VTechWorks staff will be away for the winter holidays starting Tuesday, December 24, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will not be replying to requests during this time. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays!

Browsing by Author "Dawson, Michele"

Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
  • Thumbnail Image
    A Conceptual Master Plan for Dickenson Memorial Park
    Gilboy, Elizabeth; Watson, Kim; Dawson, Michele; Lee, Ok-Hyun; Tofte, Shawn (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2004-01)
    Located about 20 miles south of Fredericksburg, Bowling Green has been the County seat of Caroline County since 1803. The community of about 1,000 is rich in history which is evident from its many historic structures. The developer of a neighborhood donated two of the lots (roughly 2 acres) to the town’s Historic/Economic Leadership Panel (H.E.L.P.). This area includes a cemetery of five graves that was used from about the 1740’s to about 1880. H.E.L.P. wanted to develop the site into a small community park. The park would serve as an historic site and gathering place for neighborhood residents and community members. The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) worked with the community to create a design for the park.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Conceptual Site Master Plan and Focus Design for a Turn of the Century Community at the Historic Crab Orchard Museum, Tazewell, VA
    Gilboy, Elizabeth; Fisher, Terri; Bohannon, C. L.; Barrett, Sherry; Dawson, Michele; Despande, Amol (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2003-10)
    Named for the National Register of Historic Places site on which it is located, the Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park opened in 1982 as a non-profit historical museum devoted initially to Tazewell County. The museum is now devoted entirely to the cultural heritage of the middle Appalachian region. The museum’s Pioneer Park is the only reconstruction of historical buildings in western Virginia that are indigenous to their immediate vicinity. The 15 structures are all original and date back to 1802. The Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park has an additional undeveloped 16 acre site located just across US 19/460 from the existing site. The Community Design Assistance Center team worked with Crab Orchard Museum to develop a conceptual master plan for the 16 acre site to guide development of a turn of the century “community”. This community weaves together cultural and historical elements of the county including railroads, agriculture, and Native Americans.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Whitmell P. Tunstall Park: Conceptual Park Design & Landscape Master Plan for a Brownfield Restoration
    Gilboy, Elizabeth; Dawson, Michele; Deshpande, Amol (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2003-10)
    The purpose of this project was to develop a conceptual master plan and landscape design that incorporates a trail linkage at the edge of the property and develops the brownfield site into a wildlife habitat for passive use bringing the Klaff Junkyard back to as natural an appearance as possible.