We have some good news! Way-finding work led by Milton's Conservation Commission at the Town's Eagle Mountain Natural Area has been selected for a Public Places Honor Award by the Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Vermont Planning Association, and the Vermont Community and Urban Forestry Council.
Bonnie Pease, Dan Gaherty, Judy Kinner, Laurie DiCesare, Nate Carner
The Town's work, in partnership with the Lake Champlain Land Trust, spans more than two decades. Recent projects by the Commission include a new map and brochure, as well as wayfinding signage funded by the State of Vermont Recreational Trails Program (thanks to the Town of Milton Selectboard, Forests, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mike Snyder and Grant Administrator Sherry Winnie).
To learn more about the Eagle Mountain Natural Area, visit these links:
General Information
Lake Champlain Land Trust Page
Lake Champlain Land Trust Guided Podcast Walk
Eagle Mountain Natural Area Map
Eagle Mountain Natura Area Brochure
Eagle Mountain Natural Area Management Plan, 1998
Eagle Mountain Natural Area: Assessment and Management Recommendation, 2000
PRESS RELEASE
February 7, 2017
PUBLIC PLACE AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Fifteen exceptional projects for public places around Vermont have won Public Place Awards. The Public Places Awards program is co-sponsored by the Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Vermont Community and Urban Forestry Council and the Vermont Planners Association.
The purpose of the Public Places Awards is to recognize special public spaces, the corridors that connect them, or networks of public spaces which have been defined or enriched by planning or design, as well as regulations that promote positive, public uses and benefits. This year’s jury opted to create two levels of awards, Honor and Merit. All awards show excellence, but the Honor Awards have some aspect that is of particular importance or stands out as truly exceptional. Each of the three co-sponsors of the awards program sent a representative to serve on the jury.
The three person jury selected fifteen public place projects to receive awards. In alphabetical order for each type of award, they are:
Honor Awards
§ Dumont Park Planning & Design, South Burlington - Submitted by LandWorks
§ Eagle Mountain Natural Area Signs Project, Milton - Submitted by the Milton Conservation Commission
§ Hartford High School Makeover, White River Junction - Submitted by the Creative Improvement Council
§ Hinesburg Town Forest National Register Nomination, Hinesburg - Submitted by the Vermont State Division of Historic Preservation
§ Lamoille Valley Railtrail Trailheads and Wayfinding, Lamoille County - Submitted by the Lamoille County Planning Commission
§ Oakledge Park Master Plan, Burlington - Submitted by Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture
§ Spruce Peak Village Center, Stowe - Submitted by the SE Group
§ Stone Valley Bikeway Development Plan, Rutland and Bennington Counties - Submitted by Broadreach Planning & Design
§ Veterans Memorial, Shelburne - Submitted by T. J. Boyle Associates
Merit Awards
§ The Burlington Bike Path Rehabilitation, Burlington - Submitted by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
§ The Center for Communication and Creative Media at Champlain College, Burlington - Submitted by the SE Group
§ Lake Champlain Bikeway Bike Rest Areas, Grand Isle and Chittenden Counties - Submitted by Broadreach Planning & Design
§ Main Street Middle School Site Renovation, Montpelier - Submitted by Cynthia Knauf Landscape Design
§ Memorial Park Master Plan, Stowe - Submitted by Broadreach Planning & Design
§ Town Green, Manchester - Lee Krohn, AICP and the Manchester Conservation Commission
The awards will be presented in the Cedar Creek Room in the Vermont State House on February 14, 2017 at a public reception starting a 3 PM. The public is invited to join the award winners at the reception.
To be eligible for a Public Places Award, projects must be located in Vermont and be accessible to the public. Submissions range from mature projects in place and in use to conceptual studies, plans, regulations to encourage public space, connective corridors, and networks of public spaces, or other endeavors and incentives to create, preserve or enhance individual interior or exterior public space or linked open spaces in Vermont.
For more information on the Awards, Contact Jim Donovan, FASLA, VTASLA President at jdonovan@gmavt.net, or Danielle Fitzko, VUCFP Program Manager at danielle.fitzko@vermont.gov.
