Blueprint and the City of Tallahassee have asked the public to provide feedback on what amenities should be included in the park created by the Market District Multi-Purpose Stormwater Project.
The Market District Multi-Purpose Stormwater Project is run by the City and Blueprint. The project aims to improve the quality of water that enters Lake Jackson from the Market District Watershed.
“This stormwater retrofit project will significantly reduce nutrient loading from the watershed and improve water quality discharges to Lake Jackson through the implementation of advanced water quality treatment technologies and improved stormwater practices,” according to the project’s website.
Additionally, the project includes the creation of a park near the intersection of Maclay Boulevard and Maclay Commerce Drive. Funding for constructing the park will come from the Blueprint 2020 Sales Tax Extension.
The infrastructure portion of the project will be completed in three phases. The first phase is complete.
“Phase I is complete and consisted of filling in the Central Stormwater Facility and a portion of the East Stormwater Facility and expanding the West Stormwater Facility to make way for relocation of the electric transmission lines to the north side of Maclay Commerce Drive,” according to the website.
Design of the second phase is underway with construction slated for early 2021. The second phase will involve retrofitting and reconfiguring the West Stormwater Facility.
The design and public input for Phase III is underway this summer, and construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. Phase III includes retrofitting the East Stormwater Facility as well as landscaping and beautification.
The timeline for the park is less clear, but citizen input will be used to plan the park.
“The public area between the electrical substation and Maclay Boulevard has been filled in and re-graded,” the website reads. “Phase III will include additional work in this area to provide a blank canvas for the future park.”
The website includes a survey for the public to provide feedback on what amenities they would like to see at the park. Options include paths, event space, playgrounds, and public art.
After the survey closes, community members can also submit feedback on the project by contacting City and Blueprint staff or attending future public meetings.
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This project is a much better use of blueprint money than the massive development subsidies that have been doled out to political friends or remodeling a football stadium for a financially irresponsible college.
No amenities whatsoever. Don’t turn this thing into a financial dark hole like Cascades Park. Treat it a storm water project, as Cascades Park should have been. Use some of the blueprint $$$ for necessary projects.
First of all tree huggers, greenies, nature lovers – enviornment saviors are beautiful people. Much love to you all.
But what we got here is your local government playing on your emotions all for one net result which is the selected contractors returning the love to our elected officials in the form of campaign contributions.
Local government is playing off your environmentalism and guilt you were brainwashed into believing by the education system that mother nature needs intervention and help in filtering all your privileged poop and parking lot run off to save Lake Jackson.
Mother Nature can handle the natural filtration and “save Lake Jackson” on her own. Only problem with the natural leave it alone and everything will be just fine approach is there are Zero campaign contributions in Mother Nature’s purse.
If what they are lying to you about is even remotely true would government even need to sweeten the deal with the bright shiny object of your future fancy shmancy park?????
Local government is playing you all like a Stradivarius.
“you were brainwashed into believing by the education system that mother nature needs intervention and help in filtering all your privileged poop and parking lot run off to save Lake Jackson.Mother Nature can handle the natural filtration and “save Lake Jackson” on her own.”
lol this is so incorrect. Its a shame our education system has failed this individual to the point that they can’t read any of a thousand scientific journals that tells us that stormwater runoff is an agent of environmental damage which led to new stormwater management objectives, aimed primarily at the reduction of pollutant loads. the lack of scientific understanding in this country is embarrassing
The survey link doesn’t arrive at a survey, but rather a video about a survey, with no actual survey observable?
You know what I don’t see…….Parking. This area is in a Business area so people will have to drive there if they don’t work there. Pick Nic Tables would be nice too.
This has the opportunity to a Big Positive for Tallahassee and I encourage everyone to get involved with suggestions for design, use, etc. via responding to survey, etc.
Just looking at the illustration provided with this article I note what appears to me to be a shortage of stands of native trees like Live Oaks, Bald Cypress, Dogwoods, Red Buds, etc. Trees play so many important roles, besides shade and visual asthetics, in nature, like erosion and water purification, that some folks don’t truly understand.
Are you going to read and view and respond to all emails submitted.
There really needs to be an “IN PERSON” Forum with the people involved to speak and take questions. You don’t get all the answers when it is on line.