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Parks and Recreation
Roanoke's Parks and Recreation Department develops specific park master plans for each neighborhood, community, regional, and linear (greenway) park for the city. Our goal is to work through neighborhoods, constituents, user groups, and our Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to define a balanced approach for addressing existing and future needs of a given space.
Hannah Court Connection
In coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and Novozymes, we will be installing a new greenway connector bridge spanning in excess of 200' from Wasena Park to the Hannah Court area in the fall of 2009. Additionally, through a generous donation from Novozymes, we will be able to develop a trailhead parking area to include additional loop trails and native landscaping.
Hamilton Terrace
One of our best examples of a successful public-private partnership is the development of the "missing link" of the Roanoke River Greenway at Hamilton Terrace. Shortly after the July 4th weekend, construction crews should mobilize and begin construction on this 600' greenway connection that will connect the new trail bridge at Memorial Hospital to the former Piedmont Street intersection at Hamilton Terrace. The trail will be fully connected from Wasena Park to the wastewater plant, providing a continuous five miles of off-road opportunity for a variety of greenway users. This project is supported and funded by contributions from the Gallup 4 The Greenways, Novozymes, Carilion, and the City of Roanoke.
Lakewood Park
The Lakewood Park project is a combined effort between the Virginia Tech School of Landscape Architecture, the Raleigh Court Civic League, and the Parks and Greenway Planning Division. In the fall of 2008, the team began developing a Master Site Plan for Lakewood Park based on participatory, public planning, and design processes.
The following elements of the master plan have been completed:
- Review of historic documentation
- Review of existing and proposed greenways and open spaces influencing the future
use of the park
- Neighborhood program and vision statement
- Thorough contextual and environmental analysis of the park property
- Alternative schematic designs
- Documented citizen commentary on the schematic alternatives
Future work in 2009 will include finalizing the current design/schematic alternatives and beginning the process of analyzing the watershed and riparian ecosystem.
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