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BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG BULL RUN GREENWAY MASTER PLAN FINAL PRESENTATION MARCH 2017 PRESENTATION AGENDA Project Background Community Involvement The Master Plan Implementing the Plan Discussion and Feedback Lewisburg Neighborhood Project

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BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG BULL RUN GREENWAY MASTER PLAN FINAL PRESENTATION

MARCH 2017

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PRESENTATION AGENDA

Project Background Community Involvement The Master Plan Implementing the Plan Discussion and Feedback

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Lewisburg Neighborhood Project – 2004

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The Bull Run Greenway

Aerial Photo by Ben Hayes, Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment, 2014

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Bull Run Neighborhood Through Time

1770 1784 1785 1868 1890 1896 1901 1906 1925 1938 1957 2016

Limestone Run (Bull Run) Stream Restoration. Bucknell University Class Project, 2014. Kabis, Miller and Sisto.

1913 1970 1998

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The Bull Run Greenway

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PRESENTATION AGENDA

Project Background Community Involvement The Master Plan Implementing the Plan Discussion and Feedback

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“The dream of a better city is always in the heads

  • f its residents.”

– Jaime Lerner, former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil

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Community Involvement

  • Study Committee
  • Focus Group & Key Person Interviews
  • Community Design Workshop (Charrette)
  • Park and Greenway User Survey
  • Public Meetings
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Focus Groups and other Community Outreach

  • Watershed Perspective Focus Group
  • Future of Recreation Focus Group
  • Transportation / Connections Focus Group
  • Lewisburg Area School District (3)
  • Connections Working Group
  • PA DEP – Stream Restoration Permitting
  • Bucknell Presidential Scholars
  • Lewisburg Garden Club Meeting
  • Bucknell Design Integration Class
  • Bucknell Administration and Facilities
  • Downtown and Neighborhood Revitalization
  • Park and Greenway User Survey
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587 Total Responses

  • 234 Lewisburg Area Residents
  • 157 Bucknell students
  • 156 Lewisburg Borough Residents
  • 40 Other

PARK AND GREENWAY USER SURVEY

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COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP

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COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP

Creating People Places – Spaces People Want to Be Being Green – Park Greening and Landscaping We Need to Talk – Redefining Our Relationship with Bull Run Future of Recreation – Recreation For All Ages and Abilities Here We Are Now Entertain Us – Creating Great Performance Venue(s) Creating Connections – Walking and Biking Trails

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STREAM AND LANDSCAPING RESULTS

Stream: Engineered to natural: 1-6: 5.06 Landscaping: manicured to natural: 1-5: 3.65

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STREAM AND LANDSCAPING RESULTS

Stream: Engineered to natural: 1-6: 5.06 Landscaping: manicured to natural: 1-5: 3.65

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PRIORITIZATION OF PARK FEATURES (1-10)

Stream Access and Restoration: 8.08 Extending Rail Trail into park: 6.73 Playground improvements: 6.38 Stage and Performance venue: 5.90 Enhance Landscaping: 5.75

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PRESENTATION AGENDA

Project Background Community Involvement The Master Plan Implementing the Plan Discussion and Feedback

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BULL RUN GREENWAY

Vision –

The Bull Run Greenway is a network of public parks serving as a catalyst for economic development and neighborhood revitalization, creating a model for flood-resilient community design. The Greenway provides recreation for all ages and abilities, encouraging active, healthy lifestyles. The Greenway will restores the stream by raising awareness of the community’s watershed connections, improving water quality and wildlife

  • habitat. The Bull Run Greenway will bring the community together, creating a natural setting for play, rest,

contemplation, art, performance and celebration.

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BULL RUN GREENWAY

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BULL RUN GREENWAY

  • Biodiversity, Wildlife Habitat and Corridors
  • Improved Water Quality
  • Help Define Targeted Areas for Growth and Development
  • Preserve Character of the Town and Country Landscape
  • Retain a Sense of Place
  • Create Outdoor Classrooms
  • Enhance Outdoor Recreation
  • Encourage Active Living
  • Improve Quality of Life
  • Raise Property Values
  • Stimulate Tourism
  • Enhance Vibrancy of Surrounding Neighborhoods and

Downtown Businesses

  • Create Community / Social Gathering Places
  • Alternative Transportation Accommodations (pedestrian,

bicycle and alternative fuel vehicles)

  • Floodplain Restoration and Flood Mitigation

POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF GREENWAYS

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BULL RUN GREENWAY

Economic –

  • Alternative Transportation
  • Reduced Health Care Costs
  • Increased Property Values
  • Flood Mitigation / Resilience

Social –

  • Improved Human Health
  • Enhanced Recreation and Active Living
  • Improved Quality of Life
  • Growing Community and Social Networks
  • Local Food Systems

Environment –

  • Watershed Restoration
  • Improved Water Quality
  • Enhanced Wildlife Habitat
  • Increased Biodiversity

EMERGENT PROPERTIES OF GREENWAYS

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STREAM AND FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION

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BULL RUN GREENWAY

Existing Stream

STREAM RESTORATION RECONNECTED & EXPANDED FLOODPLAIN

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BULL RUN GREENWAY STREAM RESTORATION RECONNECTED & EXPANDED FLOODPLAIN

Proposed Stream

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BULL RUN GREENWAY STREAM RESTORATION RECONNECTED & EXPANDED FLOODPLAIN

Proposed Stream

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BULL RUN GREENWAY STREAM RESTORATION RECONNECTED & EXPANDED FLOODPLAIN

Proposed Stream

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BULL RUN GREENWAY STREAM RESTORATION RECONNECTED & EXPANDED FLOODPLAIN

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MASTER PLAN - NORTH

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MASTER PLAN – DANIEL GREEN PARK

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MASTER PLAN – DANIEL GREEN PARK

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MASTER PLAN – TOWN GREEN PARK

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MASTER PLAN – TOWN GREEN PARK

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MASTER PLAN – TOWN GREEN PARK

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MASTER PLAN – TOWN GREEN PARK

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MASTER PLAN - SOUTH

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MASTER PLAN – HUFNAGLE PARK

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rethinking the

performance space

albertin vernon architecture llc

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What we heard from the community

Poor acoustics Columns obstruct views Too small for many performances, like Lewisburg Band, Orchestra, Dance Performances. No storage space

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design concept:

Performances beneath a canopy of trees

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repurposing diseased ash trees

Bingaman Lumber of Selinsgrove’s heat treated (acoustical) ash flooring MuCEM Marcelles, France

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VIEW FROM BOROUGH BUILDING

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ROOFTOP VIEW OF PERFORMANCE CENTER

amphitheater Bull Run parking “green roof”

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amphitheatre main stage \back stage “green room” storage HC parking storage exit right exit left

PLAN VIEW OF PERFORMANCE CENTER

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VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST

green roof system Andy Goldsworthy stone wall at Storm King

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LED LIGHTING

spring summer autumn winter

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MASTER PLAN - KIDSBURG

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KIDSBURG

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MASTER PLAN – 6TH STREET

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“The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center.”

  • William H. Whyte
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MASTER PLAN – 6TH STREET

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MASTER PLAN – BUCKNELL STUDENT PATIO

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PRESENTATION AGENDA

Welcome and Introduction Project Background Community Involvement The Master Plan Implementing the Plan Discussion and Feedback

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MASTER PLAN - KIDSBURG

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“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”

  • Simon Sinek
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PRESENTATION AGENDA

Welcome and Introduction Project Background Community Involvement The Master Plan Implementing the Plan Discussion and Feedback

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BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG BULL RUN GREENWAY MASTER PLAN FINAL PRESENTATION

MARCH 2017