Urban Forestry as a Means of Fostering Economic Development and Environmental Health in the Coal Regions of Kentucky and Virginia

Urban Forestry as a Means of Fostering Economic Development and Environmental and Personal Health

in the Coal Regions of Kentucky and VirginiaCommunity Design Assistance Center

Virginia Tech11/7/13

CDAC- Introduction

▪ Outreach center in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban studies

▪ Employs students to work with communities, neighborhood groups, and non-profit organizations to improve the natural and built environments through conceptual design and planning

▪ Healthy Living by Design: creating designs that take into consideration factors to help create healthy environments. This includes aspects such as the physical, psychological, and intellectual well-being of users as well as the health of the environment

CDAC- Introduction

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At-Grade Crossing

Vacant Lots

Prospect Hill

Meade's Monument

Franklin's Crossing

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Opportunities andConstraints

Opportunities! Point of Interest

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Streams

Trails

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Water Bodies

Tidewater Trail ROW

Civi lWar Battlefields

PublicLand

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Contours 10ft

Private Property

Landscape Architecture Architecture

Interior Design Planning

CDAC- Process

Community Participation

Design Implementation

▪ CDAC involves community members in the design process

▪ Provides mechanism for partnering with and engaging underserved communities and results in community “buy in” to implement plans and strategies

▪ Conceptual designs often help communities be better prepared for grant applications and help leverage additional funding

Southern Foresters Grant

Mission:

To expand community planning/participation in developing conceptual plans and long-term strategies to conserve, enhance, connect, and protect community natural resources (community forests, open space, watersheds, regional trail networks, riparian corridors) and encourage forest based recreation and eco-tourism

Grant Focused on the Coal Mining Regions of Kentucky and Virginia

▪ Appalachia has long struggled with poverty

▪ Reasons for coal mining’s bleak future: declining reserves, higher production costs, and competition from other coal basins and natural gas

▪ Majority of counties are either economically distressed or are at-risk counties with distressed areas

▪ Strong need to diversify the region’s economy

▪ Lack of professional staff who specialize in these types of projects


Project Area

Project Area

Urban Forestry is relevant in small cities & towns as well as large

▪ Provides a starting point for program development

▪ Educates public about urban forestry, landscape design, and city planning

▪ Offers students and citizens the opportunity to interact with urban foresters and learn about state forestry programs


Cleveland, VA

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Claypool Hill

Fort Blackmore

Dickensonsville

NortonVirginia City

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Clinch River

Clinch River Region

▪ Population: 128

▪ Project based both locally in Cleveland and regionally along the Clinch River

▪ Focus on utilizing the natural assets of the Clinch River to promote tourism and draw people to the area

▪ How do trees and landscape fit into the larger picture

▪ Impacts:

Economic: river-based tourism through access points and campground

Environmental: design guidelines for access points- emphasis on riparian areas

Health: outdoor recreation, trail connecting the community, and natural play area Russell County

Cleveland, VA

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PUBLIC LANDS -Town of Cleveland -Russell County -DCR -Commonwealth of VA -Cumberland Plateau -Nature Conservancy

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Cleveland, VA

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ACCESS POINT GUIDELINESTO INCLUDE:

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Cleveland, VAClinch Signage: Directional

Cleveland, VAClinch Signage: Informational Kiosks

Cleveland, VAClinch Signage: Interpretive Signage

Cleveland, VAClinch Signage: Interpretive Signage

Moving Forward...

▪ Project in report phase

▪ Community applied for Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) grant to implement access points

▪ Created a Management Committee to work on implementing plan

▪ In process of Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) planning grant; used CDAC plans to create a vision statement to drive the future work of their town

▪ Plan to apply for a Community Development Block Grant in spring. Used CDAC plans to define project area.

Cleveland, VA

▪ Population: 4,500

▪ Focus on downtown tourism ▪ Impacts:

Economic: enhance downtown for tourism through Main Street master plan and planting plan

Environmental: conceptual re-design for a parking lot along the main entrance into downtown that includes storm water remediation to demonstrate environmentally-sensitive development near Paints Creek and that creates an aesthetic entry to the downtown area.

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Paintsville, Kentucky map highlighting Main Street

Paintsville, KY

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Signage Opportunity

Opportunities

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Paintsville Main StreetAnalysis

College Street

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Overhead Obstacles Constraint

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Paintsville Main StreetPreliminary Conceptual Master Plan A


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The sidewalk that runs along City Hall’s side of

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Platanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’London planetree


Paintsville Main StreetPlanting Plan

Acer buergerianumtrident maple



Syringa reticulataJapanese tree lilac



Maackia amurensisamur maackia

Maackia amurensisamur maackia


Tilia cordata ‘Chancellor’littleleaf linden

Ginkgo biloba ‘Fastigiata’ginkgo (male)

Corylus colurnaTurkish hazel

Cornus kousakousa dogwood







Corylus colurnaTurkish hazel



Acer rubrumred maple

Carpinus carolinianaAmerican hornbeam



Metasequoia glyptostroboidesdawn redwoodBetula nigra

riverbirch

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Quercus bicolorswamp white oak

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Johnson County

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Ed Spencer Law

City Hall


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Main Street

College Street

Court Street

Veterans Mem

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Building

Brick Paving

Flowering Planter

Tree

Outdoor Table

Bench

Legend

Vegetated Groundcover

Paintsville Main StreetPedestrian Core

Outdoor Seating

BioswaleConcrete seating and fountains

Outdoor Seating

Permeable concrete brick paving

Bench

Bioswale

Welcome Sign and Water Wall

Flower Pot

Bioswale or naturalistic planting bed

Paintsville, KY

Mi Finca

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Porter, Schmidt,

Banks and Baldwin


George K W

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erica

Main St Cafe


Half or Less

Weight Loss Clinic

Paintsville Herald

Picture Frames


Vacant

Broadway Printers



Developm

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First Comm

onwealth Bank

City National Bank



Thomas Allen Sm

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Something O

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Ed Spencer Law

City Hall


The Upper Room

Church

Savannah’s Salon

Fannis Plumbing

Library

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General D

entistry

Apartments

Apartments

Mountain O

utlet

Toyray Adams Law

Treasures on Main



Main Street


Court Street

Veterans Mem

orial Bridge

0’ 60’north


Mi Finca

Sheri� O�

ce

Porter, Schmidt,

Banks and Baldwin


George K W

ells Law


erica

Main St Cafe


Half or Less

Weight Loss Clinic

Paintsville Herald

Picture Frames


Vacant

Broadway Printers



Developm

ent Center

First Comm

onwealth Bank

City National Bank



Thomas Allen Sm

ith MD


Something O

ld Something N

ew Antiques

Ed Spencer Law

City Hall


The Upper Room

Church

Savannah’s Salon

Fannis Plumbing

Library

Loading Zone

Loading Zone

Loading Zone

General D

entistry

Apartments

Apartments

Mountain O

utlet

Toyray Adams Law

Treasures on Main



Main Street


Court Street

Veterans Mem

orial Bridge

0’ 60’north


PParking

Sign located on side of building

Signage Improvements

The proposed Main Street signage is designed at the human scale. It is tall enough for a pedestrian to comfortably walk beneath it without hitting their head. Clearance should be 7 feet.

PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater

Sherriff ’s Office

CourthouseP

Parking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater


Courthouse

PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater


Courthouse

PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater


PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater

Sherriff ’s Office PParking

City Hall

Sipp Theater


PParking

City Hall

Sipp Theater


On Right

On Right

On Left

On Right

PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater


On Right

On Right

On Right

On Left

PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater


Historic Downtown Paintsville

Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Signage Location and Orientation

Legend

6’8” to 7’

PParking

Library

City Hall

Sipp Theater


Courthouse

Sheriff’s OfficeSheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office

Paintsville, KY

Moving Forward...

▪ Community applied for grant funding for a sewer project at which point they hope to redo the sidewalks and install trees

▪ Plan to apply for further funding next year

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▪ Population: 300

▪ Focus on engaging the community through recreational opportunities for both young and old while also highlighting the cultural heritage of the area

▪ Impacts:

Economic: bring people to town with Little League baseball field for Little League tournaments

Environmental: improve water quality of stormwater runoff entering Beaver Creek through park

Health: provide walking trail and playground for community, and provide safe crossing into park from senior citizen center

Kentucky State map highlighting Floyd County

Project Site

Wayland, KY

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Wayland, KY

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Wayland, KY

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Wayland, KY

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Wayland, KY

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Wayland, KY

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Wayland, KY

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Wayland Planting Plan

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Wayland, KY

Moving Forward...

▪ Applied for construction of the little league field under a grant with the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Has been recommended for funding

▪ Applied for walking trail funding under the Recreational Trails Program.

Conclusion

Elizabeth Gilboy: [email protected] Browning: [email protected]

Community Design Assistance Center101 South Main St.Blacksburg, VA 24061ph(540) 231-5644

Urban Forestry as a Means of Fostering Economic Development and Environmental Health in the Coal Regions of Kentucky and Virginia

Education

community members

landscape design

design process

urban forestry

urban foresters

design guidelines

conceptual plans

riverbased tourism