Post by Mike S on May 30, 2008 16:35:25 GMT -8
HOT OFF THE WIRE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Penny Schwyn, President
Fat Tire Trail Riders Club
PO Box 18741
Spokane WA 99228
509-979-5916
Email: mtb@fttrc.org
www.fttrc.org/
Beacon Hill Trail Network - Help plan the trail system: Survey & Design Workshop
Spokane, WA - May 27, 2008 - The Beacon Hill Trail system is still an undiscovered treasure for many Spokane residents. The Fat Tire Trail Riders Club is leading an effort to formalize the Beacon Hill Trail Network, a mix of public and private ownership, for enjoyment for generations to come. Your input is needed to help with the planning for this trail system. Please follow the link below to answer a few questions and let your voice be heard!
The questionnaire should only take five to ten minutes.
www.surveymonkey.com/BeaconHill
Your feedback through this survey will be one piece of information that designers will be using in a workshop planned for the fall. A Beacon Hill Trail Connections "Charrette" (a fancy name for a design workshop) will take place at October 24-25, 2008. The charrette will focus on producing creative solutions for linking the Beacon Hill to local schools, city bike routes, neighborhood parks, Centennial Trail and other community treasures. It will also find ways to improve access and use of the trails. A Community Open House showcasing the design work, will follow on Saturday evening, October 25.
For the Beacon Hill workshop, the Fat Tire Trail Riders Club is teaming up with the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, Spokane County, Avista, private landowners, developers, the National Park Service, the American Society of Landscape Architects, International Mountain Biking Association, the Mountaineers, Wheelsport East, Wintersport, Inland Northwest Trails Coalition, Spokane County Regional Health District, Minnehaha Neighborhood Council, REI, Mountain Gear and a diverse group of local experts to design ways to make better connections between this unique trail system and the Spokane community.
The Beacon Hill design workshop will be the eighth Community Design Charrette in a unique partnership between the National Park Service Rivers & Trails Program and the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. NPS Rivers & Trails has been providing technical assistance to the Beacon Hill Trail Group for the past 1.5 years. Landscape architects lend their expertise pro-bono, providing a huge design boost to these grass-roots community planning efforts. Previous charrettes have all resulted in positive results that turned good ideas into action including the recent I-90 pedestrian overpass, an outcome of the charrette hosted by Liberty Lake. Other charrettes have been in Seattle's International District, Skagit County, Moses Lake, Wenatchee, Black Diamond, and Kelso.
This year the Idaho/Montana Chapter has committed to join the Washington Chapter to provide assistance and designers to the Beacon Hill Trail workshop, making this a multi-state venture.
Would like to get involved? Help is needed in planning and participation of the charrette workshop, please contact Penny Schwyn, at mtb@fttrc.org for more details.
Contact:
Penny Schwyn, President
Fat Tire Trail Riders Club
PO Box 18741
Spokane WA 99228
509-979-5916
Email: mtb@fttrc.org
www.fttrc.org/
Beacon Hill Trail Network - Help plan the trail system: Survey & Design Workshop
Spokane, WA - May 27, 2008 - The Beacon Hill Trail system is still an undiscovered treasure for many Spokane residents. The Fat Tire Trail Riders Club is leading an effort to formalize the Beacon Hill Trail Network, a mix of public and private ownership, for enjoyment for generations to come. Your input is needed to help with the planning for this trail system. Please follow the link below to answer a few questions and let your voice be heard!
The questionnaire should only take five to ten minutes.
www.surveymonkey.com/BeaconHill
Your feedback through this survey will be one piece of information that designers will be using in a workshop planned for the fall. A Beacon Hill Trail Connections "Charrette" (a fancy name for a design workshop) will take place at October 24-25, 2008. The charrette will focus on producing creative solutions for linking the Beacon Hill to local schools, city bike routes, neighborhood parks, Centennial Trail and other community treasures. It will also find ways to improve access and use of the trails. A Community Open House showcasing the design work, will follow on Saturday evening, October 25.
For the Beacon Hill workshop, the Fat Tire Trail Riders Club is teaming up with the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, Spokane County, Avista, private landowners, developers, the National Park Service, the American Society of Landscape Architects, International Mountain Biking Association, the Mountaineers, Wheelsport East, Wintersport, Inland Northwest Trails Coalition, Spokane County Regional Health District, Minnehaha Neighborhood Council, REI, Mountain Gear and a diverse group of local experts to design ways to make better connections between this unique trail system and the Spokane community.
The Beacon Hill design workshop will be the eighth Community Design Charrette in a unique partnership between the National Park Service Rivers & Trails Program and the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. NPS Rivers & Trails has been providing technical assistance to the Beacon Hill Trail Group for the past 1.5 years. Landscape architects lend their expertise pro-bono, providing a huge design boost to these grass-roots community planning efforts. Previous charrettes have all resulted in positive results that turned good ideas into action including the recent I-90 pedestrian overpass, an outcome of the charrette hosted by Liberty Lake. Other charrettes have been in Seattle's International District, Skagit County, Moses Lake, Wenatchee, Black Diamond, and Kelso.
This year the Idaho/Montana Chapter has committed to join the Washington Chapter to provide assistance and designers to the Beacon Hill Trail workshop, making this a multi-state venture.
Would like to get involved? Help is needed in planning and participation of the charrette workshop, please contact Penny Schwyn, at mtb@fttrc.org for more details.