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- Luray greenway extension & waterfront pocket park : conceptual designs, Luray, VAGilboy, Elizabeth; Browning, Lara; Houck, Chris; Shealy, Kaitlin; Smith, Jessica (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2013-11)The downtown of Luray is a major hub for activities, festivals, and commerce within the small town. Ruffner's Plaza, located just off the greenway allows a public space for residents and visitors alike. The community area has become a place of year-round gathering, hosting summer concerts and fall festivals. [1] Taken from project application dated August 2012
Hoping to further enhance the Main Street, the Town is proposing to add a pocket park located adjacent to Main Street in the Town center. Luray would like the park to be a gathering place for residents and tourists to fish, relax, and enjoy Hawksbill Creek and the Greenway, both of which are immediately adjacent to the property. The existing bridge is in the preliminary planning stages of renovation. Therefore, the pocket park design could be partnered with that project to help transform the downtown as well.
Upon visiting the overgrown site with several Town leaders, the CDAC team members realized the great potential of the pocket park to act as a natural focal point and fishing node for downtown visitors. - Scenic River Evaluation Projects: Clinch and Dan RiversBrowning, Lara; Gilboy, Elizabeth; Jessup, Jennifer; Shealy, Kaitlin (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2015-01-30)The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) provides field work and evaluative documentation for qualifying Virginia jurisdictions who seek to designate local rivers in the state’s Scenic River Designation program. The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) was asked to assist DCR in the evaluation of two rivers. The two river segments under consideration for Scenic River Designation: • Clinch River (Tazewell County) – a 30.3 mile segment • Dan River (Halifax County) – a 38.6 mile segment Each river, or river segment, is evaluated and rated on fourteen different factors from which a cumulative score is derived. This score must meet a minimum rating score to be designated. Each factor was selected because of its ability to enhance the scenic experience and its contribution to the overall quality of the resource. CDAC staff worked with DCR personnel to collect background data, conduct field studies along the rivers, utilize the gathered data to determine eligibility for designation under the Virginia Scenic River Program, and prepare a report of the field data findings.