HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC2009-024 Letter To Department Of planning And Development C/O MacArthur Park Historic District Commission From Psychological Care Center 04/30/200910201 West Markham Street 2900 King Street
Little Rock, AR 72205 Jonesboro, AR 72401
(866) 211-4540 (870) 972-4770
April 30, 2009
Department of Planning and Development
C/O MacArthur Park Historic District Commission
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
Dear Committee Members,
Please let me introduce ourselves. Cara and I are Psychological Counselors who plan to use our
newly purchased property at 1301 Cumberland as our principle office. We have been in
private practice for fourteen years and owned a residence used as our office for a numbers of
years in Jonesboro prior to our move to the central Arkansas area.
The bucolic setting offered by this charming property at 1301 Cumberland is a perfect adjunct
to the healing therapy we plan to provide for our clients.
Interestingly, the office will serve as the business/billing center for our practice as my wife and I
are often servicing evaluation contracts in Morrilton, Jonesboro, Hot Springs, Conway and Pine
Bluff. Psychological Care Center employs only one full-time office coordinator and one part-
time test scoring/filing person.
We plan to operate the office from 8:30 to 5:00 per day Monday through Friday. When clients
are seen (approximately two days a week), we generally schedule a total of twelve
appointments between us throughout a given day. Two clients are seen at a time- reducing
waiting time. In the past home converted to an office, we had efficient parking as a result.
Luckily with the 1301 Cumberland property, we have a two car garage, large parking lot in the
rear and rooms for five vehicles directly outside the property. We plan to have two to three
employee cars two days per week and two to four client cars at a time (due to overlap of
appointment time) on those two days. The other three days will have one to two employees'
cars served by the parking behind the property. We, as part of our Psychology practice, offer
intellectual achievement, personality and forensic assessments in addition to couples and
individual therapies. As a result of the clientele we serve, we anticipate up to eight persons —
inclusive of staff and client family members at any one time.
Our practice at times sees handicapped individuals due to our contract with Social Security
Disability Determinations. The side entrance off of Daisy Bates provides a confidential easy
access to the office on the wooden courtyard porch. The area can be easily fitted for
wheelchair access.
Regarding the back building, plans are to eventually lease the property to a one to two person
service business provider, i.e. attorney, architect, etc with assigned parking spaces.
Cara and I fully expect that the quiet enjoyment as an outlet for quality psychological services
will diversity the historic district as a place for living and conducting business.
We feel privileged to take advantage of an opportunity to offer our needed services in the
original city. We fully intend to maintain the property in keeping with the historical and cultural
milieu the MacArthur history has come to enjoy.
If you have any questions or concerns about our intended use of this property, please do not
hesitate to call myself or Cara.
Best Regards,
Cara K. De Roeck
George M� De beck