Roanoke Park Charrette

Starting Points:
Shaping the Future
Guiding principals
1. Honor Kessler’s City Beautiful Vision
2. Restore the park to its former grandeur
3. Respect history while embracing the future
4. Maintain ecologically, geological and
environmentally balance
5. Enhance the quality of life and value of adjoining
neighborhoods
6. Encourage the use of the park by creating a
secure environment
7. Maintain park improvements and attractiveness
8. Support (and expand) the use of Roanoke
Community Center
9. Maximize the opportunity for both public and
private donor support
10. Expand the park’s beauty by engaging of all the
senses; smell, touch, sight, hearing

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Neighborhoods

Roanoke Park Charrette Oct. 9, 2010

 Active vs. passive
recreation
Predominately
12.1%
passive

Somewhat more
18.4%
passive

About half active,

48.1%
half passive

Somewhat more active 14.1%

Predominately more
5.8%
active

No Opinion 1.5%

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Who’s responsible?

• Many feel parks and

recreation are responsible

• Many support partial

neighborhood
responsibility

•Seek out public/private

funding

•Minimal support for

renting out park

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Willingness to help

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 Features: Kid friendly

• Needs to provide for

our
children

• Picnic areas

• Playgrounds

• Places to romp

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 Features: Character of
• Maintain current
character
park
• Natural but well-
groomed

• Clear and expose

natural
bluffs and
outcroppings

• Reforestation

• Drastic thinning
around
major trees and rock
formations

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• Areas of native
Features: maintenance
• Improved security &
security • Improved maintenance
• Strategically located
trash
containers
• Homeless created a
security issue /
Concern
about displacing
homeless
• Challenge parks
department to better
maintain, especially
after
reclaimed from
overgrowth
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• Drinking fountains
Features: community
center
• Added classes and
programs:
especially
art,
conservation,
landscaping,
environmental

• Parks department
needs to assist
in
improving staff
attitude

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Features: supported
• Formal garden within
natural
settings
• Volunteer-maintained
special
gardens
• Memorial planting
programs
• Pool and/or water
feature
• More seating and picnic
areas
• Public art
• Completed sidewalks
• Add hiking trails
• Improved access from
Valentine
Roanoke Park Charrette Oct. 9, 2010 Neighborhood
Features: not supported
• off-leash dog
park

• additional
parking
(could be
reduced)

• city-wide
Rockfest-
type events

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Activities: events

Favor events
over sports

Especially
Dance in the
Park

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activities:
• Second most popular music
• Interest in amphitheater for music and
cultural
performances
• Lightly amplified - don’t disturb
neighbors
Jazz/ Chorales/ Contemporary/
Other
blues chamber robust

Strong desire 41.9% 33.7% 21.1% 33.1%

Somewhat appealing 33.8% 36.7% 31.1% 28.6%

Don’t care either

17.7% 23.5% 23.7% 26.9%
way

Only if most want it 3.5% 5.1% 11.6% 6.3%

Strong objection % % 12.6% %

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