Community Design: North Valley Ditches-with-Trails Workshop

Mikaela says:
Wanna know where my heart is? If the world were peaceful, and structural issues had already been addressed, I'd love to spend all my time and energy on this:

Community Design.

For community. By community. Planning for public space together.

What could be better?

You, too?

Well, here's your latest and greatest chance, courtesy Claude Morelli with the North Valley Coalition:

You are Invited…

Ditch Trail Design Workshop

WHAT: Public design workshop for “Ditches with Trails”

WHEN: Thursday, 6 December 2007, 4 to 8 PM

Friday, 7 December 2007, 10 AM to 2 PM

Saturday, 8 December 2007, 9 AM to 4 PM

WHERE: Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church (1801 Montano NW)

AGENDA: The purpose of this event is to envision trails along irrigation ditches and drains in Bernalillo County, discuss opportunities and challenges, and develop a conceptual design for the “North Valley Demonstration Trail”.

The North Valley Demonstration Trail has received funding from Senator Dede Feldman and Senator John Ryan. It encompasses the Griegos Drain between Chavez and Griegos Roads.

The Design Workshop is being sponsored by the Ditches with Trails Project and managed by the Bernalillo County Parks and Recreation Department. The Ditches with Trails Project is a community and agency effort to evaluate the feasibility of formalizing trails along irrigation ditches and drains in Bernalillo County. An Action Plan is being developed that will incorporate the results from this workshop. (Please visit www.ditcheswithtrails.org for more information.)

Alta Planning + Design, a national firm specializing in trail planning, will lead the design development. Local facilitators, Kate Hildebrand and Ric Richardson, will facilitate the workshop. Albuquerque-based planning and engineering firms, Sites Southwest and Gannett Fleming, will assist with the design process.

The agenda has been structured to be flexible and make the most of your time. We have selected the consultant team carefully to provide you with the best available resources. Your participation and insight are critical to the success of this project.

We hope you will join us.

Please RSVP to Celia Stevens, 822-8200, cstevens@sites-sw.com, Sites Southwest.

For more information contact Mike Rose, 503-230-9862, mikerose@altaplanning.com, Alta Planning + Design.

Language, hearing and vision assistance will be available — for details, please contact Becky Alter, 314-0433, ralter@bernco.gov, Bernalillo County Parks & Recreation Department.