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

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