childrens play area & central park on old zoo property
The preliminary waterfront designs are done and ready to be presented. You can view them at http://www.ci.traverse-city.mi.us (scroll down to Bayfront Planning and click on “bayfront preliminary engineering.”
They were presented last night to Central Neighborhood and will be presented many times over the next couple weeks. Based on the comments here and the input at the meetings, finals along with cost estimates will then be released June 21st. Here is the meetings schedule:
May 16, 4 PM: Kids Creek Commons Neighborhood Association, Building 50, Grand Traverse Commons
May 18, 7 PM: Traverse City/ Garfield Recreational Authority, County Commission Room, Governmental Center
May 19, 7 PM: Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation Joint Meeting, Commission Chambers, Governmental Center
May 20, 7 PM: Old Towne Neighborhood, St. Francis Church, 1025 S. Union
May 21, 8 AM: Downtown Development Authority, Commission Chambers, Governmental Center
May 24, 12 Noon: Traverse City Kiwanis Club at the Traverse City Elks Club, 625 Bay Street
May 24, 7 PM: City Commission meeting, Commission Chambers, Governmental Center
Special thanks to the Parks Commission, as well as Mike Jackson, Jennifer Jaffe, and Jim Carruthers – who together have made this project happen. Let us know what you think!
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May 15, 2010 at 11:48 am
Michelle Hazard
waterfront designs are ready – may 13
I think you will be doing generations of irreversible harm to that park to take out the landmark train.
* ) There is a train play scape there and looks to be big enough to accommodate the train.
I plan on being at a meeting or two and I hope this is not set in stone. If it’s a Children’s park and I think that’s a great idea, the pull is the train already there. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=111105&id=113080405392337 I am not a local yet! I visited as a young 20 year old and was sad I hadn’t been able to ride the train in my youth. I was delighted to see the train here when I visited my daughter and one of the first areas I went to to photograph. I moved here last November and that park was definitely on my list of places to visit. If you choose to remove the train as it looks like it is not in the plan please take it to the park near the end of town and senior center (saw it on the bus route going to non handicap accessible Social Security in the rain..
May 14, 2010 at 1:32 am
Mary Kitchener
The designs are not done! What about the designs from local community people? A very fine designer from right here in Traverse has a wonderful full bay front design. He keeps getting his stuff pushed to the back or taken down. Why? It’s free, and some of the most excellent work done on the bay front, Warehouse district, downtown and even Division street. Makes you think deeply about what we have. One of the best designers and designs you will never see. Why?
The bayfront designs are being pushed by a small few at the head of the table. They give you plan A or plan B knowing where they want you steered. Why is this design thing being crammed at us?