City of Norwich begins plans for Playground Rejuvenation Project
The City of Norwich was recently awarded a grant through Design Connect Cornell which partners a student intern with the city's park commissioner to develop plans for updated playground designs. (Photo from City of Norwich)
NORWICH – Recently the City of Norwich was awarded a grant through Design Connect Cornell, College of Architecture Art and Planning to aid in the Norwich Neighborhood Playground Rejuvenation Project.
The grant will provide the city with a Cornell Design and Planning intern that has a background in parks design to work with the city’s Park Commission to develop a modern playground and park design.
When the City of Norwich Grant Coordinator Lorraine Keckeisen learned about the grant, she reached out to SUNY Morrisville Chair for the Human Development and Society Division of the school, Julianne Burton, to put to see if she also had interns who could participate in the park design project.
Interns will work with the city and Norwich schools to determine what type of playground equipment will best address the needs of the community.
“The park is going to be designed with a seamless transition for children with special needs so that we create a park that's inviting to all,” said Keckeisen, “SUNY Morrisville will help us work as a team with local residents, businesses, and non-profits agencies to get their input and reflect local needs by either a focus group or survey.”
“We want it to be attractive to children with special needs without calling attention to it. We create a park that's inviting to all, and if it enables playtime for children with special needs, if it's attractive to them no one would need to be the wiser,” said Keckeisen.
The parks that are being considered for redesign are South Broad Street Park and Kurt Beyer Park. According to Keckeisen, South Broad Street Park will be the main focus since it is the most visible to traffic, tourists, and local businesses.
“We're hoping to make it recreationally attractive to encourage kids and adults to want to go there. We're discussing ways to make the design so that it promotes healthy lifestyle choices,” said Keckeisen.
The park redesign would not be just for playground equipment, but would also include pavilions and facilities to be conducive for businesses to use for meetings outdoors, or for reservation for events like birthday parties.
“The parks will have multi-purpose functionality,” said Keckeisen.
The interns are planned to start meeting with the city in the Fall of 2020. However with school start dates changing due to the coronavirus, the start time for the project is still up in the air.
“This will be something that people can look forward to after all of this is over,” said Keckeisen.
The grant will provide the city with a Cornell Design and Planning intern that has a background in parks design to work with the city’s Park Commission to develop a modern playground and park design.
When the City of Norwich Grant Coordinator Lorraine Keckeisen learned about the grant, she reached out to SUNY Morrisville Chair for the Human Development and Society Division of the school, Julianne Burton, to put to see if she also had interns who could participate in the park design project.
Interns will work with the city and Norwich schools to determine what type of playground equipment will best address the needs of the community.
“The park is going to be designed with a seamless transition for children with special needs so that we create a park that's inviting to all,” said Keckeisen, “SUNY Morrisville will help us work as a team with local residents, businesses, and non-profits agencies to get their input and reflect local needs by either a focus group or survey.”
“We want it to be attractive to children with special needs without calling attention to it. We create a park that's inviting to all, and if it enables playtime for children with special needs, if it's attractive to them no one would need to be the wiser,” said Keckeisen.
The parks that are being considered for redesign are South Broad Street Park and Kurt Beyer Park. According to Keckeisen, South Broad Street Park will be the main focus since it is the most visible to traffic, tourists, and local businesses.
“We're hoping to make it recreationally attractive to encourage kids and adults to want to go there. We're discussing ways to make the design so that it promotes healthy lifestyle choices,” said Keckeisen.
The park redesign would not be just for playground equipment, but would also include pavilions and facilities to be conducive for businesses to use for meetings outdoors, or for reservation for events like birthday parties.
“The parks will have multi-purpose functionality,” said Keckeisen.
The interns are planned to start meeting with the city in the Fall of 2020. However with school start dates changing due to the coronavirus, the start time for the project is still up in the air.
“This will be something that people can look forward to after all of this is over,” said Keckeisen.
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