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Recreation Projects
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Monroe County Parks and Recreation Master Plan
Monroe County selected Wade Trim to develop a long-range Parks and Recreation
Master Plan for the Florida Keys. The Florida Keys is a world-renowned vacation
destination and is home to some of the most beautiful and fragile ecosystems in
the United States. The focus of this master planning effort is to concentrate
on enhancing parks and recreational opportunities for visitors to the Florida
Keys while meeting the year-round needs of the residents. Wade Trim planners
have completed the inventory and assessment of the existing park facilities
and the needs assessment phase of the project. The project is now entering
the recreational standards and capital programming phase.
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Alachua County Parks and Recreation Master Site Plan, Phase II
Alachua County, Florida, selected Wade Trim to design their Parks and Recreation Master
Site Plan: Phase II. This county-wide plan represents a coordinated effort
between Alachua County, its nine cities and the School District to master plan
the park and recreation system for the next 20 years. The County was subdivided
into 12 park districts for planning purposes. Components of the Recreation Master
Plan include: an integrated Capital Improvements Master Plan, Organizational
Structure Alternatives, Sustainable Economic Plan and Implementation Program.
Conceptual park prototypes were developed for each planning district based on
community workshops that utilized a custom made kit-of-parts toolbox and interactive
design board to promote citizen participation in the design process. An online survey,
statistically-valid telephone survey, and stakeholder interviews were also conducted.
Four alternative organizational structures were developed for County consideration
to create a more effective and efficient program delivery system.
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Booth Park Development Plan
The City of Birmingham’s $1 million environmental and recreational renovation of Booth Park
transformed a four-acre parcel from a fallow property into a unique public space that people of
all ages and abilities can enjoy. Passage of a $25 million bond issue for recreational improvements
combined with a community group’s desire to build a play structure helped jump start the
development. Wade Trim worked with the City to create an award-winning development plan that
features a community-built playscape, a labyrinth and tunnel, turf hill/amphitheater, bioretention
basin (rain garden), bioengineered stabilized stream banks, native riparian zone plantings,
a pedestrian trail connecting to the Rouge River Trail, and rolling open green space.
Bordered by a commercial art district, the Rouge River and its associated forested floodplain, and
the Mill Pond neighborhood, Booth Park has become a famous gateway to the City.
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Battle Creek Non-Motorized Master Plan
The City of Battle Creek developed a master plan for both on- and off-road non-motorized facilities.
Utilizing their extensive Linear Park as a foundation, recreation, engineering, and traffic staff
worked with the public to develop a 20-year vision for non-motorized facilities that will provide
a convenient and safe option to link people, schools, businesses, parks, natural resources and
cultural and historic landmarks to each other as well as to adjacent communities and resources.
The project also included two bike lane pilot projects within the City and development of conceptual
design plans for three potential bike lane projects. An implementation strategy to incorporate new
bike lanes when City streets were resurfaced proved highly effective; 128 bike lane miles were added
within the first three years.
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