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Project <br />Ae <br />Sombrero Beach Park, located in the City of Marathon, has been for years the core of the <br />City's civic spaces. The park has been used for daily recreational uses as a beachfront park <br />and for seasonal events, such as the City's Fourth of July Celebration. Additionally, the <br />beach park is a designated turtle nesting habitat, utilized by four predominant species of <br />turtles. <br />CGA was approached by the City and the Community of Marathon to redesign the park to <br />expand its programming for recreational uses, enhance its environmental condition as a <br />turtle nesting habitat, and provide new on -site amenities that were sensitive to the <br />architectural character of the Florida Keys. More importantly, the redesign for the park had <br />to preserve and strengthen the role the public space had with the aspects of the <br />community's identity. <br />In response, CGA expanded the program for the park to include extensive, walkable circuits <br />for pedestrian use, children's playground and play equipment, restroom facilities, new <br />gateway and controlled access features, added picnic shelters, volleyball courts, and <br />multiple -use open public spaces that lend themselves to the personalization of the park by <br />the visitors. The design reestablished a beach dune habitat in a manner that would be <br />conducive to the promotion of turtle nesting and the protection of the nests from tampering <br />or neglectful destruction. The architectural color schemes and plant palettes all were in <br />character with the beachfront nature and the cultural aspects of the Florida Keys. Lastly, <br />CGA incorporated an educational component, creating colorful signage and plaques <br />dispersed throughout the park grounds that provided facts and information about the turtles <br />that nest on Sombrero Beach, their habitat, and the role the park plays in their survival and <br />existence. <br />Client <br />City of Marathon, Florida <br />Contact information <br />at time of project: <br />City Manager <br />10045 -55 Overseas Hwy <br />Marathon, Florida 33050 <br />305 289 4130 <br />Project Date <br />2001 -2003 <br />Services Provided <br />Architectural Design, <br />Landscape Design and Site <br />Furnishing, Planning <br />Key Personnel <br />Tammy Cook- Weedon, <br />ASLA, RLA <br />