1. HIDDEN FALLS REGIONAL PARK

2. ACCESS HIDDEN FALLS: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY Context Interact

3. HIDDEN FALLS: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY Boat Launch Existing Trails New or Improved Trails Hidden Falls Boardwalk Healing Garden Scenic Overlook Picnic Shelter Beach Area Sculpture Walk Hidden Falls Creek Children’s Water Play Area & Water Quality Station Parking Park Entrance

4. SOFTENING THE EDGES OF THE CREEK

5. Multifunctional Elements Ecological Functions: – Water quality testing – Improving surface permeability, reducing runoff Social Functions: – Environmental education & Interpretation – Way-finding – Public art installations Economic Functions: – Rental opportunities (Boston - canoes) A successful project will include space and activities for multiple age- and interest groups. Stream Restoration Project at Edna Metz Wells Park-Raleigh, NC Project combines erosion protection and water quality improvement with better access and integration to the park and neighborhood. (From city website) “Reflecting on a River” Public Art Installation along the downtown entrance to St. Louis Riverfront Trail (From STL Regional Arts Commission website)

6. Partners Access Interaction Context

7. Precedent Studies Sensory Garden-MN Landscape Arboretum. (Photo from MLA website) Example: Community Walking/Healing Gardens Example: Project for Public Space-”Creating Park Signage” “A good park signage system performs multiple functions” Other parks, places and groups with successful programs and designs that we can replicate in Hidden Falls Park. Victory Garden-Kilbourn Reservoir Park. (Photo from City of Milwaukee website)

8. Funding Opportunities Multi-jurisdictional/multiple funding partnerships and innovative funding mechanisms are the key to success. Example: Conservation Campaign Organization that uses political action to increase funding for conservation efforts Works with elected officials, community stakeholders, developers, business community, and conservation groups Behind the MN Legacy Amendment “The lesson is to partner with those entities or agencies who have the money, and then allow the neighborhoods to make the decisions. We have found that when the decision is left to the neighborhoods, they always choose parks.” - David Fisher: Superintendent, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

9. Defining Success: Social Ecological Measuring how humans & the environment, & relate to our project & its ACCESS ContextInteract

10. HIDDEN FALLS PARK: A PLACE OF DISCOVERY QUESTIONS?