Mt. Rainier National Park Paradise Visitor Center

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GreenWorks provided site planning and design services for the Paradise Historic Landmark District in Mount Rainier National Park.  In addition to participating in a Cultural Landscape Workshop and contributing to the Cultural Landscape Report, we assisted in the siting and design of a new 15,000 square foot Visitor Center, site plazas and trailheads.  We also evaluated the possibility of future alternative modes of transportation within the National Park.  GreenWorks prepared construction documents for all pedestrian amenities and site features in the area, including restoration of native alpine meadows.

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Mill and Midland Parks Master Plans

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GreenWorks worked with Portland Parks and Recreation on the Master Plans for Mill Park and Midland Park in Southeast Portland.  The two parks are in a concurrent process due to their close proximity to each other and are in ethnically diverse and low income neighborhoods. The team participated in a unique public outreach approach with PP&R to increase the City’s efforts to involve and receive feedback from community members that have historically been underrepresented during the public process. Greenworks aided by attending focus meetings with community leaders and preparing graphics that are very clear with translations in Vietnamese and Spanish. The Master Plan was finalized at the end of 2017.

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Wilsonville Memorial Park Green Infrastructure Retrofit

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GreenWorks worked with Wallis Engineering on the redesign of the parking lot located in the lower portion of Memorial Park for the City of Wilsonville in Oregon. A concept plan was completed and posted on the City’s website as part of an online open house to solicit public comments. To see the concept plan and learn more information about the project, click on this link.

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Trillium Creek Park

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Trillium Creek Park will be the first substantial neighborhood park developed in the City of Damascus. The park is within the City limits but is in the jurisdiction of North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District (NCPRD). The process included a successful open house series to inform the public of the park project, solicit feedback on desired program elements, and select options for a preferred design. We received feedback on program elements in the first open house where community members could weigh in on items they thought the park should have, the top priorities included a playground, picnic shelter, and sports court. We presented three design options with varying layouts of the preferred program elements in the second open house to understand park layouts the neighborhood preferred. The final Concept Plan incorporated the desired elements in an elegant layout to preserve open space in the small one acre park

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Simpson Pavilion

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As a sub to Opsis, GreenWorks provided services to Bend Parks and Recreation District (BPRD) for the conversion of a former 3.25 acre parking lot into a new open-air pavilion that will house an Olympic-standard ice rink in the winter and numerous activities such as tennis, basketball, and concerts in the summer.

The site was redeveloped with an iconic pavilion structure, support facilities, a courtyard green, and flexible lawn spaces adjacent to the pavilion for community events.

Per BPRD’s direction, several Low Impact Development (LID) techniques were incorporated. For stormwater management, LID alternatives such as infiltration swales and galleries throughout the site for stormwater collection were provided. Other LID options include providing ample bicycle access, bicycle parking, and pedestrian connectivity. The project was completed in 2015.

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AM Kennedy Park

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AM Kennedy Park is a neighborhood park off of Beaverton Hillsdale HWY in Beaverton in the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District (THPRD). A 2008 Park Bond provided the funds for THPRD to move forward with upgrades to AM Kennedy Park  including a full-sized adult, sports field and support amenities including community gardens, playgrounds, gathering areas, and pedestrian trails. GreenWorks developed a plan to accommodate amenities while minimizing impacts to the park’s riparian and native tree groves. In order to support the field parking, a foot bridge, and temporary restrooms are planned for the site with connections to offsite parking. A footbridge is planned to bridge the floodway and wetland while providing access from the parking lot. GreenWorks provided plans for upgrading the following amenities: play equipment, picnic areas, pathways, small foot bridge, drinking fountains, park furniture, open grass areas, natural areas, landscape restoration and buffers, and irrigation.

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Metro Parks Systemwide Plan

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The Metro Parks and Natural Areas System Plan sought to answer the following questions: What does the region need for the future? What should Metro destinations look like? How can the region work together to build this vision? GreenWorks was tasked with uncovering the answers to these questions, along with our team of consultants and community based organization partners. The System plan helped lay the groundwork for future decisions regarding Metro’s role as a regional landowner and steward of these precious lands. Even as the parks portfolio changes, the goal remains the same: to honor the trust that citizens of the region invested in Metro by approving two natural areas bond measures. The System Plan is an opportunity to fulfill the vision of the voters and create an integrated vision for the next 20 years.

Collaboration with Community Based Organizations

Metro is dedicated to promoting equity goals in their operations, staffing, contracting and other aspects of their mission. GreenWorks recognized the System Plan as an opportunity to understand values from a cultural diversity perspective and to develop strategies that promote equity in programming and development. In the course of this project, equity was integrated into all team discussions. GreenWorks teamed with Self Enhancement, Inc, Multicultural Collaborative, and Coalition of Communities of Color on this project.

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Farewell Bend State Park River Bank Restoration

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GreenWorks was part of a multi-disciplinary team working for Idaho Power to conduct a site assessment and prepare conceptual alternatives to stabilize bank erosion occurring along a half mile section of the west bank of the Snake River in Farewell Bend Sate Park.

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The primary goals were to identify causes of erosion and develop concepts that would stabilize the shoreline and control the active erosion of the river bank.

The Project Included:

  1. Streamside re-vegetation

  2. Habitat protection & enhancement

  3. Stream-bank erosion control construction

  4. Observation renderings

Key Tasks Were:

  1. Bank erosion control

  2. Rendering re-vegetation design

  3. Park facility integrations

Tryon Creek State Park Friends Circle

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GreenWorks participated in a series of volunteer design sessions, focused on improving the entry, arrival sequence and wayfinding for visitors to SW Portland’s Tryon Creek State Park.

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GreenWorks participated in a series of volunteer design sessions, focused on improving the entry, arrival sequence and wayfinding for visitors to SW Portland’s Tryon Creek State Park. In concert with Fletcher Farr Ayotte Architects, we assisted in evaluating existing circulation patterns for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers who access and use the park. The result of this effort was a series of site planning and design recommendations to both Oregon Parks and Recreation Department staff and the Friends of Tryon Creek.

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Human Access Project

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With the completion of the Big Pipe in 2011, water quality in the Willamette has improved by leaps and bounds. In the wake of this achievement, Will Levenson, head of the non-profit Human Access Project, is leading an effort to change people’s perceptions of the river and encourage recreation in the water and along the waterfront.
GreenWorks became involved in the Human Access Project in November 2012, bringing our extensive experience designing places for people within sensitive natural environments, which focus on balancing access with habitat conservation.
This balance is certainly a key consideration as the Human Access Project gains momentum through additional community outreach and scaled interventions along the Willamette’s shores. Greenworks is honored to be contributing to this worthy cause and looks forward to witnessing the transformation of Portland’s largest public open space in the years to come.