Project: The Spot

Location: 225 S. Fifth St., Madras

Size: 3,150 square feet

Start date: March 2024

Completion date: November 2024 (event center will be complete at a later date)

Cost: Not disclosed

Owner/developer: Andre Jackson

General Contractor: O’Brien & Company

Architect: Open Concept Architecture

Engineers: Eclipse Engineering, H.A. McCoy Engineering & Surveying

Project Description: The Spot opened in November as a new community hub in downtown Madras. It features a taphouse with a second-story balcony area, three food carts, outdoor heated seating with fire pots and an adjacent event center.

The building and site amenities are designed for seamless indoor/outdoor activities and year-round enjoyment regardless of weather conditions. Warm wood and clean modern details create a space for people to interact while enjoying food, drinks, music and other entertainment activities.

The John Brown Event Center, named after the first African-American to move to and homestead in Central and Eastern Oregon, is a tented area being raised alongside the taphouse. Entertainment bookings are now under way.

The city of Madras and the Madras Redevelopment Commission played a key role in bringing the project to life. Since 2022, MRC has provided $60,000 in grant funding and $450,000 in loan funding to help transform the site, formerly the location of the Wild Bleu, according to the MRC website.

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Eclipse Engineering has expanded into Portland.

The full-service structural engineering firm has been working in the Pacific Northwest since 1998. It first established an Oregon presence when it opened a branch office in Bend. The new Portland office is at 111 S.W. Columbia St., just blocks away from the waterfront.

The new office is being managed by John T. (“JT”) Mayer, who is a longtime member of the Pacific Northwest structural engineering community.

Mayer has spent the majority of his 20-year career as an associate for a large structural engineering firm, where he developed a portfolio of projects ranging from small houses to highly detailed temples. Prior to becoming an engineer, he spent 10 years as a framing foreman in Seattle.

Eclipse Engineering also has offices in Montana – in Missoula and Columbia Falls – and Spokane, Washington.

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