Outreach Projects

Richmond Recreation Center

This report was prepared following a ten week project focused on a challenging 48 acre parcel of land located on a busy state highway in the center of town. The donated land was designed to offer recreation facilities for a range of users extending from the very young to the elderly and to those seeking active and passive activities. The vision was to provide alternative uses that were identified as priorities through a public workshop.

Students included a building with parking; ball fields and trails; areas for viewing nature, picnicking and listening to music. As important, this centrally located parcel of ledge and wetlands, fields and forest provides a unique opportunity to create a central district where an existing golf course, elementary school and ball field, farm fields and a town hall and green could be woven into a recognizable recreation district. Plans and images illustrate a variety of activities all of which incorporate sustainable practices and materials.