee
working with consultant Robert Marvin,
right, on the 'A Complete Fayetteville:
Once & for All' plan for downtown
revitalization.
