Windjammer Park Access Plan

It is difficult to picture a city or town without a park or a playground for everyone to enjoy free of charge. This thought is not as far fetched, as some might believe. The massive movement for communities to provide public lands for relaxation, leisure and play has its roots in the Progressive Reforms around the turn of the twentieth century. The congestion of urban centers and the fading concept of child labor creates unintended consequences such as an increase in crime, lack of natural landscape and no place for children to play. To combat this problem cities across the country begin the process of implementing government inspired play to replace the open country that children generations before used as their playground.

The water fountain in Ira Keller Park contains many flat, rectangular pieces of cement slabs, along with several steps leading to the fountain allowing visitors to approach the water from different directions. Being an urban park in the middle of downtown of a large city, Director Park mostly features man-made materials: glass, steel, cement, and it is paved in granite. This hardscape encourages visitors to take advantage of the whole park, and not just certain areas of

8 multipurpose athletic fields • 4 basketball courts • 2 volleyball courts • 2 beach volleyball courts • 4 tennis courts • Enclosed skateboard plaza • Aquatic facility with lap pool and diving pool • Playground with water play area • Enclosed dog parks • Paved path encircling athletic fields • Restroom facility near athletic fields • 35,000 square‐foot community center with full gymnasium, fitness center, game room, dance room, and meeting rooms • 320 square‐foot • Police substation with holding facility in the community

| Children and youth primarily play in the recreational park, whereas adults tend to spend time in the park with the gazebo and benches. Although children from a nearby day care center can be seen walking in line through the gazebo park. A bar/restaurant on the main street is a busy establishment for adults. A 24 –hour convenient store is a popular hangout for teenagers who stand outside smoking cigarettes and socializing. A school on the east edge of town has school-aged children practicing on the fields.

The Muskoseepi Park Skatepark and Grande Prairie Skatepark Strategy open house was hosted on October 24th at 6:00 pm in a Muskoseepi Park meeting room facing the proposed expansion site. This open house is part of the council directed Skateboard Park Strategy to access existing parks and recommend new areas and designs that will meet current needs and look ten years into future needs (Grande Prairie Skatepark Strategy, 2017). During this open house participant input on both locations for future skateparks and designs for the City of Grande Prairie and the two proposed concept drawings for the Muskoseepi Park Skateboard park were explored. The following paper will explore and evaluate the nature and organization of the

Plum Point Park was once a place for sprouted overgrown weeds and rotting piers. Through initiative and optimism, West Ghent Civic League proposed to transition the bleak plot of land into a permanent park in the early 1990’s. 10 years and $1.5 million later, the park is now considered an open natural refuge for local residents and home for various wildlife living along the Elizabeth River. Granted Plum Point Park is an artificial park, there is still a lot of potentials that the park can amount to. Due to the lack of green spaces and aesthetically appealing areas throughout the park, the scenery can become very monotonous.

On these days, it is no surprise to be the only one in the park apart from the random groups of people passing by or an individual playing with his/her dog in the lush green grass. Even though there are several areas of grass around the park, the most immense section is located in the center of everything. This area is incredibly emphasized because of how everything revolves around it; if anyone was to sit right in the middle of it, he/she would be engulfed by the relaxing atmosphere. Sitting there would permit anyone to see buildings a hundred times his/her size in any direction he/she would turn. For instance, someone can see the well known AT&T skyscraper, also known as the Batman Building, which is more than thirty stories tall. At the bottom section of grass, there are two art structures; the art structures seemingly match the configuration of a human from torso to head, but unlike actual humans, these structures are transparent. Containing various colors of lucid lights inside the figurine, the color of the lights depends on the day. Unlike actual people, these statues have one arm raced at all times, pointing horizontally to the side. Around each art installation, there are four stone benches surrounding them for people to sit on. When one walks past both structures, to the South, one will find a black marble reflection pool containing water to stomp in, used by children and many adults. Because of the smallness of the runway and the need for some coolness, especially on summer days, many will start splashing in the fountains located at the southern part of the park. The water seems to go to an anonymous beat because of its altitude going from short to tall, one step at a time. Ultimately, the most known instrument of the park is the observation deck, made by two tan towers

The complex includes 12 tennis courts, four lighted softball fields, an archery range and a clubhouse. The property includes four ponds and borders two sides of Horseshoe Lake.

The aim of this strategy was to include a shared-use recreational path, landscaping, public art, seating and other enhancements that improve the attractiveness of the coastal environment and the beach. This strategy was successful as vegetation has improved significantly and the plants have a survival rate of 75%. (City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Coast and Marine, n.d)

Bells Beach Surfing recreation Reserve has a history status as the world's first surfing Recreation Reserve. Unfortunately, it faces many serious threats, including inappropriate development within the reserve and surrounding hinterland.

It features a gentle sloping, grassy open space with electric barbeque facilities, public toilets (with disabled access), children’s' playground equipment, and picnic facilities. Tambourine Bay Park is the base for the Tambourine Bay Sea Scout. It also has an off-leash area away from the playground and picnic areas so you can let your dog run free. The popular bushwalks through the Warraroon Reserve start here at the

The Beachfront Lawn venue provides the perfect beach wedding, with the reception setup on the lawn, along the beach. It can accommodate a maximum of 400 guests.

Since Governor’s Island was designed as a military base and closed off from the public for a very long time, it was not suitable for visitors looking for recreation. The middle portion has a large open ground space, but the high buildings complexes that surrounded the perimeter of the island blocked it. The only recreational area is on the northern point of the island with the Fort Day monument.

An advertisement campaign will incorporate flyers to the seasonal campers to allow those customers who have boats and want to rent a boat slip the opportunity to rent a seasonal slip. Next, there will be an advertisement in the regional newspapers and on the resorts website that will draw the reader’s attention to the marina addition.

The beaches in Jamaica are one of the most widely used natural resources. Public beaches, especially those that are well equipped and maintained have a steady number of users throughout the year and are heavily used on public holidays. Jamaica has about 28 significant offshore islands and cays, the majority of which are off the island’s south coast. The intensive development of the cays for recreational purposes have been curbed, due to the their soft and light environment. Only Lime Cay off the coast of Port Royal is used as a recreational site for sunbathing and picnics. Around the north coast and along sections of the south coast are long coral reef chains that provide habitat for numerous species of fish and other marine life. These excellent recreational areas are known for diving and glass-bottom boat viewing.