Bluebell Island Natural Area trail design and conceptual redesign of A.R. Matthews Park

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dc.contributor.authorGilboy, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorSteika, Kimen
dc.contributor.authorLaRoche, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorEdenfield, Caitlinen
dc.contributor.authorHeile, Laurelen
dc.coverage.citySt. Paulen
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.countyWise Countyen
dc.coverage.countyRussell Countyen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-26T02:49:02Zen
dc.date.available2016-07-26T02:49:02Zen
dc.date.issued2012-08en
dc.description.abstractThe Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) worked with the Town of St. Paul and St. Paul Tomorrow, Inc. to develop a conceptual master plan for the Bluebell Island Trail as well as a redesign for A.R. Matthews Park. Bluebell Island is approximately 1.3 acres. This undeveloped natural area is owned by the town and has recently been put in a conservation easement with The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The town and TNC want to see a natural surfaced trail system developed on the island to compliment the biodiversity of the area and to provide connections to existing trail systems in the area. A.R. Matthews Park, the town’s current riverside park, is adjacent to Bluebell Island and is home to the annual Clinch River Days Festival (circa 1998). This festival was created to “showcase the Clinch River, and the endangered species that exist in and around the river.” 3<br /><br />The current park contains a variety of amenities (two tennis courts, a basketball court, children’s play equipment, a stage, a covered shelter, a little league stadium, and the start of a skate park) but is aging and doesn’t take advantage of its proximity to the Clinch River as well as it could. “The St. Paul’s Tomorrow Trails Team is interested in creating a new design for the park that will complement the new trail addition to Bluebell Island and create a Riverwalk that joins Oxbow Lake and the Sugar Hill Loop Trail system.” 4en
dc.description.notesCover title.en
dc.description.notesCDAC project team: Elizabeth Gilboy, director; Kim Steika, Michael LaRoche, Caitlin Edenfield, Laurel Heile.en
dc.description.notes"Prepared for the Town of St. Paul and St. Paul Tomorrow, Inc., August 2012."en
dc.description.notes"Project funding provided by the USDA Forest Service (Region 8) in cooperation with the Southern Group of State Foresters and the Virginia Department of Forestry."en
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Forest Serviceen
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia. Department of Forestryen
dc.description.sponsorshipSouthern Group of State Forestersen
dc.format.extent38 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierStPaulBluebellFinalReport_090412.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71851en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Centeren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderVirginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Centeren
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTrails -- Virginia -- Saint Paul -- Designs and plans.en
dc.subjectNatural areas -- Virginia -- Saint Paul -- Designs and plans.en
dc.subjectParks -- Virginia -- Saint Paul -- Designs and plans.en
dc.subjectRecreation areas -- Virginia -- Saint Paul -- Designs and plans.en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.A542 C57 2012ben
dc.titleBluebell Island Natural Area trail design and conceptual redesign of A.R. Matthews Parken
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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