Community Meeting #2 Feedback Program List Comments … Feedback.pdf · - Tree Top / Canopy Walk - Future connections to schools and public amenities - Challenge hiking trails for

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• PARK CENTER ADJACENT TO NC 42

• MAXIMIZE EXISTING FOREST

PRESERVATION

• NO IMPACT TO STREAM BUFFERS

• LONGEST TRAIL SYSTEM, INCLUDING A

MAIN LOOP TRAIL

• ROAD NOISE

• PARK CENTER ON EDGE OF FOREST AND

AGRICULTURE, NOT VISIBLE FROM ROAD

• CROSSING OF STREAM BUFFER

• 5.4 MILES OF TRAILS WITH A MAIN OUT

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• CROSSING OF MULTIPLE STREAM

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• 5.6 MILES OF TRAILS WITH A MAIN OUT

AND BACK TRAIL

• LARGEST AREA FOR OPEN SPACE

Program List Community Meet ing #2 Feedback Comments1. HIKING TRAILS - Provide trai ls wi th ADA Access - Varying length loop trai ls - Cross Country Running (3K and 5K) - Tree Top / Canopy Walk - Future connect ions to schools and publ ic amenit ies - Chal lenge hik ing t ra i ls for a l l f i tness levels

2. STORY MAPPING / ECOLOGY TOUR - Environmental educat ion t ra i ls - Web based apps / v isual a ids

3. WATER ACCESS - Wi ld l i fe observat ion plat forms - Stormwater management / wet land research

4. FITNESS - Boulder c l imbing wal ls - Playground f i tness act iv i t ies - a l l ages - Mult i -purpose open lawn - Trai l f i tness stat ions

5. AGRICULTURE - Community gardens - Farm lease program - Interpret agr icul tural h istory

6. PARK CENTER - Mult i -use conference rooms - Indoor / outdoor exhibi t spaces - Indoor / outdoor c lassrooms - Staff off ices - Maintenance faci l i ty

7. MULTI USE SHELTERS / RESTROOMS - Large / smal l Shel ters

8. ART / HISTORY - Story mapping / cul tural s igni f icance - Industr ia l ar t / h istor ical machinery - Exper ient ia l ar t / habi tat bui ld ing - Environmental ar t - Art isan market

9. PLAYGROUND - Cl imbing / ropes course / boulders / t rees - Tree canopy walk / z ip l ines - Nature play - Tree houses / for t bui ld ing - Hi l ls ide s l ides - Obstacle courses / chal lenge play

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AGRICULTURE / COMMUNITY GARDENS

FARMER’S’ MARKET

MISCELLANEOUS

SUSTAINABILITY / ECOLOGY

FITNESS

ADJACENCY

TRAILS

NO ACCESS FROM SUBDIVISIONSBUFFER TRAILS FROM HOUSES

150 FEET, 400 FEETPRIVATE PROPERTY SIGNAGELARGEST BUFFER POSSIBLEKEEP NOISE NEAR HWY 42

SUPPLEMENTAL SCREENINGAVOID OAK HOLLOW TRAILS

WELL-MARKED TRAILS / NAVIGATIONAL AIDSTRAIL DISTANCE MARKERS

WATER AVAILABILITYRESTROOM LOCATIONS ALONG TRAILS

UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITYPEDESTRAIN ONLY VS. SHARED USE

BICYCLES OR EQUINE USE

QUIET FOREST AREASNOISE GENERATING

ACTIVITIES TOWARD HWY 42

PROXIMITY TO PARKING

AVOID COMPETITION WITHPORTER AND OGBURN FARMS

ORGANIC GARDENING, BEEKEEPINGCHILDREN ACTIVITIES / AVOID

PROXIMITY TO ROADPOLLINATOR GARDENSCOMMUNITY GARDENS

LEARNING + EDUCATION

SOUND ZONESSALVAGE FIRE PLACE

REFURBISH EX. WHITE BARNDISPLAY OF

AGRICULTURAL HISTORYNATURAL BEAUTY ALONG 42

BIODIVERSITYMIDDLE CREEK BASIN

STRATA SOLARNET ZERO BUILDINGSSTORMWATER RE-USE