Browsing by Author "Harrington, Hayley"

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    Castlewood, VA: Castlewood Schools Campus Conceptual Site Master Plan and Planting Designs
    Harrington, Hayley (2023-12-13)
    Construction of the Castlewood Schools campus began with Castlewood High School in 1948, after a fire destroyed nearby Temple Hill High School. The beautiful colonial revival building opened its doors in 1949, and Castlewood Elementary School was constructed next to the high school in 1958. The Castlewood Schools campus has not undergone any major renovations in approximately thirty years, so Russell County Public Schools (RCPS) was interested in making improvements to the site. a stakeholders committee from RCPS and CDAC collaborated to determine whether there was a better way to lay out the sports fields on the campus as well as add a tennis court, tree plantings and a mini arboretum, and pollinator plantings that may be able to support agriculture classes.
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    Castlewood, VA: Conceptual Redevelopment Plan for the Mudhole Store
    Harrington, Hayley (2024-02-29)
    Castlewood is an unincorporated community located in northwest Russell County with approximately 1,700 residents (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020). The community was originally named Castle’s Woods after Jacob Castle, who first arrived in the area around 1750. Castlewood was the first settlement in Russell County, and its first permanent residents arrived in 1769. Daniel Boone and his family also lived in Castle’s Woods between 1773 and 1775. The Mudhole Store site is located at 776 Red Oak Ridge Road at the intersection of Red Oak Ridge Road and Reeds Valley Road. The site consists of several properties owned by Charles Bickley “Bick” and Judith “Judy” Gibson amounting to approximately 13 acres. The former filling station located onsite was built in the 1950s and is located on a parcel of about .31 acres. There were two pumps and the tanks are likely still located underground. The station also served as a convenience store. The historic egg house, located about 120 feet east of the current gas station building, was built between 1930 and 1950 and historically used to store and trade eggs.
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    Castlewood, VA: Conceptual Redevelopment Plan for the Mudhole Store Executive Summary
    Harrington, Hayley (2024-02-29)
    Castlewood is an unincorporated community located in northwest Russell County with approximately 1,700 residents (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020). The community was originally named Castle’s Woods after Jacob Castle, who first arrived in the area around 1750. Castlewood was the first settlement in Russell County, and its first permanent residents arrived in 1769. Daniel Boone and his family also lived in Castle’s Woods between 1773 and 1775. The Mudhole Store site is located at 776 Red Oak Ridge Road at the intersection of Red Oak Ridge Road and Reeds Valley Road. The site consists of several properties owned by Charles Bickley “Bick” and Judith “Judy” Gibson amounting to approximately 13 acres. The former filling station located onsite was built in the 1950s and is located on a parcel of about .31 acres. There were two pumps and the tanks are likely still located underground. The station also served as a convenience store. The historic egg house, located about 120 feet east of the current gas station building, was built between 1930 and 1950 and historically used to store and trade eggs.
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    Clinchco, VA: Clinchco Recreational Park Revitalization Conceptual Site Master Plan & Connectivity Plan to the Palmer Street Nature Park
    Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2023-02)
    Clinchco, Virginia is a small community of about 350 people located in the northern portion of Dickenson County in the valley of the McClure River and near the West Virginia line. It is accessed by Routes 63 and 83, which pass through the town. Clinchco started as a coal mining town in the late 1800s. The town was built by the Clinchfield Coal Corporation to support their mining efforts and later founded in 1917. As a step toward providing recreational spaces for residents and visitors, the town would like to improve and augment the existing Clinchco Recreational Park, a small recreational area in the Carson Street/Mill Creek area as well as provide a trail connection from this park to a future recreation area at the end of Palmer Street, which could serve both locals and visitors. CDAC worked with a stakeholders committee to create the conceptual site master plan for Clinchco Recreational Park and the connectivity plan to the Future Recreation Area at Palmer Street.
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    Clinchco, VA: Clinchco Recreational Park Revitalization Conceptual Site Master Plan & Connectivity Plan to the Palmer Street Nature Park: Executive Summary
    Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2023-02)
    Clinchco, Virginia is a small community of about 350 people located in the northern portion of Dickenson County in the valley of the McClure River and near the West Virginia line. It is accessed by Routes 63 and 83, which pass through the town. Clinchco started as a coal mining town in the late 1800s. The town was built by the Clinchfield Coal Corporation to support their mining efforts and later founded in 1917. As a step toward providing recreational spaces for residents and visitors, the town would like to improve and augment the existing Clinchco Recreational Park, a small recreational area in the Carson Street/Mill Creek area as well as provide a trail connection from this park to a future recreation area at the end of Palmer Street, which could serve both locals and visitors. CDAC worked with a stakeholders committee to create the conceptual site master plan for Clinchco Recreational Park and the connectivity plan to the Future Recreation Area at Palmer Street.
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    Clinchco, VA: Town-Wide and Downtown Conceptual Master Plans
    Gilboy, Elizabeth; Proctor, Nicholaus; Harrell, Sara; Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2021-09-30)
    Clinchco, Virginia is a small community of about 350 people located in the northern portion of Dickenson County in the valley of the McClure River and near the West Virginia line. It is accessed by Routes 63 and 83, which pass through the town. Clinchco is striving to move forward, “reconstructing itself” for a better future. As one of the first steps in this process, a town-wide master plan and a downtown master plan was needed. The town wants to position itself to be economically sustainable that is supported by a diverse collection of businesses and industries.
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    Critz, VA: Critz Community Center Conceptual Design and Conceptual Site Master Plan
    Harrington, Hayley; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Nagle, Lara; Stephenson, Max O. Jr.; Steele, Julie (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2022-09-01)
    The Reynolds Homestead, Community Design Assistance Center, and the Institute for Policy and Governance worked with community members and a stakeholders committee from Envision Critz, Inc. to develop a conceptual redevelopment plan for the Critz Community Center and a ~13-acre property. The purpose was to create work with the community to develop a vision for the community center and park that will provide after-school education and heritage arts programs for students attending Hardin Reynolds Memorial School and Critz community members.
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    Critz, VA: Critz Community Center Conceptual Design and Conceptual Site Master Plan Executive Summary
    Harrington, Hayley; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Nagle, Lara; Steele, Julie; Stephenson, Max O. Jr. (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2022-09-01)
    The Reynolds Homestead, Community Design Assistance Center, and the Institute for Policy and Governance worked with community members and a stakeholders committee from Envision Critz, Inc. to develop a conceptual redevelopment plan for the Critz Community Center and a ~13-acre property. The purpose was to create work with the community to develop a vision for the community center and park that will provide after-school education and heritage arts programs for students attending Hardin Reynolds Memorial School and Critz community members.
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    Luray, VA: Andrew Jackson School Memorial Park Conceptual Site Master Plan
    Gilboy, Elizabeth; Harrington, Hayley; Harrell, Sara; Proctor, Nicholaus (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2021-11-08)
    The West Luray Recreation Center is a former Rosenwald school that has been converted into a community-based recreation center. The community center is privately owned and operated in partnership with Living Legacy, a local nonprofit. The West Luray Recreation Center provides a positive activity and learning environment for underserved youth in nearby neighborhoods, Luray, and Page County. Some of what the center provides include an after-school tutoring program, mentoring, meals, and space for indoor activities and socializing. Living Legacy wanted to develop a conceptual site master plan for the property behind the West Luray Recreation Center building in order to expand its potential for offering youth-oriented recreational and community-based agriculture learning opportunities. This design effort included the land immediately around the building as well as behind the building and down the slope to create a park as the first outdoor recreation space in the west end of Luray: Andrew Jackson School Memorial Park. The purpose of this project was to work with the property owner Mr. King, Living Legacy, and the local community to create a conceptual site master plan for Andrew Jackson School Memorial Park.
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    Narrows, VA: Mill Creek Nature Park Trailhead Conceptual Site Master Plan
    Harrington, Hayley (2024-03-29)
    Narrows, Virginia is a small community of about 2,000 people located in Giles County off of Route 460 and near the narrowing of the New River. Within the mountains of Narrows is Mill Creek Nature Park, a park of about 145-acres. The park, which adjoins Jefferson National Forest, includes several trails of varying lengths for hiking and mountain biking as well as two waterfalls. The park also offers the opportunity to fish for native trout. The trailhead for the park is about 1-acre and includes two parking areas, one of which is bordered by boulders on one side to keep vehicles away from overhead power lines, a picnic shelter with 4 picnic tables, a kiosk, a porta potty, and a gate for maintenance vehicle access. The town would like improve the trailhead to make it more visually appealing, plan for additional parking in the future, and make the trailhead more functional. Initial ideas for improvements included park entry signage, wayfinding signage and branding for trails, installing a new single stall restroom in a different location than the porta potty, creating a formal path from the parking areas to the trails and the new restroom, landscaping with native plant materials, expanded parking for in the future, and the ability for one or two buses to be able to park and turn around.
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    New Castle, VA: New Castle Town Park Conceptual Site Master Plan
    Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2022-12)
    The New Castle Town Park has a 30 year old park located near the corner of Route 311 (Salem Ave) and Caldwell Street that is in need of updating. The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) worked with Town Council to create a conceptual master plan for updating the park.
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    Newport News, VA: Mayer and Dorene Sarfan Food Forest Conceptual Site Master Plan
    Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2023-01)
    The Newport News Green Foundation (NNGF) acquired a ~5-acre parcel of land in the Southeast Community. The property is located at 1901 Chestnut Ave and is located across the street from Discovery STEM Academy, a public charter school serving students from kindergarten to fifth grade in the Newport News City Public Schools Division. The Property and Resource Committees of the Newport News Green Foundation have committed to developing this property into the peninsula’s very first food forest. Donated by the Sarfan Family, the space will be called the Mayer and Dorene Sarfan Food Forest and is intended to address food scarcity in the area as well as promote the environmental benefits of productive green space. The Community Design Assistance Center worked with a Stakeholders Committee from the Newport News Green Foundation, teachers from Discovery STEM Academy, and community members to develop a conceptual site master plan for the Mayer and Dorene Sarfan Food Forest. The conceptual site master plan will serve as a first step in creating a vision for the property.
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    Newport News, VA: Mayer and Dorene Sarfan Food Forest Conceptual Site Master Plan: Executive Summary
    Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2023-01)
    The Newport News Green Foundation (NNGF) acquired a ~5-acre parcel of land in the Southeast Community. The property is located at 1901 Chestnut Ave and is located across the street from Discovery STEM Academy, a public charter school serving students from kindergarten to fifth grade in the Newport News City Public Schools Division. The Property and Resource Committees of the Newport News Green Foundation have committed to developing this property into the peninsula’s very first food forest. Donated by the Sarfan Family, the space will be called the Mayer and Dorene Sarfan Food Forest and is intended to address food scarcity in the area as well as promote the environmental benefits of productive green space. The Community Design Assistance Center worked with a Stakeholders Committee from the Newport News Green Foundation, teachers from Discovery STEM Academy, and community members to develop a conceptual site master plan for the Mayer and Dorene Sarfan Food Forest. The conceptual site master plan will serve as a first step in creating a vision for the property.
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    Russell County, VA: Conceptual Neighborhood Site Master Plan for the Public Services Authority Site
    Proctor, Nicholaus; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Harrington, Hayley; Morris, Jacob (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2021-09-30)
    The Community Design Assistance Center worked with a Stakeholders Committee to create a conceptual redevelopment plan for the Russell County PSA property located on Water Lane off of Route 63 and just outside the St. Paul town limits. The property is approximately 26.3 acres and includes a ~38,240 sq. ft. building and parking area, which was originally a sewing factory and a graded flat open area on which the building sits. The remaining space beyond the flat portions immediately around the building is a mostly wooded site of varying topography. The ~38,240 sq. ft. building and parking area has most recently been used as a maintenance facility for the Russell County PSA. The surrounding flat areas have been used as an equipment lay-down yard and material storage area in conjunction with PSA projects. As St. Paul and the surrounding area progresses in its community revitalization efforts and continues to become an attractive place to live and conduct business, there is a great need in Russell County for housing. In many cases there is a need for single family homes. The PSA property is a favorable site for developing housing since the site is conveniently located just a few miles from downtown St. Paul as well as close to several local and regional outdoor attractions. The conceptual redevelopment plan focused on creating a site master plan that meets some of the most pressing housing needs. Based on stakeholder input, other types of housing densities were considered in the design process. The site master plan serves as a first step in creating a vision for the property. A later step might include developing conceptual prototype designs for homes, but were not be carried out in this phase of design.
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    Smithfield, VA: Windsor Castle Park Longleaf Pine Demonstration Area Expansion Conceptual Site Master Plan
    Harrington, Hayley (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2022-12)
    In 2014, the Town of Smithfield, the non-profit Windsor Castle Park Foundation, and representatives of the Virginia Department of Forestry decided to explore the possibility of creating a forest of native species on approximately 3.5 acres of Windsor Castle Park’s farmland adjoining the Route 10 bypass. The project would serve to reintroduce species such as the Virginia Longleaf Pine. In 2020, the Community Design Assistance Center worked with a Stakeholders Committee comprised of different agencies such as the Windsor Castle Park (WCP) Foundation, Windsor Castle Park, the Town of Smithfield, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF), and the Nature Conservancy (TNC) to develop the conceptual site master plan for the 3.5 acre demonstration area. In 2022, it was decided that they needed a conceptual site master plan that depicts the expanded planting of longleaf pines and additional walking trails in Windsor Castle Park in the ~8.7 acre field north of the existing 3.5 acre planted area. The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) worked with a stakeholders committee to create the conceptual master plan for this area.