marion county fairgrounds site assessment
DESCRIPTION
MARION COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS SITE ASSESSMENT. SITE ASSESSMENT AREAS. MAIN ENTRANCE I-74 BURM COMPOST RAIN BARREL POSITIONS. Main entrance. POSITIVES. The sign is fantastic. U.S. NATIONAL PARK SIGNS. NEGATIVES. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MARION COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS SITE ASSESSMENT
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SITE ASSESSMENT AREAS
• MAIN ENTRANCE• I-74 BURM• COMPOST• RAIN BARREL POSITIONS
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MAIN ENTRANCE
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POSITIVES
• The sign is fantastic
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U.S. NATIONAL PARK SIGNS
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NEGATIVES
• Garden bed underneath the sign takes away from the sign. The sign would look better on grass.
• It is not obvious that this is the main entrance. When I first arrived, I almost drove past this entrance, thinking it was a side entrance. Note: Only the drive navigating up the west side of the property was open at the time and that makes it less obvious.
• The fence is highly visible and not inviting. Especially with the barbwire top.• The entrance does not provide a sense of place (i.e. It does not brand the
fairgrounds).
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IDEAS
• Extend mulch bed to SE corner where the fence and TroyAve meet.• Install 2 layers of plants/shrubs that are complimentary size to the sign and block the fence from view.
– Do not plant in straight lines, use natural arrangements. – Smaller, front layer of plants and a back layer of larger shrubs.– Use smaller plants that re-enforce the red and blue colors visible on the sign and add color interest in
the process.– Use plants that display visual interest for fairgrounds main use seasons.
• Install a few trees whose dark brown trunks will visually compliment the signs vertical brown elements.
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IDEAS
• Frame the entrance with a plant and tree arrangement on the left side of the entrance.
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• Need professional landscape architect to assist on design details.
• Funding Options?– Design Labor- Trade design work with a local
landscape architects for fair sponsorship or recognition.
– Installation labor (est. 20 people, 2-3 hours) – Volunteers; KIB, Master Gardener, Raytheon.
– Maintenance labor – Grounds keeper
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I-74 BURM
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Guest/Public Outreach
• Additional small prairie patch near rain garden with informational sign displaying I-74 burm planting, habitat benefits of prairie restoration and how people can do it themselves at home.
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Year 1
• IOWA .pdf on incorporating prairies into multifunctional properties has good information on yearly tasks for establishing a prairie.
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Questions
• How do you keep prairie from expanding from initial boundary?
• Controlled burns every 3-5 years or will mowing + manual weed pulling suffice?
• Does MC FG have equipment to cut burm prairie?
• Need pictures from Matt of MC FG Sign
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Ideas
• Move Marion County Fairgrounds sign from back of white barn to the burm.
• Cover entire burm, front and back, with native prairie land.