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Fairview Park Master Plan, Woodstock, Virginia Sympoetica was lead park and recreation master planner on a planning team that prepared the long-range master plan for this 73-acre park. The master plan team worked with a steering committee comprised of nine recreation and community stakeholders, including representatives from the town, from the adjacent neighborhood, and from potential recreation partner agencies and institutions. The process included multiple committee worksessions, and public info / input forums. In support of the master plan effort, the team also prepared a Town-Wide Trails System Concept Plan, and an assessment of existing recreation facilities at the two existing Town parks. A wide range of program ideas were identified through the inclusive planning process, and these set the basic park program concepts for Fairview. Public input called for the development of a community-level indoor aquatics & recreation center for all ages, outdoor sports fields & courts, and complementary passive recreation activities such as outdoor seating areas, walking/nature trails, an arboretum, an amphitheater and natural areas. There was a strong desire to preserve and adaptively reuse the historic Wetzel house and barn on-site to create a valuable community asset for generations to come. In 2004, Woodstock fielded its first team in the Valley Baseball League, the Woodstock River Bandits. There is great local interest in building a new ballpark at Fairview for the River Bandits, tournament play, and for use by local high schools. In order to create a ‘flagship’ park for the Town and surrounding area, a philosophy of partnering was embraced by the steering committee. Many of the projects described in the Master Plan are termed ‘Special Partner Projects’, significant undertakings, in scope, quality and management needs, that will require the added resources of other governmental, institutional and/or corporate partners. The Master Plan includes implementation tools and strategies such as facility phasing, concept cost summaries, funding options, and a Seven Year Action Plan that sets out more specific phasing measures for Short Range Projects. |
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| Town Green Master Plan, Woodstock, Virginia: This new Town Green was intended to provide needed open space for downtown Woodstock and to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the town’s founding. Sympoetica’s design accomplishes both goals within an organizational framework inspired by history, function and the site. A ‘grid of squares’ provided the framework for the park layout in which the four key ‘corner’ quadrants feature architectural focal elements connected by a u-shaped pathway. Twin gazebos are prominent at the two front corners on Main Street, while the rear corners contain benches in small garden nooks framed by vine-covered arbors. The pathway defines a central lawn and undulating perimeter planting beds. Each of the gazebos features a weather vane, one with the founding date of 1752 and the other with the anniversary date of 2002. A low limestone wall, acting as a metaphorical time continuum, links the twin gazebos along the Main Street frontage. |
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Warrenton
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| Sympoetica prepared, as planning consultant to HSMM, land analyses, development program and phasing, master plan and thematic design concepts for the initial 1.5-mile segment of this in-town rail-trail. The master plan calls for the preservation and interpretation of the historic Warrenton train station and freight depot located at the trailhead with an historic park & plaza. The Grand Opening of the trail was celebrated on October 10, 1998. |
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New
River Trail State Park Development & Management Plan and Environmental
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| This 57-mile rails-to-trails project is being developed according to Sympoetica's master plan by the Virginia Division of State Parks, Department of Conservation and Recreation. Sympoetica prepared a 20-year master development plan, management plan, and environmental assessment for this 700-acre park, including plans for a new headquarters complex, access and parking for hikers, bicyclists, equestrians and canoeists, boat ramps, primitive and developed camping areas, picnic areas, interpretive sites, and other recreational and educational facilities. The 15,000 acre park viewshed was analyzed to assess land development potential, to identify sites for land acquisition and recreational development, and to develop land management and conservation strategies for natural and scenic resource protection. This Master Trail Plan received a Virginia Chapter American Planning Association Distinguished Planning Award in 1992. |
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