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<br /> <br />AECOM <br /> <br />Design + Planning <br />Park Planning and Design <br /> <br />Project Role: <br />Landscape Architecture <br />Park Planning <br />Prime Consultant <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />j <br />I <br /> <br />Studio: Orlando <br /> <br />Kissimmee Lakefront Park <br /> <br />Redevelopment Sites <br /> <br />--:r: <br /> <br />@'51elT.&i9.PJli!iijJ <br /> <br />f' <br /> <br />r~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />AECOM has developed the master plan and landscape <br />architecture for Kissimmee's new Lakefront Park. A <br />significant AECOM driven strategy within the project is to <br />reconfigure an existing waterfront park and roadway <br />system to create a more functional public open space as <br />well as highly attractive and usable adjacent parcels for <br />economic development. The result is a repositioned 25 acre <br />community park on Lake Toho, new 'Green Street' <br />streetscapes connecting the lake to Downtown, and <br />approximately 8 acres of new redevelopment property, <br />addressed on the new Lakeview Drive and proximate to a <br />planned future downtown commuter rail station. <br /> <br />The new park strengthens the relationship of Lake <br />Tohopekaliga to the Downtown, and provides a variety of <br />community engagement opportunities. The northern half of <br />the park is designed to reinforce the garden like character <br />of the park, respond to a significant Live Oak canopy and <br />several important civic monuments and community <br />buildings. The southern half accommodates large <br />community events, including an enhanced marina / <br />restaurant complex which will become the focus of the <br />fishing tournaments that Kissimmee is known for. The park <br />is unified in the center by Ruby Avenue plaza and pier, <br />market pavilion and waterfront steps. Rain gardens, native <br />plantings, rebuilt seawall and educational sign age make the <br />park a demonstration of green design principles. The <br />waterfront promenade, walking trails, playgrounds, small <br />and large pavilions, splash park and events areas insure <br />that this park will be meaningful to all members of the <br />community for big events and breezy afternoons on the <br />waterfront. <br /> <br />Project Start: June 2007 <br />Project Completed: June 2013 <br /> <br />Kissimmee, FL, USA <br />Client: <br />City of Kissimmee <br />Dan Loubier, Director <br />407.518.2501 <br />dloubier@kissimmee.org <br /> <br />Planned and Actual Dates: <br />June 2007/June 2013 <br /> <br />'.'\-.:; <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />it <br /> <br />"lI <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />-".~ <br /> <br />Direct Pedestrian and Vehicular Connections from Downtown to Lakefront Park. <br /> <br />Initial Phase I Project Budget: $7 Million <br />Final Phase I Completion Costs: $7 Million <br />Total Value of All Planned Phases: $25 Million <br /> <br />AZCOM <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach I Design & Permitting Services of the Intracoastal Parks RFQ No. 12-04-04 <br /> <br />23 <br />