HIDDEN FALLS REGIONAL PARK. ACCESS HIDDEN FALLS: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY Context Interact.
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HIDDEN FALLS REGIONAL PARK
ACCESS
HIDDEN FALLS: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY
Context
Interact
HIDDEN FALLS: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY
Boat Launch
Existing Trails
New or Improved Trails
Hidden Falls
Boardwalk
Healing Garden
Scenic Overlook
Picnic Shelter
Beach Area
Sculpture Walk
Hidden Falls Creek
Children’s Water Play Area & Water Quality
Station
Parking
Park Entrance
SOFTENING THE EDGES OF THE CREEK
Multifunctional Elements
• Ecological Functions: – Water quality testing – Improving surface permeability, reducing runoff
• Social Functions:– Environmental education & Interpretation– Way-finding – Public art installations
• Economic Functions:– Rental opportunities (Boston - canoes)
A successful project will include space and activities for multiple age- and interest groups.
Stream Restoration Project at Edna Metz Wells Park-Raleigh, NC
Project combines erosion protection and water quality
improvement with better access and integration to the park and neighborhood. (From city website)
“Reflecting on a River” Public Art Installation along the downtown
entrance to St. Louis Riverfront Trail (From STL Regional Arts Commission website)
Partners
• Access • Interaction • Context
Precedent Studies
Sensory Garden-MN Landscape Arboretum.(Photo from MLA website)
Example: Community Walking/Healing GardensExample: Project for Public Space-”Creating Park Signage”• “A good park signage system performs multiple functions”
Other parks, places and groups with successful programs and designs that we can replicate in Hidden Falls Park.
Victory Garden-Kilbourn Reservoir Park.
(Photo from City of Milwaukee website)
Funding OpportunitiesMulti-jurisdictional/multiple funding partnerships and innovative funding mechanisms are the key to success.
Example: Conservation Campaign• Organization that uses political action to
increase funding for conservation efforts • Works with elected officials, community
stakeholders, developers, business community, and conservation groups
• Behind the MN Legacy Amendment
“The lesson is to partner with those
entities or agencies who have the money, and
then allow the neighborhoods to make the decisions. We have
found that when the decision is left to the neighborhoods, they always choose parks.”
-David Fisher: Superintendent,
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Defining Success:
•Social
•Ecological
Measuring how humans & the environment , & relate to our project & its ACCESS ContextInteract
HIDDEN FALLS PARK: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY
QUESTIONS?