Hogan’s Creek Greenway, first look
02/23/06 • Posted in: Best, Springfield by Joey Marchy 7 Comments »
Screenshot of the Klutho Park portion of the greenway
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Downtown Parks and Urban Jacksonville met with the architects who designed the Hogan’s Creek Greenway for a little Q&A. Here is what we learned:
Estimated start date: Mid to late 2007
Proposed Budget: $850K
Walking/running/biking path width: 12 feet maximum
Next meeting: March 15th to show the plans to SPAR
Next up: soil samples!
There was talk of concrete headers on each side of the path similar to the Northbank Riverwalk, but the conversation immediately turned back to money. It seems budgets are tight and greenway frills, like benches and water fountains, may have to wait. Without contributions from the private sector, local residents and businesses, the greenway will be a bare-bones effort.
Big thanks go to Downtown Parks for inviting us to the meeting. He played a huge role in making the greenway a reality. Springfield and Downtown are lucky to have such a dedicated parks advocate.
tags: jacksonville, springfield, hogans creek greenway, klutho park
Lovely! Little do most know, but this is going to be a major improvement and catalyst for the urban core.
I appreciate the props, but I didnt do much of anything for this. We found out about it being funded through the FDOT last Spring (before I joined the parks task force). We started looking into it last summer, and met with the City about it a few months ago.
To be honest I am not sure who would be the driving force behind it. Im sure there is no shortage of people who would love to take credit, but it would be wrong if I took credit.
there is design money for the McCoys creek greenway plan. I have a copy of the plan it is really cool and similar except more linear. Just throwing that out there. The architect is Tat Chan and of course Dianne Kerr has all the info. Hit me at allegretti-at-comcast.net if interested
DP, We’ll ammend the post to be more accurate, but you deserve some credit.
Tony, will you email us a copy?
Its a hard copy and some is 11×17. I found it in the files and will give you one if you want it.
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