Browsing by Author "Blackburn, Grayson"

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    Abingdon, VA: William King Museum of Art Conceptual Campus Master Plan
    Proctor, Nicholaus; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Blackburn, Grayson; Waterman, Holly (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2019-08-16)
    The William King Museum of Art (WKMA) sits on approximately 22 acres of land north of Main St. in Abingdon, Virginia. The William King Museum of Art is a premier visual arts facility in the region, offering outstanding fine world art, contemporary regional art, and cultural heritage exhibits that change frequently. The outdoor grounds that surround the main facility are underutilized but have great potential to become a multi-faceted public park, which will be essential as WKMA expands their programmed activities. A campus master plan would identify appropriate uses that would transform the WKMA campus into an outdoor destination for WKMA patrons and visitors to the Abingdon area. This community-driven space would encourage collaboration between many different groups in the region. Artists, performers, educators, naturalists, athletes, families, and businesses could all benefit from the renovated grounds. The proposed features would facilitate healthy living and exercise, sustainability, community engagement, creative thinking, and play. Improved grounds would provide space for athletic, educational, and public events that could bring in participants from outside the community thus boosting the local economy and tourism in this region. The grounds would also provide a beautiful space for local schools and organizations that would benefit the town and the Museum. Ultimately, renovating the grounds of the Museum would create a space in which art and nature could be in conversation with the broader community.
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    Pocahontas, VA: Town Park Conceptual Master Plan and Town Connectivity Plan
    Proctor, Nicholaus; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Blackburn, Grayson; Tolstikhin, Anastasia (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2018-07-25)
    The Pocahontas Town Park is a narrow site spanning much of the northern edge of downtown Pocahontas, VA. The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) worked with members of the town to develop a conceptual master plan for a redesign of the park focused on creating opportunities for healthier living. The master plan addresses circulation and parking issues, underused event spaces, the location of passive and active areas along the length of the park, and the protection and utilization of historic elements and materials that currently exist on the site. Along with the conceptual design of the park, the CDAC was tasked with creating a conceptual pedestrian trail network that connected key destinations in and around Pocahontas. This project is intended to be part of a greater overall redevelopment effort by the town.
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    Stanley, VA: Page County Landfill Mountain Bike Park Conceptual Master Plan
    Proctor, Nicholaus; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Blackburn, Grayson; Harrell, Sara (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2019-10-18)
    Page County owns a former 60-acre capped landfill which is generally bordered by Eldon Yates Drive, Eureka Drive, and Old Mine Road with access via Eldon Yates Drive. The landfill closed in the mid-1990s and has since been monitored for environmental stability and safety to the general public. A shooting range, which is used by law enforcement officials from around the county, opened after the landfill closed and is currently in use. There are, however, plans to relocate the shooting range which would create opportunities to redevelop the former landfill site into a public recreation amenity. Page County would like to create a mountain bike park on the property providing a mountain bike skills training area, biking and hiking trails, and provide a venue for special events, such as for traveling mountain bike competition circuits. The goal is for this to serve as a recreational development project that will boost tourism and the local economy as a regional attraction, increase county-wide trail efforts, and provide a park with walking trails for local use. It is envisioned that the site be used by Scholastic Mountain Bike teams as well as mountain bike events. Long-term it is envisioned that this park would be connected to other parks in the town of Stanley.