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Old Florida Heritage Highway Master Plan. Alachua County, Florida September 23, 2008 www.scenicus441.com. Project Team. EDAW Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Conway Conservation, LLC. Ecological Evaluation and Equestrian Planning Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.
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Old Florida Heritage Highway Master Plan Alachua County, Florida September 23, 2008 www.scenicus441.com
Project Team • EDAW • Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning • Conway Conservation, LLC. • Ecological Evaluation and Equestrian Planning • Lewis Environmental Services, Inc. • Environmental Permit Planning • Causseaux, Hewett, & Walpole, Inc. • Civil Engineering • Armstrong + Cohen Architecture • Architectural Design • NorthSouth Studios, LLC • Signage and Interpretive Elements
Goal & Objectives • This Plan focuses on the implementation of a heritage corridor that utilizes natural, cultural, and recreation resources as attractions for building tourism. • The Plan serves as a guide for future development and preservation of the scenic Corridor. • It utilizes tourism as a strategy for protecting and preserving resources in the corridor.
Gateways Williston Road CR 2082 CR 325 US 441 I-75 CR 234 Wacahoota Road CR 346 CR 325 CR 225
441 at Paynes Prairie Existing Condition Concept Plan
Next Steps • The idea behind these “next steps” is to identify the higher priority items that need to be addressed in order to help establish and carry forward a viable implementation strategy.
Next Steps • Promoting a Consistent Vision • Corridor Surveys • Evaluating Impacts of Land Use on Corridors • Agency Partnerships and Ongoing Public Participation • Interpretive Plan and Interpretive Materials Development • Design Criteria • Prioritization of Specific Projects • Funding
Next Steps • Prioritization of Specific Projects • Gateway at Williston Road • Outdoor interpretive center at Bolens Bluff • Outdoor interpretive center at US 441 and Rochelle Rd / Cholokka Blvd intersection • Outdoor interpretive center at Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park • Newly renovated visitor center at Paynes Prairie • Trails throughout the corridors … including a separate multi-use path along US 441 • Trailheads at publicly owned property • Safer pedestrian and bike crossings along the corridors
Old Florida Heritage Highway Master Plan Alachua County, Florida September 23, 2008 www.scenicus441.com